Modular microreaction system
US7172735B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2219/00963
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A modular microreaction system comprising a housing and functional base modules accommodated therein. The housing has at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet. The base modules are arranged one behind another in a row in the housing and being designed such that fluid can flow successively through them in series. At least some of the base modules are constructed from a plurality of substantially rectangular foils having plate-like surfaces in essentially parallel planes which foils are connected to one another and are arranged in layers one above another, forming a foil stack. At least a first of the foils having at least one of microstructured channels, sensor elements, heating elements and combinations thereof on a plate-like surface of the at least a first of the foils. Each foil stack also has at least one foil which is provided on a plate-like surface of the at least one foil with channels which are constructed such that for one fluid line they lead from one side of the foil stack to another side of the foil stack. The base modules (2, 2′, 2″) each have at least one frame element (10), which is arranged essentially perpendicular to planes of the foils, and is conn…
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