Alfa Laval ART® Plate Reactor 490 pages
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. The
ART® Plate Reactor is a multipurpose reactor that is easily reconfigured
to fit different reactions. The unit is easily opened
for cleaning and inspections.
Through the development of special injection devices, two
liquid phase reactions are achieving high yields. The unit is
also useful when there is a risk of solid formation, due to the
large size channel.
Design
The ART PR49 consists of a series of plates. The core of
each of these is a specially designed process channel plate,
designed to promote optimum mixing and heat transfer
performance. The ART PR49 is a direct extension of the
ART PR37. In addition, different numbers
of plates can be
inserted and held together in a frame. By having a range of
different plates and capabilities
a flexible solution is achieved.
Each plate 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 part of the plates. The process part of the plates are
connected in series to ensure the required residence
time.
The utility channels can be connected in series or in parallel,
or supplied with different media, so that different chemical
steps can be operated at different temperatures within the
same reactor.
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 and highly variable temperatures
are involved.
Alfa Laval ART® Plate Reactor 49
Plate reactor for continuous manufacturing of chemicals
ART PR49