Patent ID: 6582116
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B01F,B01J,C40B

Abstract:
A method of mixing reaction components in a parallel reactor, comprisingpositioning a plurality of removable vessels in said reactor, each vessel as so positioned having a closed bottom, a side wall extending up from the bottom, an open top, and an overall capacity, delivering reaction components to be mixed to each of said vessels to fill each vessel up to a fill level spaced above the bottom of the vessel and below the top of the vessel, said reaction components thus occupying a fill volume of said vessel less than said overall capacity, and rotating an impeller in each vessel to mix the reaction components in the vessel, each impeller comprising a rotary shaft and at least one blade on the shaft positioned in said fill volume, said at least one blade of each impeller being dimensioned such that one rotation of the impeller causes the at least one blade to sweep out a sweep volume representing about 20%-50% of said fill volume of a respective vessel.