Patent ID: 6489168
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B01F,B01J,B01L,C40B,F28F,G01K,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of controlling a combinatorial chemical reactor, the reactor comprising a plurality of reactor vessels, each vessel having a reaction environment, the method comprising the steps of:receiving a set point for a property associated with each vessel's reaction environment; measuring the property for each vessel's reaction environment to obtain measured values; simultaneously displaying the measured values associated with the contents of each of the plurality of reactor vessels in a tabular array corresponding to the plurality of reactor vessels; and changing the reaction environment in one or more of the plurality of reactor vessels as a function of the set point and the measured values; terminating a reaction occurring in one or more of the vessels as a function of the set point and the measured values; and displaying a histogram of the measured values simultaneously with the displaying of the tabular array.