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US 9,534,062 B2Granted
Synthesis of an acrylate polymer in flow reactor
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsMingqian He, Clemens Rudolf Horn, Jieyu Hu, Patrick Jean, Weijun Niu, David Neal Schissel, Michael James Winningham
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Abstract
An improved process for synthesizing acrylic polymers, which is highly controllable to achieve high molecular weight, high conversion rate, and low polydispersity involves continuously introducing initiator(s), acrylic monomer(s), and optionally other monomers capable of polymerizing with the acrylic monomer(s), into a microchannel of a microreactor having an integral micromixer and an integral heat exchanger.
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A process for synthesizing a polymer, comprising:
- continuously introducing a fluid stream including at least one radical initiator and at least one monomer into a plug flow reactor having an integral mixer and an integral heat exchanger to effect simultaneous and substantially continuous mixing of the fluid stream, reaction of the monomers, and heat transfer from the resulting polymer product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.