Devices and methods for microreactor fluid distribution

• Main Authors: LOBET OLIVIER, CHIVILIKHIN MIKHAIL S, LAVRIC ELENA D, GUIDAT ROLAND, WOEHL PIERRE, GREMETZ SYLVAIN M
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 26.10.2011
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

A microreactor (10) includes a plurality of interconnected microstructures (14, 50, 40) arranged in m process units (102) with the process units (102) configured to be operable together in parallel. Each of the m process units (102) has a number n of respective process fluid inlets (104), wherein a number y of the n respective process fluid inlets (104) are connected individually to respective non-manifolded fluid pumps (20A, 20B, 20C, 20D; 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D; 24A, 24B, 24C, 24D), and wherein a number n minus y of the n respective process fluid inlets (104) are connected to a respective manifolded fluid pump (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30) via a manifold (80), wherein y is an integer from 1 to n-1 inclusive.