Reactor with a pathway extension valve
AssigneeApplied Photophysics Limited
InventorLindsay John Cole
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Abstract
The present invention relate to a reactor comprising: (i) a first reagent release mechanism, (ii) a second reagent release mechanism, and (iii) a reaction area fluid pathway, wherein the reaction area fluid pathway comprises a pathway extension valve, wherein adjusting the pathway extension valve varies the length of the reaction area fluid pathway, and wherein the pathway extension valve comprises a single valve.
Claims26
A reactor comprising:
- a first reagent release mechanism,
- a second reagent release mechanism, and
- a reaction area fluid pathway,
- wherein the reaction area fluid pathway comprises a pathway extension valve, wherein adjusting the pathway extension valve varies the length of the reaction area fluid pathway,
- wherein the pathway extension valve comprises a single valve, a single inlet, a single outlet, a passageway between the single inlet and the single outlet, a first passageway extension and a second passageway extension, and
- wherein the pathway extension valve is adjustable to a position where the reaction fluid area pathway comprises the passageway, the first passageway extension and the second passageway extension.
A pathway extension valve comprising a single inlet, a single outlet, a passageway between the single inlet and the single outlet, a first passageway extension and a second passageway extension, wherein the pathway extension valve is adjustable to a position where a fluid pathway through the pathway extension valve comprises the passageway, the first passageway extension and the second passageway extension.
A method for carrying out a reaction comprising:
- (a) providing a first reagent,
- (b) providing a second reagent,
- (c) providing a reaction area fluid pathway, wherein the reaction area fluid pathway comprises a pathway extension valve, wherein the pathway extension valve comprises a single valve, a single inlet, a single outlet, a passageway between the single inlet and the single outlet, a first passageway extension and a second passageway extension, and
- wherein the pathway extension valve is adjustable to a position where the reaction fluid area pathway comprises the passageway, the first passageway extension and the second passageway extension,
- (d) mixing the first reagent and the second reagent in the reaction area fluid pathway,
- (e) allowing a reaction to take place between the first reagent and the second reagent in the reaction area for a predetermined reaction time to form a reaction liquid, and
- (f) optionally quenching the reaction in a quenching area to form a quenched flow reaction liquid.
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