1.9 Industrial Applications
It is easily anticipated that flow microreactors can enjoy industrial applications
by virtue of inherent advantages based on their microstructure and flow nature.
Significant progress in flow-microreactor-system-controlled polymerization to
obtain structurally well-defined polymers has already been made to meet the
demands of the chemical industry. The lack of need for cryogenic conditions for
anionic polymerizations may enable commercial production. Some pilot plants
have already been built and tested to examine the feasibility and durability of
polymerization in flow microreactors. For example, a microchemical pilot plant
Fig. 43 Procedure for preparation of enzyme-membrane in a microtube
Fig. 44 Pilot plant for radical polymerization
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It is easily anticipated that flow microreactors can enjoy industrial applications
by virtue of inherent advantages based on their microstructure and flow nature.
Significant progress in flow-microreactor-system-controlled polymerization to
obtain structurally well-defined polymers has already been made to meet the
demands of the chemical industry. The lack of need for cryogenic conditions for
anionic polymerizations may enable commercial production. Some pilot plants
have already been built and tested to examine the feasibility and durability of
polymerization in flow microreactors. For example, a microchemical pilot plant
Fig. 43 Procedure for preparation of enzyme-membrane in a microtube
Fig. 44 Pilot plant for radical polymerization
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