Abstract: A microwave reactor for processing a flow of a mixture, said reactor comprising a reaction chamber having an unpressurized interior and a reaction block disposed within the interior of the reaction chamber, with at least one antenna disposed within the interior of the chamber; and at least one generator of electromagnetic radiation connected to the antenna so that the flow may circulate through said reaction block, and the generator generates a radiation that is uniformly and homogeneously propagated in the chamber and is evenly absorbed by the mixture. The present invention provides embodiments of microwave reactors capable of processing reaction volumes normally found in early stage drug development and pre-clinical studies, as well as embodiments sufficient for commercial production, the designs disclosed incorporate process controls as well as high microwave field uniformity.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 9, 2008
Publication date:
August 4, 2011
Applicant:
ACCELBEAM DEVICES, LLC
Inventors:
James Hayden Brownell, Stanislav V. Zhilkov, Valerie S. Zhylkov