Continuous-flow method with integrating

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In a modification of the continuous-flow method known as continuous-flow method with integrating observation (CFMIO) [3] the mixer is incorporated into the observation tube and the reaction is monitored along the flow path rather than perpendicular to it. In this mode, the observation begins immediately after the reactants enter the mixing/observation tube this dramatically extends the upper limit of the rate constants than can be measured. Also, the signal is improved by the increased path length. 

All rate constants reported in this article were measured using the continuous flow method with integrating observation (5). The complexes used were prepared according to literature cited elsewhere (6). HCIO, H SO, HCl and all alkali chlorides were p. a. or suprapure and purchased from Merck AG. Only tripl distilled water from a quartz apparatus was used to prepare the solutions. Only reactant concentrations smaller than 10 used. 

The stirred-flow method is an integration of the best characteristics of continuous-how methods with the ability of batch methods to overcome diffusion effects. The system consists of a reaction chamber that can be stirred magnetically and is ported such that experimental solution can be howed thorough the reaction volume and hltered upon exiting the cell. Therefore, the system does not lose any particulate material and the experimental solution can be fraction collected for analysis. The only drawback with this method is the restricted data collection time (Sparks et al., 1996 Sparks, 1999, 2002). 

In some apparatuses, very similar to stopped-flow the flow of reactants is continuous (continuous flow methods). The observation of the reaction is integrated. An apparatus based on this principle has been described that allows the study of systems with half-time of reaction as short as 5 )xs. ... 

The use of selectively reduced integration to obtain accurate non-trivial solutions for incompressible flow problems by the continuous penalty method is not robust and failure may occur. An alternative method called the discrete penalty technique was therefore developed. In this technique separate discretizations for the equation of motion and the penalty relationship (3.6) are first obtained and then the pressure in the equation of motion is substituted using these discretized forms. Finite elements used in conjunction with the discrete penalty scheme must provide appropriate interpolation orders for velocity and pressure to satisfy the BB condition. This is in contrast to the continuous penalty method in which the satisfaction of the stability condition is achieved indirectly through... 

The examples shown in this review article demonstrate that a variety of methods for polymer synthesis have been developed in flow microreactors. Continuous flow synthesis enables serial combinatorial synthesis, in which a variety of polymers can be synthesized in a sequential way using a single flow reactor with a flow switch. Space integration, which enables the synthesis of structurally well-defined polymers without isolating living polymer ends, also enhances the power and speed of polymer synthesis. Because several test plants for continuous production have already been built, there is no doubt that flow microreactors can contribute to polymer production in industry. 

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