| US 7,507,274 B2 | ||
| Separation process using microchannel technology | ||
| Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, Ohio (US); Steven T. Perry, Galloway, Ohio (US); Ravi Arora, Dublin, Ohio (US); Dongming Qiu, Bothell, Wash. (US); Michael Jay Lamont, Hilliard, Ohio (US); Deanna Burwell, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (US); Terence Andrew Dritz, Worthington, Ohio (US); Jeffrey S. McDaniel, Columbus, Ohio (US); William A. Rogers, Jr., Marysville, Ohio (US); Laura J. Silva, Dublin, Ohio (US); Daniel J. Weidert, Lewis Center, Ohio (US); Wayne W. Simmons, Dublin, Ohio (US); and G. Bradley Chadwell, Reynoldsburg, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to Velocys, Inc., Plain City, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/367,044. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/657930, filed on Mar. 02, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0249020 A1, Nov. 09, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 95—106 [95/115; 95/130; 95/143] | 57 Claims |
| 44. A process for separating a first fluid from a fluid mixture comprising the first fluid, the process comprising:
(A) flowing the fluid mixture into a microchannel separator in contact with a sorption medium, the sorption medium comprising
a mixture of activated carbon particulates and thermally conductive particulates, the thermally conductive particulates comprising
diamond powder, the fluid mixture being maintained in the microchannel separator until at least part of the first fluid is
sorbed by the sorption medium, removing non-sorbed parts of the fluid mixture from the microchannel separator; and
(B) desorbing first fluid from the sorption medium, removing desorbed first fluid from the microchannel separator.
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