Multiphase mixing process using microchannel process technology

US7622509B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Velocys, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Anna Lee Tonkovich · Dublin, US
• Laura J. Silva · Dublin, US
• David J. Hesse · Columbus, US
• Michael Alan Marchiando · London, US
• Michael Jay Lamont · Hilliard, US
• Dongming Qiu · Dublin, US
• Terence Andrew Dritz · Worthington, US
• Kristina M. Pagnotto · Cincinnati, US
• Richard Stevenson · Englishtown, US
• Steven T. Perry · Galloway, US
• Maddalena Fanelli · Plain City, US
• Ravi Arora · Dublin, US
• Bin Yang · San Diego, US
• Sean P. Fitzgerald · Columbus, US
• Timothy J. Sullivan · Dublin, US
• Kai Jarosch · Bexley, US
• Thomas Yuschak · Lewis Center, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 24, 2009
• Expiry date: Feb 21, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/2575
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The disclosed invention relates to a process for making a multiphase mixture, comprising: flowing a first fluid stream through a process microchannel, the first fluid stream comprising at least one liquid and/or at least one gas, the process microchannel having an apertured section; flowing a second fluid stream through the apertured section into the process microchannel in contact with the first fluid stream to form the multiphase mixture, the second fluid stream comprising at least one gas and/or at least one microbody-forming material, the first fluid stream forming a continuous phase in the multiphase mixture, the second fluid stream forming a discontinuous phase dispersed in the continuous phase.