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Thermal reactor for biotechnological processes

US5123477A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 2, 1989
Grant dateJun 23, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2035/0498
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A thermal reactor, and a method of operating the thermal reactor, in which the thermal reactor includes: a chamber which is thermally isolated by refrigerated air circulating in the walls of the chamber, and which holds a tray of sample vials; means for supplying air to the chamber and for exhausting air from the chamber; heaters for heating the air supplied to the chamber; sensors for sensing the temperature of the air supplied to the chamber and of the sample vials, and a computer which pulses the heaters according to the measured temperatures of the vials and the air in the chamber to maintain the temperature of the vials at a desired level.

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