Patent ID: 8920742

Claim:
A heat exchanger mixing system comprising at least one heat exchanger zone, at least one connection plate ( 5 ) having one or more mixing units and each connection plate ( 5 ) has at least four connection sites each being operable to be selectively equipped with one of a plurality of corners ( 6 ) and in which one of the plurality of corners ( 6 ) is selectively connected, wherein each of the plurality of corners ( 6 ) is either a blind passage corner ( 9 ), a through-passage corner ( 10 ), a single passage corner ( 11 ), or a double passage corner ( 12 ), the one or more mixing units are provided with mixing elements comprising at least one of static mixers, helical mixers, bidirectional mixer blades, vortex mixers, dynamic mixing elements, flow directing inserts, metallic foams and mesh, at least one of the plurality of corners ( 6 ) is an inlet for process fluids to the one or more mixing units, the inlet being in communication with the one or more mixing units, and at least one of the plurality of corners ( 6 ) is an outlet for the process fluids from the one or more mixing units, the outlet being in communication with the one or more mixing units and the one or more mixing units are arranged inside the at least one connection plate ( 5 ), wherein one or more ports are connected to the at least one of the plurality of corners ( 6 ), or connected along one or more sides of the one or more connection plates ( 5 ), or combinations thereof, for additives, for reactants, for test sampling, for monitoring, or combinations thereof into or from the process fluids.