Continuous Flow Conditions (continuous + flow_condition)

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Selected Abstracts


RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) HEATING OF STARCH SOLUTIONS UNDER CONTINUOUS FLOW CONDITIONS: EFFECT OF SYSTEM AND PRODUCT PARAMETERS ON TEMPERATURE CHANGE ACROSS THE APPLICATOR TUBE

JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING, Issue 3 2002
G.B. AWUAH
ABSTRACT Studies were conducted to evaluate the effect of system and product parameters on the temperature change (,T) across a 1.5 kW radio frequency heater operating at 27.12 MHz. Starch solutions (1 to 4% w/w) were used at three different flow rates (0.35, 0.5 and 1 L/min) and four power levels (672, 912, 1152 and 1392 W). The average heating rate of starch solutions varied from 6 to 19C/min depending on flow rate, concentration and power level. The corresponding residence time varied from 1.5 to 4.3 min. Central composite designs involving power (830 to 1234 W) and starch concentration (1 to 4% w/w) at 0.5 L/min were used to study the effects of salt, pH and sugar. As expected fluid flow rate, power level and salt concentration had significant impact (P ± 0.05) on temperature change (,T) across the applicator tube. Although the interaction effect of salt and concentration influenced ,T (P < 0.05), observed trends were not clear cut. Sugar and pH had no significant (P >0.05) influence on ,T due probably to their relatively lower conductivities. However, the interaction effect of sugar and starch concentration affected ,T. Correlations were developed for estimating ,T across the tube as a function of power level, concentration, pH, added salt and sugar. Finally, dimensionless correlations involving the generalized Reynolds, Prandtl, Grashof numbers, dimensionless power and loss-factor ratios were developed for estimating the temperature ratio (U) across the RF applicator. [source]


Mechanistic Insights into Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloadditions using Continuous Flow Conditions

ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS (PREVIOUSLY: JOURNAL FUER PRAKTISCHE CHEMIE), Issue 2-3 2010
Michael Fuchs
Abstract The copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC, "click chemistry") was studied employing copper-in-charcoal (Cu/C) and a variety of copper metal sources as "heterogeneous" catalysts. The type and pretreatment conditions of the different copper sources on the CuAAC were investigated. In addition, the effect of copper leaching from the catalyst over time and in dependence on the reaction mixture composition was studied by ICP-MS analysis in the continuous flow mode. These investigations confirm a "homogeneous" mechanism and suggest surface layer copper(I) oxide as the catalytically active species in CuAAC chemistry involving zerovalent copper metal. [source]


Ethanol and Acetaldehyde Adsorption on a Carbon-Supported Pt Catalyst: A Comparative DEMS Study

FUEL CELLS, Issue 1-2 2004
H. Wang
Abstract The adsorption of ethanol and acetaldehyde on carbon Vulcan supported Pt fuel cell catalyst and the electrochemical desorption of the adsorption products were studied, using electrochemical measurements and differential electrochemical mass spectrosmetry (DEMS), under continuous flow conditions. Faradaic current adsorption transients at different constant adsorption potentials, which also include CO adsorption for comparison, show pronounced effects of the adsorption potential and the nature of the reactant molecule. Acetaldehyde adsorption is much faster than ethanol adsorption at all potentials. Pronounced Had induced blocking effects for ethanol adsorption are observed at very cathodic adsorption potentials, < 0.16,V, while for acetaldehyde adsorption this effect is much less significant. Comparison of the adsorption charge for CO adsorption with the H-upd charge allows differentiation between H-displacement and double-layer charging effects. Continuous bulk oxidation is observed for both reactants at potentials > 0.31,V; for acetaldehyde adsorption, increasing bulk reduction is found at low potentials. Based on the electron yield per CO2 molecule formed and on the similarity with the CO stripping characteristics the dominant stable adsorbate is CO, coadsorbed with smaller amounts of (partly oxidized) hydrocarbon decomposition fragments, which are also oxidized at higher potentials (> 0.85,V) and which can be reductively desorbed as methane or, to a very small extent, as ethane. The presence of small amounts of adsorbed C2 species and the oxidative dissociation of these species in the main CO oxidation potential range is clearly demonstrated by increased methane desorption after a potential shift to 0.85,V. The data demonstrate that the Pt/Vulcan catalyst is very reactive for C-C bond breaking upon adsorption of these reactants. [source]


Heterogenization of a Modified Grubbs,Hoveyda Catalyst on a ROMP-Derived Monolithic Support

MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, Issue 15 2003
Jens O. Krause
Abstract A ring-opening metathesis polymerization- (ROMP-) based monolith was synthesized using a Grubbs' first generation catalyst. The living termini were used for surface grafting of norborn-5-ene-2-ylmethyl hexafluoroglutarate. The free carboxylic acid groups of the graft polymer were converted into the corresponding silver salt and reacted with the Grubbs,Hoveyda catalyst [RuCl2(CH(2- iPrO)C6H4)(IMesH2)] (IMesH2,=,1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene) to yield a stable heterogeneous version of this catalyst for use in ring-closing metathesis (RCM) under continuous flow conditions. The monolith-supported Grubbs,Hoveyda catalyst. [source]


Determination of diauxic lag in continuous culture

BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENGINEERING, Issue 3 2008
Dong-Uk Lee
Abstract A procedure was developed to characterize diauxic lag of bacteria switching between electron acceptors in continuous culture. In this procedure, a virtual batch growth curve is developed by integrating the time-dependent net specific growth rates of bacteria observed under continuous flow conditions. The length of diauxic lag and the highest net specific growth rate following lag are conveniently estimated from the virtual batch curve. The procedure was found to give reproducible diauxic lag lengths and highest net specific growth rates when applied to experimental data from replicate continuous culture trials. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2008;101: 642,646. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source]


Combining Enabling Techniques in Organic Synthesis: Continuous Flow Processes with Heterogenized Catalysts

CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Issue 23 2006
Andreas Kirschning Prof. Dr.
Abstract The concepts article describes enabling techniques (solid-phase assisted synthesis, new reactor design, microwave irradiation and new solvents) in organic chemistry and emphasizes the combination of several of them for creating new synthetic technology platforms. Particular focus is put on the combination of immobilized catalysts as well as biocatalysts with continuous flow processes. In this context, the PASSflow continuous flow technique fulfils both chemical as well as chemical engineering requirements. It combines reactor design with optimized, monolithic solid phases as well as reversible immobilization techniques for performing small as well as large scale synthesis with heterogenized catalysts under continuous flow conditions. [source]