Author : Suraj Vaishnav, Dinesh Kumar, Gaurav Kumar Mishra and Ankur Vaidya

Microreactors are devices with reduced characteristic dimensions for performing chemical reactions. Their
dimensions are much lower than conventional reactors classically in the sub-millimeter range. Microreactors occupy
less space and enable much more controlled processes than conventional macro-scale reactors. Due to their small
characteristic length, the flow inside microreactors is typically laminar, which makes the hydrodynamic
characteristics well defined and controllable. Hence Reactions such as direct fluorinations, with a high exothermic
nature, explosion risks and hazardous/toxic chemicals can be performed in microreactors.. The objective of this work is to manufacture metallic microreactor for high pressure and high temperature application for the production of hydrogen iodide (HI). Proposed work is to manufacture microreactor by using spray etching process which will reduce the overall cost of the microreactor. This microreactor will be extremely useful in pharmaceutical companies and organic chemistry.

Keywords: Microreactors, pharmaceutical companies etc.

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.7, No.6 (Nov/Dec 2017)