Lab Scale Stirred Pressure Vessels
Parr offer two styles of lab scale pressure vessels – the 4500 range and the Series 5550 Compact Lab Reactor. These are overhead stirred reactors using magnetically coupled mechanical drives ensuring that there is efficient mixing inside the pressure vessel. As with all of Parr’s pressure vessels these are manufactured to comply with the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) and the other EU legislation appropriate for laboratory equipment.
Parr supply a family of stirred pressure vessels ranging from 25ml to 5 USG (18.75L). These are split into 7 series which all follow the same design principles and use Parr’s extensive design and manufacture capabilities to ensure that the systems are as user friendly as possible without compromising the pressure vessel safety.
The Compact series (25 – 600ml) was developed with the academic user in mind where a simple entry level system is of interest. This system uses standard Parr pressure vessels with lower specification components than what is found on the 4500 series vessels. However the lower coupling force on the mag drive, the lower powered direct drive motor and aluminium heater are highly suitable for small scale R&D where working conditions are under 200bar and 350oC. Due to the small footprint of the system this has become a very popular unit where space is at a premium.