Continuous feed parallel reactor

A parallel semi-continuous or continuous reactor, comprising:

• a reactor block comprising a plurality of semi-continuous or continuous reactor vessels for containing a plurality of starting materials,
• a header block comprising at least one header barrel for containing one or more liquid reactants,
• a transfer plate between the reactor block and the header block, the transfer plate comprising a plurality of transfer lines corresponding to the plurality of reactor vessels, the plurality of transfer lines providing fluid communication between the plurality of reactor vessels and the at least one header barrel,
• a reactor seal between the reactor block and the transfer plate for sealing the plurality of reactors,
• a header seal between the header block and the transfer plate for sealing the at least one header barrel, and
• a transfer system for feeding the one or more reactants from the at least one header barrel through the plurality of transfer lines into like plurality of reactor vessels during a reaction,
• wherein the header block comprises at least 2 header barrels each containing at least one liquid reactant and the transfer plate comprises transfer lines adapted to feed liquid reactant from each of the at least 2 header barrels into each of the plurality of reactor vessels during the reaction.

A parallel semi-continuous or continuous reactor, comprising:

• a reactor block comprising a plurality of semi-continuous or continuous reactor vessels for containing a plurality of starting materials,
• a header block comprising at least one header barrel for containing one or more liquid reactants,
• a transfer plate between the reactor block and the header block, the transfer plate comprising a plurality of transfer lines corresponding to the plurality of reactor vessels, the plurality of transfer lines providing fluid communication between the plurality of reactor vessels and the at least one header barrel,
• a reactor seal between the reactor block and the transfer plate for sealing the plurality of reactors,
• a header seal between the header block and the transfer plate for sealing the at least one header barrel, and
• a transfer system for feeding the one or more reactants from the at least one header barrel through the plurality of transfer lines into the plurality of reactor vessels during a reaction,
• wherein the transfer system is adapted to feed the one more reactants in parallel into the plurality of reaction vessels during the reaction.

A parallel semi-continuous or continuous reactor, comprising:

• a reactor block comprising a plurality of semi-continuous or continuous reactor vessels for containing a plurality of starting materials,
• a header block comprising at least one header barrel for containing one or more liquid reactants,
• a transfer plate between the reactor block and the header block, the transfer plate comprising a plurality of transfer lines corresponding to the plurality of reactor vessels, the plurality of transfer lines providing fluid communication between the plurality of reactor vessels and the at least one header barrel,
• a reactor seal between the reactor block and the transfer plate for sealing the plurality of reactors,
• a header seal between the header block and the transfer plate for sealing the at least one header barrel,
• a transfer system for feeding the one or more reactants fin the at least one header barrel through the plurality of transfer lines into the plurality of reactor vessels during a reaction, and
• a removable fastener for attaching either said reactor block or said header block or both to said transfer plate.

A parallel semi-continuous or continuous reactor, comprising:

• a reactor block comprising a plurality of semi-continuous or continuous reactor vessels for containing a plurality of starting materials,
• a temperature control system comprising at least one temperature sensor associated with at least one of the plurality of reactor vessels, said temperature control system further comprising a reactor block heater, wherein said reactor block heater simultaneously heats all of said plurality of reactor vessels,
• a header block comprising at least one header barrel for containing one or more liquid reactants,
• a transfer plate between the reactor block and the header block, the transfer plate comprising a plurality of transfer lines corresponding to the plurality of reactor vessels, the plurality of transfer lines providing fluid communication between the plurality of reactor vessels and the at least one header barrel,
• a reactor seal between the reactor block and the transfer plate for sealing the plurality of reactors,
• a header seal between the header block and the transfer plate for sealing the at least one header barrel, and
• a transfer system for feeding the one or more reactants from the at least one header barrel through the plurality of transfer lines into the plurality of reactor vessels during a reaction.

A parallel semi-continuous or continuous reactor, comprising

• a plurality of semi-continuous or continuous reactor vessels,
• multiple header barrels for containing one or more liquid feed components, each of the multiple header barrels being in fluid communication with each of the plurality of reactor vessels during a reaction, and
• a transfer system for feeding the one or more feed components from each of the multiple header barrels to each to each of the plurality of reactor vessels, the transfer system comprising, for each of the multiple header barrels:
• (i) a pump, (ii) a feed line providing fluid communication between the header barrel and the pump, and (iii) a transfer line providing selective fluid communication between the pump and each of the plurality of reactor vessels, the transfer line including a valve for serially directing flow into to each of the plurality of reactor vessels during a reaction.