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PROCESS FOR TREATING AND/OR FORMING A NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID USING MICROCHANNEL PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

  • US 20070256736A1
  • Filed: 04/20/2007
  • Published: 11/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process, comprising:

  • conducting unit operations in at least two process zones in a process microchannel to treat and/or form a non-Newtonian fluid, a different unit operation being conducted in each process zone; and

    applying an effective amount of shear stress to the non-Newtonian fluid to reduce the viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid in each process zone, the average shear rate in one process zone differing from the average shear rate in another process zone by a factor of at least about 1.2.

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