초록

A processing apparatus that is formed from a plurality of metal layers that are stacked and aligned together and then connected together to form one or more portions of the processing apparatus.

대표청구항 ▼

I claim: 1. A processing apparatus designed to combust natural gas and to convert at least one by product of the combusted natural gas into a liquid alcohol, said processing apparatus comprising a plurality of metal layers, at least two of said metal layers including an opening, said opening spaced

I claim: 1. A processing apparatus designed to combust natural gas and to convert at least one by product of the combusted natural gas into a liquid alcohol, said processing apparatus comprising a plurality of metal layers, at least two of said metal layers including an opening, said opening spaced from an outer edge of said at least two metal layers, said openings of adjacently positioned metal layers forming at least one fluid channel through said metal layers that is designed to enable fluid to flow through the at least one fluid channel when said metal layers are connected together, at least two of said metal layers stacked and aligned together and connected together by at least one metal laminate, a plurality, of said metal layers have an average thickness of up to about 1000 microns, a plurality of said metal layers including at least one alignment structure, said aligned structure spaced from said opening in said metal layer and not forming said at least one fluid channel, said alignment structure positioned in substantially the same location on each of said plurality of said metal layers, at least one of said metal layers functions as a catalyst metal to fluid flowing through said opening in said metal layer.