MULTI-STREAM MICROCHANNEL DEVICES

The invention is a process and device for exchanging heat energy between streams in a microchannel heat exchanger which can be integrated with a microchannel reactor to form an integrated microchannel processing unit. The invention enables the combining of a plurality of integrated microchannel devi...

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Hauptverfasser:	CHADWELL, BRADLEY, G, MATHIAS, JAMES, ALLEN, PERRY, STEVEN, T, QIU, DONGMING, TONKOVICH, ANNA, LEE, SCHMIDT, MATTHEW, B
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOUNDS THEREOF DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OFGENERAL APPLICATION HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT HEATING INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METALLURGY NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention is a process and device for exchanging heat energy between streams in a microchannel heat exchanger which can be integrated with a microchannel reactor to form an integrated microchannel processing unit. The invention enables the combining of a plurality of integrated microchannel devices to provide the benefits of large-scale operation. In particular, the process comprises: (a) carrying out an endothermic reaction in a first microchannel; (b) flowing a fuel through a second microchannel; (c) flowing an oxidizer through a third microchannel; (d) combining the oxidizer and the fuel, wherein the fuel and the oxidizer are converted to at least one exhaust product, whereby thermal energy is produced; and (e) transferring at least a portion of the thermal energy to the first microchannel.