Controlled flow instrument for microwave assisted chemistry with high viscosity liquids and heterogeneous mixtures

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A controlled-flow microwave instrument is disclosed for chemical synthesis that includes heterogeneous or highly viscous materials. The instrument includes a fluid reservoir for supplying or receiving fluids a fluid pump in , fluid communication with the reservoir for pumping fluids to or from the reservoir, a microwave transparent reaction vessel in fluid communication with the pump for supplying or receiving fluids to or from the pump and the reservoir, a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the reservoir and the vessel for measuring the pressure of fluids in the instrument at the sensor and a processor in signal communication with the pressure sensor and the pump for …