Corning Incorporated

Sylvain Maxime F Gremetz

Olivier Lobet

Elena Daniela Lavric

Pierre Woehl

Roland Guidat

Clemens Rudolf Horn

Alexis Maury

Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux

Stephane Poissy

Ronan Tanguy

Paul Louis Florent Delautre

Mikhail Sergeevich Chivilikhin

Pierre Brunello

Paul Delautre

Fouad El Jami

Aurelie Guichard

Michael Sergeevich Chivilikhin

A flow reactor includes a flow reactor module having a heat exchange fluid enclosure with an inner surface sealed against a surface of a process fluid module, the inner surface having two or more raised ridges crosswise to a heat exchange flow direction from an inflow port or location to an outflow port or location and having a gap of greater than 0.1 mm between the two or more raised ridges and the surface of the process module.

Heat exchange flow reactor

A flow reactor has a fluidic module with a first major outer surface. The module contains a fluid passage and has a transmittance through the first major outer surface to the fluid passage of at least 20% over a range of wavelengths. The reactor has an illumination module comprising one or more radiation sources, which can emit within the range, positioned within an enclosure. The enclosure has a back wall and a side wall and an opening opposite the back wall. An edge of the side wall surrounds the opening. The illumination module is positioned such that the opening of the illumination module faces the first major outer surface of the fluidic module. The side wall comprises a telescoping portion such that a distance from the back wall of the enclosure to the edge of the side wall is adjustable.

Flow reactor for photochemical reactions

A plug () for plugging a port (P) in a flow reactor comprises a metal guide () having first and second ends () and a wall () surrounding a cylindrical interior volume () having an opening () at the first end (); a plug body () having a first face () and an opposing second face () and a side surface () and positioned partially within the interior volume () with the first face () protruding from the opening (); wherein the plug body () comprises a chemically resistant first polymer constituting at least the first face () and a thermally resistant second polymer constituting at least the second face () and at least a portion of the side surface ().

Flow reactor plug

A flow reactor [] includes a fluidic module [] having an external surface [], an internal process fluid path [], and an input port [I] and an output port [O] connected to the process fluid path []. An upstream coupler [] is connected to the input port [I], and a downstream coupler [] is connected to the output port [O]. The upstream coupler [] has a gasket [] in a gasket groove [] pressed against the fluidic module [] and a hollow circular cylindrical post [] protruding from the upstream coupler [] and extending into the input port [I]. The downstream coupler [] has a gasket [] in a gasket groove [] pressed against the fluidic module [] and no hollow circular cylindrical post extending into the output port [O].

Flow reactor fluid connection apparatus and method

A flow reactor fluidic module () includes a reactant fluid module () having an internal process fluid passage () and a first major planar outer surface () and a thermal resistance R between the internal process fluid passage () and the first major planar surface (); a thermal control fluid module () having an internal thermal control fluid passage () and a second major planar outer surface (); a holding structure () holding the reactant fluid module () and the thermal control fluid module (); and a gap () separating the first major planar surface () from the second major planar surface (). The gap () comprises an interchangeable or replaceable substance or sheet () having a thermal resistance G across the gap (), wherein G is not equal to R.

Continuous flow reactor with tunable heat transfer capability

A modular photochemical reactor system having a plurality of fluidic modules each having i) a central planar process fluid layer and ii) two outer planar thermal control fluid layers for containing flowing thermal control fluid and a plurality of illumination modules, the illumination modules of the plurality each having a planar form with first and second major surfaces and each having at least a first array of semiconductor emitters, the emitters positioned to emit from or through the first major surface, wherein the first array of semiconductor emitters has at least a first emitter and a second emitter, the first emitter capable of emitting at a first center wavelength and the second emitter capable of emitting at a second center wavelength, the first and second center wavelengths differing from each other.

Modular photochemical flow reactor system

In one aspect the invention relates to reactors and a reactor system that include multiple microstructures each having a first edge and a second edge and an entrance side () and including an entrance port () and one or more other ports through the entrance side with all of the ports through the entrance side () arranged in a standard pattern and closer to the first edge than the second edge. Desirably, the entrance port () and an exit port () are concentric.

Modular reactor and system

The present disclosure provides an assembled stack of fluidic modules comprising at least first and second fluidic modules assembled in a stacked configuration. The first fluidic module has first and second major planar surfaces and encloses a first fluidic passage extending therethrough from a first passage entrance to a first passage exit with the first passage exit located on the second major planar surface of the first fluidic module. The second fluidic module also has first and second major planar surfaces and encloses a second fluidic passage extending therethrough from a second passage entrance to a second passage exit, with the second passage entrance located on the first major planar surface of the second fluidic module. The second major planar surface of the first fluidic module and the first major planar surface of the second fluidic module are spaced apart and physically joined together by at least three separate glass or glass-ceramic pads fused therebetween, and the at least three pads include at least one pad having no through-hole and at least one pad having a through-hole, with the through-hole forming a sealed fluidic interconnection between the first fluidic passage and the second fluidic passage. A method of forming the assembled stack is also disclosed.

Fluidic module permanent stack assemblies and methods

A microreactor includes a plurality of interconnected microstructures arranged in m process units with the process units configured to be operable together in parallel. Each of the m process units has a number n of respective process fluid inlets, wherein a number y of the n respective process fluid inlets are connected individually to respective non-manifolded fluid pumps, and wherein a number n minus y of the n respective process fluid inlets are connected to a respective manifolded fluid pump via a manifold, wherein y is an integer from 1 to n&#x2212;1 inclusive.

Devices and methods for microreactor fluid distribution

An end-face sealing fluidic connector for fluidic connection and/or interconnection of glass, glass-ceramic and/or ceramic fluidic modules in a microreactor includes a connector body having a circular first end face with a recess for retaining one or more O-rings and a first end section having a circular cylindrical outeT surface and a diameter In the range of from 3 to 25 mm. The outer surface has a circumferential recess dividing the first end section into a proximal portion adjacent the first end face and a distal portion. A retaining ring is seated in the circumferential recess and a protecting ring coinpming a high-compression-strength polymer surrounds the proximal portion of the first end section. A circular cylindrical sleeve surrounds the first end section and the reinforcing and/or protecting ring, the sleeve including a circumferentially extending inside bearing surface for engaging the retaining ring on the distal side thereof.

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Montereau Fault Yonne, France

Sylvain Maxime F Gremetz