US 12,296,314 B2
Continuous acoustic chemical microreactor
Lawrence C. Farrar, Butte, MT (US); Grayson Sperry, Three Forks, MT (US); and Zachary Ruprecht Martineau, Butte, MT (US)
Assigned to Resodyn Corporation, Butte, MT (US)
Filed by Resodyn Corporation, Butte, MT (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,161.
Application 17/195,394 is a division of application No. 15/686,784, filed on Aug. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,967,355, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 18/103,161 is a continuation of application No. 17/195,394, filed on Mar. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,565,234.
Application 15/686,784 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/965,964, filed on Aug. 13, 2013, granted, now 9,808,778, issued on Nov. 7, 2017.
Application 15/686,784 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2013/043755, filed on May 31, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/742,923, filed on Aug. 20, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/689,256, filed on May 31, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173451 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B01J 19/24 (2006.01); B01F 25/433 (2022.01); B01F 31/00 (2022.01); B01F 33/30 (2022.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/34 (2006.01); B01J 8/40 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 19/243 (2013.01) [B01F 25/4331 (2022.01); B01F 31/57 (2022.01); B01F 33/30 (2022.01); B01J 4/002 (2013.01); B01J 8/34 (2013.01); B01J 8/40 (2013.01); B01J 19/006 (2013.01); B01J 19/0093 (2013.01); B01J 19/10 (2013.01); B01J 2208/0015 (2013.01); B01J 2208/0061 (2013.01); B01J 2208/0084 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00867 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00902 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00938 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00033 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00085 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0077 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00772 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00777 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00788 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00795 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00822 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00824 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00831 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00833 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00835 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00862 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00889 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00932 (2013.01); B01J 2219/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A continuous acoustic chemical microreactor system comprising:
a continuous process vessel configured to oscillate along an oscillation axis, the continuous process vessel including:
a reactant inlet configured to receive one or more reactants into the continuous process vessel;
an elongated tube coupled at a first end to the reactant inlet and configured to receive the reactants from the reactant inlet, wherein an inner surface of the elongated tube comprises a plurality of levels, wherein each of the plurality of levels comprises at least one of a plurality of plates configured to direct a flow of the one or more reactants through the elongated tube;
a product outlet coupled to a second end of the elongated tube and configured to discharge a product of a chemical reaction among the reactants from the continuous process vessel; and
an acoustic agitator coupled to the continuous process vessel and configured to agitate the continuous process vessel along the oscillation axis at a frequency greater than 10 Hz and less than 100 Hz such that the inner surface of the elongated tube accelerates the one or more reactants in alternating upward and downward directions along the oscillation axis,
wherein the system is configured to operate at mechanical resonance and wherein the system is configured to form a fluidized bed of the one or more reactants at each of the plurality of levels disposed on the inner surface of the elongated tube.