Numbering-Up Scale-Out

Scaling flow synthesis from a single lab coil to production throughput by replicating identical microreactor channels in parallel, not by making them bigger

Current Stage

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Parallel channels

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Throughput

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Flow uniformity

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Yield vs lab-scale

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Number of channels1

Manifold design qualityGood

Lab-scale single coil (10 mL)

Replicated production channel

Distribution manifold

Balanced flow (on-spec)

Maldistributed channel (off-spec)