Continuous flow reactor
AssigneeVapourtec Limited
InventorsDuncan Guthrie, Nikzad Nikbin, Adrian Clarkson
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Abstract
A continuous flow reactor, a method of performing a continuous flow reaction, and a method of controlling a moveable wall of a reaction chamber of a continuous flow reactor. The reactor comprising: an inlet; an outlet; and a reaction chamber, between the inlet and the outlet and providing a flow path therebetween, the reaction chamber having a moveable wall; the reactor further comprising: a pressure sensor configured to monitor a fluid pressure in the continuous flow reactor; and a controller, operable to adjust the position of the moveable wall, and thereby change a volume of the reaction chamber, based on the monitored fluid pressure.
Claims20
A continuous flow reactor comprising:
- an inlet;
- an outlet;
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- a reaction chamber, between the inlet and the outlet and providing a flow path therebetween, the reaction chamber having a moveable wall;
- the reactor further comprising:
- a pressure sensor, configured to monitor a differential fluid pressure in the continuous flow reactor between the inlet and the outlet;
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- a controller, operable to adjust the position of the moveable wall, and thereby change a volume of the reaction chamber, based on the monitored fluid pressure.
A method of performing a continuous flow reaction, comprising:
- supplying a fluid, via an inlet, into a reaction chamber;
- extracting the fluid from the reaction chamber, via an outlet;
- monitoring a differential pressure of the fluid within the continuous flow reactor between the inlet and the outlet;
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- adjusting a volume of the reaction chamber, based on the monitored fluid pressure between the inlet and the outlet.
A method of controlling a moveable wall of a reaction chamber of a continuous flow reactor, the method comprising:
- monitoring a differential pressure of a fluid within the continuous flow reactor between the inlet and the outlet;
- adjusting the position of the moveable wall, to thereby change a reaction volume of the reaction chamber, based on the monitored pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.