METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPERSIONS AND CARRYING OUT CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE DISPERSE PHASE

摘要

Described is a method of continuously producing a dispersion of at least one fluid A forming the disperse phase and at least one fluid B forming a continuous phase surrounding the disperse phase. At least one stream of fluid A and at least one stream of fluid B are fed into a dispersion apparatus where they meet in a dispersion chamber. Used is a microchannel dispersion apparatus (1a, 1b, 3a, 3b) in which each of the streams of fluid A and B are divided by an array of microchannels (1a, 1b) into separate threads of moving fluid which emerge into the dispersion chamber (4) with each thread of the same fluid moving at the same speed in such a way that, at the channel outlets, each jet (6a) of disperse phase is immediately adjacent to a jet (6b) of continuous phase and so that each jet (6a) of disperse phase is surrounded, as it breaks up into droplets, by the adjacent jets (6b) of continuous phase.