Inventors:
James A. Mathias - Carbondale IL, US
G. Bradley Chadwell - Reynoldsburg OH, US
Dongming Qiu - Bothell WA, US
Annalee Y. Tonkovich - Dublin OH, US
Steven T. Perry - Galloway OH, US
Matthew B. Schmidt - Columbus OH, US
Sean P. Fitzgerald - Columbus OH, US
David J. Hesse - Columbus OH, US
Thomas D. Yuschak - Lewis Center OH, US
Bin Yang - Columbus OH, US
Assignee:
Velocys, Inc. - Plain City OH
International Classification:
C01B 3/24, C01B 3/26
Abstract:
The invention is a process and device for exchanging heat energy between three or more streams in a microchannel heat exchanger which can be integrated with a microchannel reactor to form an integrated microchannel processing unit. The invention enables the combining of a plurality of integrated microchannel devices to provide the benefits of large-scale operation. In particular, the microchannel heat exchanger of the present invention enables flexible heat transfer between multiple streams and total heat transfer rates of about 1 Watt or more per core unit volume expressed as W/cc.