FLUID PORTING ASSEMBLY AND MICROREACTOR INCORPORATING THE SAME

• Main Author: LOBET OLIVIER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 16.09.2010
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; TESTING; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

A fluid porting assembly (10) for a microreactor (50) is provided comprising a process fluid passageway (20), a pliable seal (30), and a cooling fluid passageway (40). The pliable seal (30) is positioned in the vicinity of the process fluid outlet (24) and is configured to define a sealing interface (35) between the process fluid outlet (24) and a fluid port (52) of a microreactor (50). The cooling fluid passageway (40) terminates at a cooling fluid interface (45) and defines a dispensing gap (g) between the cooling fluid interface (45) and the sealing interface (35). The cooling fluid outlet (44) is configured to distribute cooling fluid about a periphery of the pliable seal (30) and to direct cooling fluid away from the periphery of the pliable seal (30) through the dispensing gap (g). The fluid porting assembly (10) can be configured such that, when the pliable seal (30) of the fluid porting assembly (10) engages a fluid port (52) of a microreactor (50), cooling fluid distributed about the periphery of the pliable seal (30) is directed away from the pliable seal (30) along a surface of the microreactor (50) to remove heat from areas of the microreactor (50) in the vicinity of the fluid port (52) and pliable seal (30).