Evaluation of a Spinning Disc Reactor for Continuous Processing¹

Abstract

As part of an evaluation of equipment aimed at process intensification, use of a continuously operating spinning disc reactor (SDR) was investigated. Results obtained for two organic reactions and one crystallisation are discussed. The SDR was found to be a useful tool for revealling intrinsically fast kinetics as well as for optimising a process with such kinetics. Control of particle size distribution was demonstrated with the crystallisation investigated.