Patent ID: 9446375
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B01J

Claim Text:
1. A flow reactor assembly that helps retain agility and re-configurability of a continuous chemical process with improved processing ability comprising a tubular reactor consisting of metallic or non-metallic fluidic/modular components that are arranged together in varied numbers and arrangement having single or multi feed inlets, in periodic or aperiodic sequences; using connectors that facilitate connection with two or more similar or different components comprising; a helical coil element with similar or variable radii of curvature, pitch and diameter with single point or multi point feed arrangement, a flow disrupter comprising a cross-sectional internal flow area, wherein the flow disrupter comprises a cavity with a shape selected from the group consisting of cylindrical polygonal and polyhedral with suitable input and output connectable ports with the helical coil elements; and/or a vortex diode comprising metallic or non-metallic, single or multiple tangential ports of the diode as inlet and an axial port as outlet and having connectable ports with the helical coil elements; wherein said metallic or non-metallic fluidic/modular components optionally comprise an internal flow divider configured to achieve a desired residence time, to reduce axial dispersion, and to enhance intensity of local mixing and chemical reaction in the tubular reactor; and wherein the internal flow area of the flow disrupter comprises respective inlet and outlet ports, the cross-sectional internal flow area of the flow disrupter comprises a longitudinal variation, and the flow disrupter comprises a plurality of metallic and non-metallic components in different possible sequences.