Patent · US Expired

Micro-reactor for reactions between gases and liquids

US7247276B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Cellular Process Chemistry, Inc. · US

Inventors

Harald Schuppich · Straubing, DE
Klaus Golbig · Maintal, DE
Bernd Dittmann · Pocking, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 25, 2001
Grant date	Jul 24, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 21, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF28F2260/02
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Described herein is a microreactor for carrying out chemical reactions between a reaction partner in liquid form and a reaction partner in gaseous form, if necessary in the presence of a solid catalyst, whereby the chemical process guidance takes place in spaces that are formed by two or more essentially coplanar plates or layers, with at least one of these plates or layers being a fluid guidance plate (1) that is structured and/or arranged in such a way that the fluid reaction partner flows in at least one essentially uninterrupted capillary thread along the surface of this plate or layer only due to the influence of gravity and/or capillary forces and thereby comes into contact and reacts with the gaseous reaction partner.

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