Description
Overview
The FR system from Micromeritics is a bench-top turn-key flow reactor that provides:
A full range of process conditions
- Reaction conditions up to 1000 °C and 200 bar including patented wide-range control valves with stable control resolution to 0.1 bar
- Up to 6 gas and 2 liquid feed streams
- Continuously measured gas or liquid output streams with ultra-low dead volume including patented liquid/gas or liquid/liquid gas separators
A system that is quick to deploy and simple to use
- Automated software for completely unattended operation
- Integrated safety systems featuring alarms, fail-safes, and automated response to undesired conditions
- Benchtop system that allows testing catalyst samples from a few miligrams to several grams
De-risk your scale-up and shorten your development schedule with the FR system that matches your process.
1. Thermostated environmental chamber
provides a stable isothermal process zone to eliminate condensation of vapors and provide long-term process stability.
2.Interchangeable reactors
enable processes up to 1000°C and 200 bar in materials that are suitable for a wide variety of reaction chemistries and low bed volume, simplifying the transition from bench- to flow reactor.
3. Independently-controlled reactor furnaces
(FR-100: single, FR-200: dual) provide stable, uniform temperature control up to 1000°C.
4.Liquid Feed
Liquid feed can be controlled through HPLC or syringe pumps for precise input flow control.
5.Touchscreen
The large full-color touchscreen provides simple real-time status display and modification of system settings.
6. Six Gas Inlets
Up to six gas inlets with precision mass flow controllers provide complete flexibility and control of process inputs.
7. Patented Liquid-gas and Liquid-gas Separators
provide effective product separation, less than 1 cc dead volume, and continuous output flow without accumulation (US Pat 7,895,891 B2).
8. Pressure-control Valve
Patented pressure-control valve provides stable control with a unique combination of wide dynamic range, high resolution, and ultra-low dead volume for any stream type.
- ambient to 200 bar
- 0.1 bar control resolution
- gas, liquid, or multiphase streams
9.Automatic Six Port Valves
for different flow paths such us reactor bypass or upflow/downflow operation.
Why Flow Reactor (FR)?
Safety
The FR includes multiple levels of safety features that make the system simple to deploy and safe to operate. Additional safety features such as automatic shut-off valves and gas detectors are available to add as appropriate.
Alarms and Notifications
- User-defined alarm values
- Two-way communication with laboratory safety systems
Redundancy and Isolation
- Redundant thermocouples for high temperature alarms
- Safety system is separated from PC to provide uninterrupted communication integrity
Automated Response
- Automatic shutdown in critical safety scenarios
- Actively cool and ventilate the process zone to safe conditions
Software
Process@ Software And Experiment Viewer
- PROCESS@ is a user-friendly real-time control and data acquisition software based on LabVIEW
- Program complete processes for unattended operation, including conditional logic to adjust process conditions in real-time
- Monitoring and data acquisition for process and control variables
- Graphic and data visualization
- Complete data records store all control and measured signals through the duration of the program
- Simple export to facilitate additional data analysis
Application
