Heat Transfer, Scale-up & Mixing
New web-based resources address common challenges for chemists and engineers working in process development in the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries.
(PRWEB) September 26, 2016
METTLER TOLEDO has announced the availability of new web-based resources focused on heat transfer and scale-up and mass transfer to control the reaction rate. Addressing common challenges for chemists and engineers working in process development in the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries, the new online resources provide useful information to scale-up new products faster with decreased costs and high quality.
A precise heat transfer coefficient is required to successfully scale-up a chemical process from lab to plant. Measuring the reactor and jacket temperature enables scientists to calculate the thermal resistance. Thermal resistance is utilized to model the heat transfer and determine the necessary predictions for reactors at large scale. Reaction calorimetry is required to define parameters that influence heat transfer and the heat transfer coefficients to develop models to maximize manufacturing productivity.
Mixing is the removal or decrease of inhomogeneity between phases that are either miscible or immiscible. Process scale-up and optimization necessitates quantifying the impact of mixing on the reaction rate. Precise experiments can be run automatically in a lab reactor system to investigate the mass transfer correlation, and deliver the opportunity to quickly adjust the gas/liquid mass transfer and reaction rate. This accomplishes the required conditions for process scale-up or scale-down.
About METTLER TOLEDO
METTLER TOLEDO provides Process Analytical Technology (PAT), automated synthesis reactors, and in situ sampling. In situ FTIR spectroscopy and automated sampling provides continuous analysis of reactions. Inline particle analysis enables crystallization development with continuous particle size measurements. Automated reactors and reaction calorimetry provides process knowledge to eliminate scale-up and safety incidents.
