Patent ID: 7837379
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: B01F,B01J,B01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for combining a plurality of flow streams, comprising: a merging portion comprising: (i) a first merging channel for transporting a first laminar fluid flow; (ii) a second merging channel for transporting a second laminar fluid flow, an upper surface of the second merging channel and a lower surface of the first merging channel lying on a single central plane; (iii) a merging region having a central axis lying along the central plane; and (iv) a single merged downstream channel, wherein the first and second merging channels enter the merging region at an acute angle to one another along adjacent planes substantially parallel with the central plane; and a diverging portion comprising a plurality of diverging substream channels extending from the merged downstream channel, each diverging substream channel for transporting a different ratio of the first laminar fluid and second laminar fluid.