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Alfa Laval ART® Plate reactor 37

Alfa Laval ART® Plate reactor 37

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Applications: The Plate Reactor is suitable for various applications in pharmaceuticals, fine, and specialty chemicals. It is particularly effective for chemical liquid/liquid reactions, exothermic reactions, and reactions completed within minutes.

Design: The ART® PR37 consists of special cassettes with process channel plates designed for optimal mixing and heat transfer. These cassettes can be stacked vertically and are held together in a spring-loaded frame to maintain sealing force. The process channels are connected in series for required residence time, while utility channels can be connected in series or parallel.

Performance: The reactor features a serpentine path for hydrodynamic flow, ensuring good mixing and efficient heat transfer. It provides excellent plug flow and thermal control, achieving cooling or heating rates of 20–30°C per second. The reactor can also thermally pretreat reactant streams.

Specifications: Typical capacities include a liquid flow rate of 0-32 l/h, residence time of 4-45 s/plate, temperature range of -40°C to +200°C, and operating pressure of FV-20 bar g. Materials used include Stainless steel 316L, C-22, PEEK, and e-PTFE.

Connections: Process connections are compatible with internal Valco fittings (1/16” and 1/8”), and utility connections use a mini-clamp (25.4 mm flange, 12 mm pipe).

Dimensions and Weight: The PR37 with 10 plates measures 550 x 170 x 370 mm and weighs 95 kg.

Support and Service: Alfa Laval offers support in selecting the appropriate Plate Reactor model, including data collection, reactor design, reaction analysis, commissioning, operation, scaling up, and performance assessment.

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Applications The Plate Reactor is ideal for a wide range of applications within the fields of pharmaceuticals, fine and specialty chemicals. To use for chemical liquid/liquid reactions, exothermic reactions and for reactions completed within minutes. Design The ART® PR37 consists of a series of special cassettes. The core of each of these is a specially designed process channel plate, into which the process and utility channels are machined. These are designed to promote optimum mixing and heat transfer performance. Different numbers of these cassettes can be stacked vertically and held together in a frame. Each cassette has one process inlet and one process outlet port. Secondary ports that make it possible to add specific reactants or to insert measuring and monitoring devices are positioned along the length of the plate, and provide access to the main process channel. The process channels are connected in series to ensure the required residence time. The utility channels can be connected in series or in parallel and each is fitted with two thermocouple ports. The reactor frame holds the plates together in compression, thus sealing the fluid channels. This frame is spring-loaded, which makes sure that the correct sealing force is maintained at all times, even when extreme temperatures are involved. Alfa Laval ART® Plate Reactor 37 Plate reactor for continuous manufacturing of chemicals ART PR37 Process plate ART PR37

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Performance The process channel in a plate features a serpentine path that combines multiple changes of direction and channel width. This results in a hydrodynamic flow, which ensures good mixing and efficient heat transfer. In modern processing it is important that each individual molecule is exposed to an identical, carefully controlled processing environment in order to ensure consistent product quality and high yield. The channel design in the Plate Reactor provides an excellent plug flow, as indicated by the residence time distribution. Product Cooling/heating utility plates Cooling/Heating...

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Alfa Laval ART® Plate reactor 37

Alfa Laval ART® Plate reactor 37

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