Patent ID: 8517717
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: B01J,C01B,F23C

Abstract:
1. A method of safely conducting a potentially explosive reaction, comprising: flowing a detonable gas mixture through a microchannel; and conducting a reaction with the gas mixture contained in the microchannel; wherein the microchannel containing the detonable gas mixture has a channel gap greater than a quench gap; and further comprising a safening characteristic comprising at least one of: (a) wherein the microchannel containing the detonable gas mixture comprises a channel gap detonation cell size, and wherein the channel gap detonation cell size is smaller than a cell size required to allow a detonation; or (b) wherein the microchannel has a length less than a detonation run-up length L*; or (c) maintaining flow in a laminar region, transitional region, or turbulent region at a velocity below Mach 1.0, throughout the microchannel.