Chemists Omar Mohammad, Jude A. Onwudili, and Qingchun Yuan at Aston University, Birmingham have been using Asynt’s Quadracell parallel high pressure reactor for their research.
They wrote:
“The mass and heat transfer limitations of such systems require rather long reaction times and a high pressure of CO2 and are often characterised by the low formation of undesirable side products. To address these drawbacks, a novel suspension-based carboxylation method has been designed and carried out in this present study. The suspension-based carboxylation reactions were carried out in a set of 4 × 10 mL
Quadracell reactor supplied by Asynt.”
You can read their full paper here: Potential Large-Scale CO2 Utilisation for Salicylic Acid Production via a Suspension-Based Kolbe–Schmitt Reaction in Toluene (asynt.com)
The Quadracell is designed to operate at temperatures up to 250 °C and 50 / 100 / 200 Bar depending on your required specification. It has four cells, each with a volume of 10 mL, with material construction in your choice of either Stainless Steel 316, or Hastelloy C276 for enhanced chemical resistance if required.
Sales Manager, Dr Arran Solomonsz, visited the labs at Aston University to find out how the team were finding their Asynt Quadracell pressure reactor and was thrilled to hear about the publication. He was able to take a few photos in the lab which we’ve shared here with kind permission from the university.
