The desire to develop new and improved chemical processing techniques that optimize the use of resources has facilitated a large amount of research in the area of flow chemistry in recent years. The use of continuous flow reactor technologies brings with it a number of distinct advantages over a more traditional batch process. Modern flow reactors deliver a number of distinct benefits as they allow for the rapid analysis, optimization and scaling of a chemical reaction. They can also be used to dramatically reduce cycle time, as well as the number of undesired byproducts.The optimization of the chemical reaction using a flow reactor requires a fast and effective method to measure the consumption of reactants as well as the formation of products and byproducts. Use of the ReactIRTM technology with the DS Micro Flow Cell provides a method to directly measure these parameters, and use the real-time information to control key parameters such as the flow of the reactants, leading to a steady state reaction delivering optimum yield.
The ReactIRTM system can be linked directly to the ThalesNano continuous flow systems to provide real-time reaction optimization.
Prof. Steven Ley presents The Application of the ReactIR™ Flow Cell to Continuous Processing Technology - Free Online Seminar