A dispensing device includes: a primary tank which accommodates a liquid; primary-side pressure adjusting means for adjusting pressure in an interior of the primary tank; a plurality of branch flow paths connected to the primary tank; and a plurality of secondary tanks which are provided corresponding to the plurality of branch flow paths, respectively, and each of which is connected to a corresponding branch flow path.

Fluid transport approaches are described that operate without the need for precise displacement of an actuator and with little or no sensing in the flow path. In certain implementations, a gas phase in a fluid reservoir is compressed by a pressure source such that releasing the pressure, such as by opening a valve to an intermediary conduit, displaces fluid to the intermediary chamber. Closing that fluid path and opening a different fluid path to a chamber at ambient temperature causes the fluid to be displaced to the chamber.

A process for continuous preparation of halogenated alkoxyethane of general formula XClHCCF.sub.2OR, where X is Cl or F and OR is C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, the process comprising a step of introducing in a plate reactor reaction components comprising (i) a compound of general formula XClC?CF.sub.2, (ii) a base, and (iii) a C.sub.1-4 alkanol, wherein a) the plate reactor comprises a fluidic module defining one or more fluidic path(s) through which the reaction components flow as a reaction mixture, and b) the halogenated alkoxyethane is formed at least upon the reaction components mixing, with the so formed halogenated alkoxyethane flowing out of the plate reactor in a reactor effluent.

A fluid transport apparatus includes a pressure chamber to which a fluid is supplied, N drive elements that deliver the fluid to a channel by changing pressure of the fluid within the pressure chamber, and a control section that supplies a drive signal to each of the drive elements. The control section controls the N (N2) drive elements such that phases of drive signals which are supplied to each of the drive elements are different from each other. Therefore, by changing the pressure of the fluid within the pressure chamber while suppressing an amplitude of the drive elements as a whole, pulsation of the fluid is effectively suppressed.

A one-to-many parallelized millireactor system capable of high throughput production in millireactors. Also disclosed is a method for carrying out multi-phase reactions.

A one-to-many parallelized millireactor system capable of high throughput production in millireactors. Also disclosed is a method for carrying out multi-phase reactions.

A method of operating a gas-solid fluidized bed (130) includes-flowing a pulsating gas flow upwards through a bed of solid particles from a distributor (104) to cause a dynamically structured bubble flow (130), and processing particles using the fluidized bed.