Patent 7125540 was granted and assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute on October, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Various aspects and applications of microsystem process networks are described. The design of many types of microsystems can be improved by ortho-cascading mass, heat, or other unit process operations. Microsystems having exergetically efficient microchannel heat exchangers are also described. Detailed descriptions of numerous design features in microcomponent systems are also provided.