Patent ID: 7858049
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: B01J,C40B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for parallel processing of multiple reaction mixtures, said apparatus comprising a reactor having an exterior surface, vessels within the reactor for holding the reaction mixtures comprising a low boiling reaction material delivered to the vessels in the form of a liquid phase condensate, the vessels and reactor adapted to maintain the reaction mixtures in the vessels at a pressure in excess of the vapor pressure of the condensate delivered to the vessels, a condensate delivery system comprising a source of the low boiling reaction material, a cannula having an inlet port and an outlet port, and a flow path for the low boiling reaction material from said source to the inlet port of said cannula, the condensate delivery system being adapted for delivering the liquid phase condensate of the low boiling reaction material to the reaction vessels through the cannula, cannula passages in the reactor extending between the exterior surface of the reactor and the vessels, a sealing mechanism in each cannula passage, and a robot system operable to insert the cannula into the cannula passages to a point past the sealing mechanism for the delivery of the condensate from the cannula to a respective vessel, and to withdraw the cannula from the passages after said delivery, the sealing mechanism being adapted to seal the cannula passage upon withdrawal of the cannula from the passage.