Patent ID: 7207345
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: B01F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of mixing fluid in a single layer, the method comprising the steps of: supplying a fluid to a first channel having a cross-section of a first aspect ratio; supplying a fluid to a second channel which has a cross-section of a second different aspect ratio and which intersects with the first channel from a first location to a second location, each location having a different transverse position and a different longitudinal positions within the first channel and wherein the cross-section of the intersecting first and second channels is T-shaped for at least a portion of the intersection; passing a portion of the fluid from the first channel into the second channel; moving the fluid through the second channel from the first location to the second location; and recombining the fluid from the second channel into a different portion of the fluid in the first channel.