Wicker-tube reactor

Wicker tube reactor Emulsion polymerization 100-m-length tube, with an inner diameter of 1 cm high cooling capacity residence time distribution comparable with a cascade of 600-1500 continuous stirred-tank reactors 177... 

The wicker-tube reactor consists of a coiled tube which meanders between solid, fixed, cylindrical supports. The heat removal capacity is high and it is claimed that the multiple changes in flow dhection allow the production of a polymer dispersion with a very low coagulum content [103,104]. 

The Wicker reactor consists of a tube, which meanders between solid, fixed and cylindrical supports. The tube has a plurality of curves with an alternative curve direction, maintaining its circle of curvature, and it is coiled from the bottom to the upper part of the supports [70]. It is claimed that this peculiar configuration allows the production of polymeric dispersions with very low coagulum content [ 76 ]. 

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