Patent ID: 8622606
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: B01F,B01J,B01L

Abstract:
1. A fluid micro-mixer apparatus comprising: a plurality of first microchannels, comprising at least one input port and at least one output port, the first microchannels being configured to receive a first fluid; and a plurality of second microchannels, comprising at least one input port and at least one output port, the second microchannels being configured to receive a second fluid, wherein a plurality of patterned laminae are stacked so that adjacent patterned laminae define the first or second microchannels therebetween, the first and second microchannels having a width in a direction that is generally parallel to a plane of an adjacent lamina and a height in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the plane of the adjacent lamina, and the width of the first microchannels is greater than the height of the first microchannels and the width of the second microchannels is greater than the height of the second microchannels, and comprising at least one separating structure within one or more of the first and second microchannels configured to mechanically separate dispersed phase components from a continuous phase of the first or second fluids.