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US 2003/0125884 A1Published application
Methods and systems for high throughput analysis
AssigneeRohm and Haas Company
InventorsMichael William Linsen, Edward Albert Schmitt, Mark Richard Schure
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Abstract
Methods of analyzing processes for making catalysts and/or certain properties of catalysts using a plurality of reaction zones are provided. The methods of the present invention have the capability to define and execute, in rapid succession, a plurality of experiments under disparate reaction conditions. An operator may define and execute a plurality of experiments on user-defined quantities of disparate catalysts, using user-defined input feeds, residence times, and temperature profiles.
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A method of analyzing any one or more of the following:
- at least one physical property of a reaction product, at least one chemical property of a reaction product, at least one performance property of reactant or catalyst used in producing a reaction product, at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on a reaction product, and at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on at least one performance property of any reactant or catalyst used in producing a reaction product, wherein said method comprises at least the following:
- a. providing at least a first and a second reaction zone, wherein said first and said second reaction zones each have associated therewith a plurality of corresponding reaction conditions, and wherein at least one of the reaction conditions associated with the first reaction zone is capable of being controlled independently of the corresponding reaction condition associated with the second reaction zone;
- b. providing in said first reaction zone at least a first reactant and a first catalyst;
- d. providing in said second reaction zone at least a second reactant and a second catalyst, said first reactant can be the same or different from said second reactant, and said first catalyst can be the same or different from said second catalyst;
- e. subjecting at least one of said reaction zones to a set of reaction conditions to produce a reaction product;
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- f. analyzing said reaction product to determine at least one of the following:
- at least one physical property of said reaction product, at least one chemical property of said reaction product, at least one performance property of said first reactant, at least one performance property of said second reactant, at least one performance property of said first catalyst, at least one performance property of said second catalyst, at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions a physical or chemical property of the reaction product;
- at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions a performance property of the first or second reactant, and at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on a performance property of the first or second catalyst.
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A system for analyzing any one or more of the following:
- at least one physical property of a reaction product, at least one chemical property of a reaction product, at least one performance property of a reactant used in producing a reaction product, at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on a reaction product, and at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on at least one performance property of any reactant used in producing a reaction product, wherein said system comprises at least the following:
- a. at least a first and a second reaction zone, each having associated therewith an inlet through which at least one reactant is introduced and an outlet through which at least one reaction product produced therein is expelled,
- b. a first controlling system for controlling at least one of the following reaction conditions for the first reaction zone:
- its temperature profile, the rate at which at least one reactant is introduced therein through its inlet, and the rate at which at least one reaction product is expelled therefrom through its outlet, and a second controlling system for controlling at least one of the following reaction conditions for the second reaction zone:
- its temperature profile, the rate at which at least one reactant is introduced therein through its inlet, and the rate at which at least one reaction product is expelled therefrom through its outlet, wherein at least one of said reaction conditions associated with the first reaction zone is capable of being controlled independently of the corresponding reaction condition associated with the second reaction zone;
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- c. an analyzing system for analyzing at least one reaction product expelled from the first or second reaction zones to determine at least one of the following:
- at least one physical property of said reaction product, at least one chemical property of said reaction product, at least one performance property of a reactant used in producing a reaction product, at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on a reaction product, and at least one of the effects of any one or more reaction conditions on at least one performance property of any reactant used in producing a reaction product.
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A method for controlling high throughput sampling, comprising:
- a. receiving reaction input data defining a plurality of chemical reactions to be performed under distinct reaction conditions in a plurality of reaction zones;
- b. communicating with a heating element and at least one of a plurality of input controls to create the plurality of chemical reactions defined by the reaction input data in the plurality of reaction zones;
- c. communicating with at least one valve to control an output flow out of one of the plurality of reaction zones;
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- d. communicating with a detector to analyze the output flow out of one of the plurality of reaction zones.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.