ART PR49 removes heat from chemical reactions

An Alfa Laval product story

Edited by the Processingtalk editorial team Jun 12, 2009

Alfa Laval has brought out the ART PR49 plate reactor for producing pharmaceuticals and speciality chemicals.

The ART PR49 combines the properties of a chemical reactor with those of a plate heat exchanger.

It changes one of the most essential organic chemical processes - the reaction between two or more substances.

A reaction is traditionally created by adding one substance to another.

The reaction sometimes generates intense and damaging heat.

To minimise the negative impact, the reacting substance is normally either diluted or added over a longer time period.

The new plate-reactor reduces the time needed, allowing the reaction to be performed with higher concentrations.

The continuous flow of reactants creates optimal reaction-conditions and the plate technology removes any excess heat.

The ART PR49 was first shown during the international process-industry exhibition Achema 2009, where it won the 'Process Innovation Award'.

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