Continuous flow reactor having a plurality of alternating bends

US6399031B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Christof Herrmann · Viernheim, DE
• Wolfgang Hubinger · Schifferstadt, DE
• Jens Kremeskotter · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Roland Minges · Havelsee, DE
• Jurgen Schmidt-Thummes · Schifferstadt, DE
• Hans-Ulrich Moritz · Hanstedt, DE
• Wolfgang Schmidt
• Maren Ridder · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 24, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2002
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2219/00083
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A curved tubular flow reactor designed for carrying out chemical reactions continuously, for preparing mixtures and as a liquid-phase heat exchanger comprises a plurality of successive bends having alternating directions of curvature.