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Chemical reactors
AM Technology develop reactors and reactor control systems for the process industries. We offer chemical manufacturers the means to improve yield and productivity through better design and control of their reaction processes. We design and build reactor systems to individual customer requirements. We license batch reactor technology to established batch reactor manufacturers. We also design and build our own range of flow reactors. Our two main patented technologies are:
Traditional batch reactors use large fixed area heating/cooling jackets. These suffer from low energy efficiency, sluggish temperature control and hot/cold spots. The patented Coflux technology uses a low volume variable area cross flow jacket. It offers a substantial improvement to temperature control and energy effiency. It eliminates hot and cold spots (especially dry wall effects) and it also permits process heat measurement with unprecedented sensitivity and accuracy. This allows the user to monitor yield, end points, reaction rate, nucleation, crystal growth, metabolic heat, wall temperature and heat transfer coefficients in real time.
Currently, AM Technology have one reactor in the Coflore range, which is called the Coflore ACR (second machine will be launched in 2010). The patented Coflore ACR is a multi cell reactor with dynamic mixing. It offers efficient mixing and good plug flow independantly of throughput or residence time. It is ideal for processes requiring good mixing or long reaction times. It is also capable of handling difficult process conditions such as slurries, gas/liquid mixtures and high viscosity fluids. The unique oscillating agitator design allows the user to modify the residence time time distribution within a matter of minutes.
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