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Parallel flow reactor having improved thermal control

US7118917B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Symyx Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

H. Sam Bergh · San Francisco, US
Shenheng Guan · Palo Alto, US
James R. Engstrom · Ithaca, US
Steffen Hardt · Mainz, DE
Astrid Lohf · Erlangen, DE
Frank Michel · Rosbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2002
Grant date	Oct 10, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 1, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/2575
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Parallel flow chemical processing systems, such as parallel flow chemical reaction systems are disclosed. These systems are adapted to simultaneously and independently vary temperature between separate flow channels, preferably by employing separate, individual heating elements in thermal communication with each of four or more parallel flow reactors. The flow reactors are preferably isolated from each other using a thermal isolation system comprising fluid-based heat exchange. In preferred embodiments, the axial heat flux can be fixedly or controllably varied.

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