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US 6,489,168 B1Granted
Analysis and control of parallel chemical reactions
AssigneeSymyx Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPei Wang, G. Cameron Dales
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AssigneeSymyx Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPei Wang, G. Cameron Dales
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Computer programs and computer-implemented methods for monitoring the progress and properties of parallel chemical reactions. The invention repeatedly receives a measured value or values associated with the contents of each of a plurality of reactor vessels and displays the measured over the course of a combinatorial chemical reaction. Reaction parameters associated with individual reactor vessels are changed in response to the value measured during the reaction. Reaction parameters include temperature, pressure, stirring speed. The reaction occurring in one or more reactor vessels is quenched in response to values measured during the reaction. The measured values are used to calculate experimental results including temperature change, pressure change, percent conversion of starting material, and viscosity. The measured values and experimental results are displayed. In another aspect, the invention features a method for controlling a combinatorial chemical reactor. The method includes receiving set points for properties associated with the reaction environment in multiple reactor vessels, measuring experimental values associated with each reactor vessel, displaying the experimental values, and changing the vessels' reaction environment in response to input set points and changing experimental values. In another aspect, the invention features a reactor control system for monitoring and controlling a parallel chemical reaction. The system includes modules for providing control signals to a parallel chemical reactor, receiving measured values from the parallel chemical reactor and calculating experimental results from the measured values, and for receiving reaction parameters from the user and displaying the set of measured values and the calculated values.
A method of controlling a combinatorial chemical reactor, the reactor comprising a plurality of reactor vessels, each vessel having a reaction environment, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring a combinatorial chemistry experiment during which a plurality of reactions are simultaneously occurring substantially independent of each other in a plurality of reactor vessels, respectively, each of the plurality of vessels having a sensor providing measured values relating to a parameter of each of the plurality of reactor vessels, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring a combinatorial chemistry experiment during which a plurality of reactions are simultaneously occurring substantially independent of each other in a plurality of reactor vessels, respectively, each of the plurality of vessels having first and second sensors associated therewith providing first and second signals indicative of first and second properties, respectively, of the reaction in each of the plurality of vessels, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring a combinatorial chemistry experiment during which a plurality of reactions are simultaneously occurring substantially independent of each other in a plurality of reactor vessels, respectively, each of the plurality of vessels having a sensor associated therewith providing a sequence of signals indicative of a property of the reaction in each of the plurality of vessels, said method comprising the steps of:
A computer program on a computer-readable medium for monitoring a combinatorial chemistry experiment during which a plurality of reactions are simultaneously occurring substantially independent of each other in a plurality of reactor vessels, respectively, each of the plurality of vessels having first and second sensors associated therewith providing first and second signals indicative of first and second properties, respectively, of the reaction in each of the plurality of vessels, said computer program comprising instructions for:
A reactor control system for monitoring a combinatorial chemistry experiment during which a plurality of reactions are simultaneously occurring substantially independent of each other in a plurality of reactor vessels, respectively, each of the plurality of vessels having first and second sensors associated therewith providing first and second signals indicative of first and second properties, respectively, of the reaction in each of the plurality of vessels, said system comprising:
A system for monitoring a combinatorial chemistry experiment during which a plurality of reactions are simultaneously occurring substantially independent of each other in a plurality of reactor vessels, respectively, each of the plurality of vessels, said system comprising:
A method of monitoring a combinatorial chemistry experiment during which a plurality of reactions are simultaneously occurring substantially independent of each other in a plurality of reactor vessels, respectively, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of monitoring a combinatorial chemistry experiment during which a plurality of reactions are simultaneously occurring substantially independent of each other in a plurality of reactor vessels, respectively, each of the plurality of vessels having a sensor associated therewith providing a sequence of signals indicative of a property of the reaction in each of the plurality of vessels, said method comprising the steps of:
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