Patent ID: 7534097
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: B01F,B01L,F04B,H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling fluid flow in a micro channel, the apparatus comprising: a first inlet for a first fluid; a second inlet for a second fluid; a first outlet; a second outlet; a pair of electrodes; and the micro channel, wherein the micro channel is operatively and fluidically connected to the first inlet, the second inlet, the first outlet and the second outlet, the micro channel receives the first fluid and the second fluid under pressurized flow, a first interface is between the first fluid and the second fluid in the micro channel, and the pair of electrodes apply a first electric field that controls a flow velocity of the first fluid along the micro channel, a location of the first interface across a width of the micro channel, and a residence time of the first and second fluids in the micro channel.