Patent ID: 11873353
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 22:
23. A continuous flow reactor system comprising:
a first source to supply a mixture to a continuous flow reactor comprising a flow channel, the mixture comprising a radical initiator and water;
a second source to supply monomer to the continuous flow reactor; and
the continuous flow reactor comprising:
a preheater section to heat the mixture;
a mixing section to mix the monomer with the mixture to form a polymerization mixture for emulsion polymerization in the flow channel; and
a reaction section to polymerize, via the emulsion polymerization, the monomer in the polymerization mixture to form polymer nanoparticles in the flow channel, wherein the first source to supply the mixture to the preheater section, and wherein the second source to supply the monomer to enter the continuous flow reactor at the reaction section downstream of the preheater section, wherein the preheater section, the mixing section, and the reaction section comprise the flow channel, and wherein the mixing section comprises an initial subsection of the reaction section.