Patent ID: 9011777
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B01F,B01L,G05D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generation and channeling of microreactors, comprising: a microchip; a flow channel in said microchip; a cover plate over said flow channel; said flow channel including a microreactor maker producing an emulsion of two immiscible liquids wherein one of said two immiscible liquids is an aqueous dispersed solution and the other of said two immiscible liquids is a continuous phase carrier fluid and wherein said microreactor maker generates microreactors of said emulsion, said microreactor maker including a T-junction connected to said flow channel; a source of aqueous dispersed solution that provides said aqueous dispersed solution, said source of aqueous dispersed solution connected to said T-junction and said flow channel; a source of continuous phase carrier fluid that provides said continuous phase carrier fluid, said source of continuous phase carrier fluid connected to said T-junction and said flow channel; said source of continuous phase carrier fluid providing said continuous phase carrier fluid in said flow channel, wherein said continuous phase carrier fluid is introduced to said flow channel by said source of continuous phase carrier fluid, a pump or pressure source connected to said source of continuous phase carrier fluid, to said continuous phase carrier fluid, to said flow channel, to said microreactor maker, and to said aqueous dispersed solution; a valve directly connected to said source of continuous phase carrier fluid, directly connected to said continuous phase carrier fluid, directly connected to said flow channel, directly connected to said microreactor maker, and directly connected to said aqueous dispersed solution that controls flow of said continuous phase carrier fluid and said aqueous dispersed solution and thereby enables channeling of said microreactors of said emulsion; and conduits connected to said source of continuous phase carrier fluid, to said continuous phase carrier fluid, to said flow channel, to said microreactor maker, and to said aqueous dispersed solution facilitating flow of said continuous phase carrier fluid and said aqueous dispersed solution.