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My Reactor is Running Hot

Discussion in 'Garage / Workshop' started by BrokeDownSouth, Mar 12, 2019.

  1. Mar 12, 2019 at 10:27 AM
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    I keep having to pause my feeds to bring the temperature back in range. Should I extend feed time? Seems like 180 min should be enough for VA/BA @ 50% wt monomer. ..
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  2. Mar 12, 2019 at 12:35 PM
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    what is it?
     
  3. Mar 12, 2019 at 12:44 PM
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    Cool. Are you making milk?
     
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  4. Mar 12, 2019 at 12:46 PM
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    *Steps back very slowly*

    *leaves thread*

    Some sort of copolymerization process? That's too fancy to be a meth lab. :rofl:

    :popcorn:
     
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    If the heat exchange in a fluid stream is causing a cooling process, then I would venture your feed rate is too high.

    That said, I have no god damn idea what I'm looking at.
     
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    Meth is bad ummkay
     
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    Haha that’s not meth, looks like somebody’s making a vinyl acrylic coating.....now where’s that going on the taco?

    Slower feed rate could help. Can’t hurt to run a water jacket on it too

    Kind of reminds me of the coffee from breaking bad....

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  8. Mar 12, 2019 at 1:06 PM
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    Very similar to milk in that it's an emulsion also.
     
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    Some types of nano-emulsions have been shown to effectively destroy HIV-1 and tuberculosis pathogens on non-porous surfaces as well.

    Just how good of a trip to Thailand did you have??? :rofl:
     
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    Water jacket is kind of cheating on this scale. This gallon reactor cools roughly the same rate naked as a 6000 gallon reactor with a full water jacket. Can't make it in the plant if you have to water cool it on agallon scale.
     
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    Look man, I though HR talked to you about wearing pants in the lab already...
     
  12. Mar 12, 2019 at 1:12 PM
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    I'm bored at work. Just glad people are replying to this thread.
     
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  13. Mar 12, 2019 at 1:13 PM
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    Me too, which is why i am replying.

    JUST TELL US WHAT IT IS ALREADY!!!
     
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    Anti vaxer??:cool:
     
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    In a strange twist, he's actually developing the autism vaccine. :rofl:
     
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    I will offer up my kid as test subject:anonymous:
     
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    The dedicated box knife seems suspiciously unnecessary.
     
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    This is a vinyl acetate - butyl acrylate copolymer approx 4C Tg. Soap stabilized. It has some itaconic acid in it too. Pretty mundane; it's what I'm going to make it of it in the next stage that is unique.
     
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    That knife was there when I started in 2015, hasn't moved. It had become part of the background until you noticed it.
     
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    Ooooh. Stabilized soap! I'm curious whats next. Please post your (peer-reviewed, obviously) results when you're done!


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