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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
Yong Wang, Richland, WA (US);
Chunshe Cao, Kennewick, WA (US);
James B. Kimble, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Laura J. Silva, Dublin, OH (US);
Yong Wang, Richland, WA (US);
Chunshe Cao, Kennewick, WA (US);
James B. Kimble, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Laura J. Silva, Dublin, OH (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of conducting chemical reactions in a reaction channel that has an varying cross-sectional area such that a chemical reactant or reactants experience varying local contact time as the reactant(s) flow through the channel. The invention also provides reactors having reaction channels with varying cross-sectional areas. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the reaction channel section has a trapezoidal shape that becomes broader from the inlet toward the outlet.