Patent ID: 7122159

Claim:
A parallel batch reactor for effecting chemical reactions, the parallel batch reactor comprising: a pressure chamber, the pressure chamber including a pressure chamber cover and a pressure chamber base; an inlet port in fluid communication with the pressure chamber for pressurizing the pressure chamber from an external pressure source; two or more reaction vessels within the pressure chamber, the two or more reaction vessels being formed in or supported by the pressure chamber base or being formed in or supported by a common substrate received by the pressure chamber base, each of the two or more reaction vessels being in fluid communication with the pressure chamber during a first pressurizing stage of operation such that each of the two or more reaction vessels can be simultaneously pressurized through common fluid communication with the pressure chamber; and one or more seals to individually seal each of the pressurized two or more reaction vessels during at least a second reaction stage of operation by sealing engagement between (i) the pressure chamber cover or a reaction vessel cover, and (ii) the pressure chamber base or the common substrate received by the pressure chamber base, such that each of the two or more pressurized reaction vessels can be fluidically isolated from each other wherein the batch reactor further comprises a reaction vessel cover being positionable to isolate each of the two or more pressurized reaction vessels during the second reaction stage of operation.