Preparation of finely-divided, homodisperse suspensions

• US 6,048,906 A
• Filed: 01/05/1998
• Issued: 04/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
• Original Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
• Inventors: Hofmann, Hans, Konig, Theodor, Schonebaum, Uwe, Ernst, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Lovering, Richard D.
• Application Number:
  US09/003,044
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 516/77, 516/927, 516/78, 422/194, 422/236, 430/569, 366/167.1, 366/173.1, 366/178.1
• US Class Current: 516/77
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 19/1843 Concentric tube
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2204/002 the feeding side being of particular interest
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/00094 Jackets
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/1923 square or square-derived
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/1947 oval or ellipsoidal
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 4/002 Nozzle-type elements nozzle-type reactors B01J19/26
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 4/005 provided with baffles

Abstract

The preparation of finely-divided, homodisperse dispersions from a liquid medium having sparingly soluble particles contained therein, the particles being produced in a tubular reactor by the reaction of reactants dissolved in the medium, is carried out by introducing the solutions of the reactants, at least at the reaction temperature, into the tubular reactor separately from one another, as coaxial, laminar, parallel flows, and by shielding them from the reactor wall.

Claims

1. A process for preparing finely-divided, homodisperse dispersions from a liquid medium having sparingly soluble particles contained therein, the particles being produced in a vertically oriented tubular reactor by a reaction of reactants dissolved in the medium, the process comprising the steps of introducing solutions of the reactants, at least at reaction temperature, into the tubular reactor separately from one another, as coaxial, laminar or parallel flows, and shielding the solutions from the reactor wall, and wherein

the solution of a first reactant is introduced through a multiplicity of bores of a concentric nozzle plate,

a reactant-free liquid medium is introduced through a first annular gap arranged concentrically around the nozzle plate,

the solution of a second reactant is introduced through a second annular gap arranged concentrically around the first, and

a reactant-free liquid medium is introduced through a third annular gap arranged concentrically around the second.

2. A process according to claim 1, wherein prior to commencement of the reaction, the tubular reactor is flooded with reactant-free liquid medium.

3. A process according to claim 1, wherein the flow of the solutions of the reactants and of the product suspension through the tubular reactor is laminar.

4. A process according to claim 1, wherein the length of the reactor is such that the precipitation reaction is concluded at the latest at the end of the reactor.

5. A process for preparing finely-divided, homodisperse dispersions from a liquid medium having sparingly soluble particles contained therein, the particles being produced in a tubular reactor by a reaction of reactants dissolved in the medium, the process comprising the steps of introducing solutions of the reactants, at least at reaction temperature, into the tubular reactor separately from one another, as coaxial, laminar or parallel flows, and shielding the solutions from the reactor wall, by the introduction of a reactant-free medium through annular gaps located in a tube of the tubular reactor.

6. A process according to claim 5, wherein prior to commencement of the reaction, the tubular reactor is flooded with reactant-free liquid medium.

7. A process according to claim 5, wherein the flow of the solutions of the reactants and of the product suspension through the tubular reactor is laminar.

8. A process according to claim 5, wherein the length of the reactor is such that the precipitation reaction is concluded at the latest at the end of the reactor.