Chemical Engineering & Technology, Vol.38, No.2, 259-264, 2015
Back Pressure Regulation of Slurry-Forming Reactions in Continuous Flow
The handling of solid components in flow chemical processes is still a significant challenge. Current devices for regulating back pressure in laboratory-scale flow chemistry experiments are vulnerable to blockage by solid particulates. A simple device is presented herein for generating back pressure in continuous flow processes that produce chemical slurries. The prototype was constructed from commercially available components and accommodated the use of superheated reaction conditions generated in an agitating cell reactor used to produce a suspended precipitate product.