Corning glass reactors offer efficiency and purity
Corning highlighted the progress that has been made in microreactor technology at Achema where it introduced its Gen 3 Advanced-Flow glass reactors, which are designed to meet laboratory-scale production of several kg up to several thousand tons of product a year.
Corning highlighted the progress that has been made in microreactor technology at Achema where it introduced its Gen 3 Advanced-Flow glass reactors, which are designed to meet laboratory-scale production of several kg up to several thousand tons of product a year.
Gary Calabrese, Corning's vice president of science and technology, said the firm had 20 reactors out in the field. "We're selling efficiency," he said.
Corning delivers reactors mounted in banks. Each bank has one inlet and one outlet for each exchange fluid and the company will engineer fluid distribution to be managed within the reactor bank. Production capacity can be ramped up progressively based on market needs.
The company has used its expertise in glass, materials science and mass and heat transfer to produce a highly engineered glass fluidic module for chemical reactors. The reactors are chemically compatible with a range of chemicals and solvents over a spectrum of temperatures (-60ºC up to 230ºC) and pressures up to 18 bar.