MICROCAPILLARY REACTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLED MIXING OF NONHOMOGENEOUSLY MISCIBLE FLUIDS USING SAID MICROCAPILLARY REACTOR

摘要

A microcapillary reactor contains at least one first static mixer comprising at least one first capillary supply line for a first fluid and at least one second capillary supply line for a second fluid which is not substantially homogeneously miscible with the first fluid. The first and second capillary supply lines flow into a region which is the point of departure for at least one transport line. The first and second capillary supply lines are dimensioned such that the first and second fluids can be respectively transported in laminary flow conditions and can be displaced in the form of alternatingly successive discrete liquid phase sections (plugs). The microcapillary reactor further comprises at least one second static mixer, comprising at least one third supply line, particularly a capillary supply line, for a gaseous third fluid which flows in the first capillary transport line downstream from the first mixer.