A process for producing diazomethane of Formula 1 (CH.sub.2N.sub.2), with an automated apparatus is described. A stock solution of N-methyl-N-nitroso amine in an organic solvent is continuously flown and mixed with an aqueous inorganic base at a T-mixer to form a mixture. Then it is passed through a capillary micro reactor at a temperature in a range of 20 to 30° C. to form diazomethane. The mixture is separated into an aqueous layer and an organic layer using a continuous flow micro-separator. The organic layer has 0.1-0.4 M diazomethane. The organic layer is reacted with a carboxylic acid, phenol, an alkyne, an anhydride, a carboxyl metal organic framework (MOF), or MOF coated cotton to form a corresponding ester, a pyrazole, an ether, a diazo ketone, a stable carboxyl MOF or a stable MOF coated cotton fiber.

A method for producing a chemical reactor device based on a fluid flow comprises obtaining a substrate with a fluid channel defined by a channel wall, in which an ordered set of silicon pillar structures is positioned in the fluid channel and electrochemically anodising at least the silicon pillar structures to make the silicon pillar structures porous at least to a certain depth. After the anodising, the substrate and pillar structures are thermally treated, the treatment being carried out at a temperature, with a duration and in an atmosphere such that any silicon oxide layer formed has a thickness of less than 20 nm. The substrate and the pillar structures are further functionalized.

A microfluidic chip device for the purification of radiochemical compounds includes a chip having an injection channel and intersecting branch channels with a plurality of valves are located along the injection channel and branch channels and configured to retain a plug of solution containing the radiochemical compound. The chip further includes a serpentine channel segment (for separation) coupled to the output of the injection channel. A high voltage power source advances the plug of solution through the purification region and into the downstream fraction collection channel. The chip includes a downstream fraction collection channel coupled to the serpentine channel segment and having an optical and radiation detection regions. One or more branch fraction channels intersect with the fraction collection channel and include valves located therein so that the radiochemical compound that is detected using a radiation detector is directed into the desired branch fraction channel for subsequent use.

A method of producing glycidyl nitrate comprises reacting a glycerol solution and nitric acid in a microfluidic reactor to form a dinitroglycerol solution. The glycerol solution exhibits a viscosity of less than or equal to about 150 cP at about 20° C. The dinitroglycerol solution is reacted with a base in the microfluidic reactor to form glycidyl nitrate. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.

The present disclosure provides fluidic devices and fluidic device assemblies, including microfluidic devices and cartridges comprising the same, that in illustrative embodiments, can be used to make particles or protein precipitates, or to monitor precipitate formation. The fluidic devices typically include channels that connect a reaction well to an inlet port and an outlet port, and a fluidic constriction channel that is configured to help retain fluids in the reaction well and/or promote mixing within the reaction well. In some aspect, fluidic devices are interconnected into fluidic assemblies that can be used in continuous process methods.

The present invention relates to a carbon nanotube preparation method and system, which may improve the overall efficiency and economic feasibility of a reaction by collecting fine particles including carbon nanotube particles that have not grown enough and an unreacted catalyst produced during and after the reaction by using a separator at the exterior of a fluidized bed reactor, and then, injecting the fine particles as a bed prior to a subsequent cycle.

A full continuous flow synthesis process of fluorine-containing aromatic hydrocarbon compounds. Aromatic amine and hydrogen fluoride are respectively pumped into thermostats A and B, then flow into micro-channel reactor C for salt forming reaction whose temperature is kept constant; sulfuric acid solution of nitrosylsulfuric acid is pumped into thermostat D; after keeping the temperature constant, the sulfuric acid solution of nitrosylsulfuric acid and salt forming product flowing out from the micro-channel reactor C flow into micro-channel reactor E for diazotization reaction; the obtained product flows into micro-channel reactor F for thermal decomposition reaction, is cooled in cooler G, then enters three-phase separator H for continuous separation, fluorine-containing aromatic hydrocarbon crude product is subjected to continuous alkaline washing, drying and rectification to obtain fluorine-containing aromatic hydrocarbon finished product, and mixture of hydrofluoric acid and sulfuric acid is continuously distilled to obtain hydrogen fluoride and sulfuric acid.

A methanol production system of the present disclosure includes: a reformer including a reaction furnace configured to reform methane in a raw material gas to produce a reformed gas containing CO and H.sub.2; a reduced-gas generator configured to reduce CO.sub.2 to produce a reduced gas containing CO; and a methanol-containing gas generator configured to produce a methanol-containing gas which contains methanol from a reformed gas produced in the reaction furnace and a reduced gas produced in the reduced-gas generator.

A method for producing a chemical reactor, wherein the chemical reactor comprises one or more effective channels which comprise pillar structures, an input connected to one of the effective channels to allow fluid/gas into the effective channels and an output connected to one of the effective channels to remove at least one component of the liquid/gas. The method comprises obtaining an initial design of the reactor, further introducing into the initial design at least a structured area positioned adjacent to an effective channel of the one or more effective channels located at the edge of the initial design, the structured area not being fluidly connected to one of the effective channels, to obtain a further design and the production of the reactor according to the further design.

Disclosed is a method for preparing β-phenylethanol. The method comprises the following steps: (1) reducing a catalyst in a reactor in advance; (2) introducing pre-heated hydrogen gas to warm the reactor to a predetermined temperature; and (3) introducing a raw material styrene oxide to perform a hydrogenation reaction so as to obtain the β-phenylethanol. The catalyst is Ni—Cu/Al.sub.2O.sub.3 nanosized self-assembled catalyst. The reactor is an ultrasonic field micro-packed bed reactor. The method of the present invention enables the selectivity of the β-phenylethanol to reach 99% or more.