Continuous Flow Processing of Slurries: Evaluation of an Agitated Cell Reactor

A general method for the continuous processing of suspensions and particulates is reported. A commercially available agitating cell reactor which uses a transverse mixing motion to maintain solids in suspension has been successfully applied to a salt-forming reaction. The flow device delivered 208 g of N-iodomorpholinium hydroiodide salt over a 9-h period (equating to 3.88 kg/week) under optimized conditions. The reactor is suitable for the medium-scale (5 kg) processing of solid-forming reactions and appears to offer the potential for a variety of more complex applications.

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