Active microchannel heat exchanger

The present invention relates to an active microchannel heat exchanger, comprising a plurality of assemblies comprising microchannels, each of said plurality of assemblies comprising an exothermic reaction chamber, an exhaust chamber, and a heat exchanger chamber and a plurality of valves that permi...

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Main Authors TONKOVICH, ANNA LEE Y, CALL, CHARLES J, WANG, YONG, ROBERTS, GARY L, WEGENG, ROBERT S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 22.03.2006
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
BLASTING
CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY
DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OFGENERAL APPLICATION
ELECTRICITY
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
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
TRANSPORTING
WEAPONS
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Summary:The present invention relates to an active microchannel heat exchanger, comprising a plurality of assemblies comprising microchannels, each of said plurality of assemblies comprising an exothermic reaction chamber, an exhaust chamber, and a heat exchanger chamber and a plurality of valves that permit taking at least one of said plurality of assemblies off line for clean up or regeneration while the remaining assemblies or units continue operation.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20050021599