US 12,324,876 B2
Fluid reactors
Karlheinz Strobl, Mt. Sinai, NY (US); James Acquaviva, East Northport, NY (US); Leonard A. Rosenbaum, Islip, NY (US); Sandra Gainey, Greenville, SC (US); and Ajay Kumar, Bayport, NY (US)
Assigned to CVD Equipment Corporation, Central Islip, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/289,403
Filed by CVD Equipment Corporation, Central Islip, NY (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/059228
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/092816, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,375, filed on Nov. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393864 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 1/16 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 69/02 (2006.01); B01D 71/02 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/01 (2006.01); C23C 16/04 (2006.01); C23C 16/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/1698 (2013.01) [A61M 1/3623 (2022.05); B01D 19/0031 (2013.01); B01D 67/0072 (2013.01); B01D 67/0088 (2013.01); B01D 69/02 (2013.01); B01D 71/0211 (2022.08); B01D 71/0212 (2022.08); B01J 19/0093 (2013.01); C23C 16/01 (2013.01); C23C 16/04 (2013.01); C23C 16/26 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0244 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); B01D 2325/022 (2013.01); B01D 2325/026 (2013.01); B01D 2325/38 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00846 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00867 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00869 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00907 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00952 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reactor core element for fluid treatment comprising:
a free standing, substrate-free structure defining
an input surface;
an output surface;
first and second sidewalls connecting the input and output surfaces; and
a plurality of fluid channels extending from the input surface to the output surface,
wherein the free standing, substrate-free structure includes: carbon nanotubes mechanically interlinked by spot welds provided by a coating, and a void phase configured to permit fluid flow through the free-standing, substrate-free structure in a tortuous path from the first sidewall to the second sidewall; and a hydrophobic material deposited on at least a portion thereof to render the at least a portion superhydrophobic.