Continuous reactor design

A process for mixing, reacting and diluting reacted chemicals, said process comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing first and second reactors each having a translatable wiper piston therein, one of said pistons dividing said first reactor into first and second zones and the other of said pistons dividing said second reactor into third and fourth zones;
• (b) providing fluid communication between said first and fourth zones, between said second and third zones and between a process line and said third and fourth zones;
• (c) pumping chemicals into said first zone to initiate a polymerization reaction therein and using said chemicals as the motive force to displace said translatable wiper piston in said first reactor and transfer reacted chemicals in said second zone into said third zone;
• (d) during said pumping step using the motive force of said reacted chemicals being transferred into said third chamber to displace said translatable piston in said second reactor and transfer completely reacted chemical in said fourth zone into a process fluid in the process line;
• (e) mixing said completely reacted fluid from said fourth zone with said process fluid in the process line to form a diluted mixture of reacted chemicals and process fluid;
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• (f) continuously alternating the pumping of chemicals to said first and second zones so that the chemicals charged to an discharged from said first reactor alternately provide the motive force for moving said translatable wiper pistons in first and second reactors to wipe inner wall surfaces of said reactors and alternately discharge completely reacted reactants from said third and fourth zones into said process stream.