Flow Chemistry Europe Agenda

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Towards Lipase-Catalyzed Reactions under Continuous Flow Conditions
Rodrigo Souza, Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Recent achievements on lipase catalyzed monoacylglycerol production, kinetic resolution of amines/alcohols and synthesis of sugar ester derivatives under continuous flow conditions will be presented.

Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Hall

Economic and Practical Considerations of Switching from Batch to Continuous
Robert Ashe, Managing Director, AM Technology, United Kingdom

The commercial case for flow technology in chemical manufacturing is influenced by price competition and production costs. Success in switching from batch to continuous relies on identifying the right applications and employing the right hardware solutions. 

Oxidations and Reductions with Iron-based Nanomaterials – a Continuous-Flow Approach
Toma Glasnov, Assistant Professor, Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria

This presentation will focus on liquid/liquid and gas/liquid/solid processes performed in continuous flow manner. Using nanoparticle catalysts based on iron oxides industrially relevant flow processes involving reductions with hydrazine as well as selective oxidations of benzyl alcohols will be demonstrated. The described processes are optimized in high-temperature/high-pressure regimes.

Technology Spotlight:
A Short Review of a Selection of Flow Chemistry Benefits Through Real Examples
Yann Lecouturier, Regional Manager, Syrris Ltd

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Hall

Poster Viewing Session

Rate Based Process Design, Scale Up Across Equipment Types
Frans Muller, Professor, University Of Leeds, United Kingdom

This presentation will focus on generating and using laboratory data to develop rate expressions that can be used to evaluate different manufacturing options.

Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Hall

End of Day One

New Developments in Flow Chemistry
Floris Rutjes, Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

The focus of this lecture will be on highly controlled gas/liquid processes in continuous flow labscale devices

Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Hall

Supporting Tools for Development of Flow Chemistry Applications
Krist Gernaey, Associate Professor, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Process development is time-consuming. Tools from the process systems engineering (PSE) field which can support efficient development of continuous processes in micro- or meso-scale reactors will be highlighted.

Flow Process Design for Complex Pharma Related Syntheses
Alexei Lapkin, Professor, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Formulation of design criteria on the basis of molecular understanding of chemical reactions is presented for the cases of stoichiometric reduction, C-C and C-N coupling and photochemical oxidation in the syntheses of APIs.

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Hall

Poster Viewing Session

Flow Synthesis of Plasmonic Nanoparticles Using Micro Fluid Segments
J Michael Koehler, Head of Department, Technische Universitat Ilmenau, Germany

The technique of micro segmented flow was applied for synthesis of spherical, prismatic and disk-like metal nanoparticles. It allows an accurate control of size and shape. The high yield and high homogeneity is due to the fast and reproducible mixing of reactants under constant flow conditions. In addition, the technique allows the automated screening of particle properties by tuning of flow rate ratios. In result, large parameter fields can be checked and used for the addressing of plasmonic properties.

Intensifying the Production of Polymers by Microfluidic-assisted Continuous-flow Processes
Christophe Serra, Professor, University of Strasbourg, France

The presentation will give an overview of microfluidic-assisted flow-chemistry techniques for the intensified production of polymers with controlled compositions, architectures, molecular weights and molecular weight distributions.

Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Hall

Examples of Continuous Flow Chemistry Using A Novel Non-Resonant Microwave Applicator
Mats Larhed, Group Leader, Uppsala University, Sweden

The design and technical features of a novel non-resonant microwave applicator will be presented, including examples of chemistry applications ranging from metal catalysis to synthesis of bioactive compounds.

Continuous Clean Alkene Epoxidation Process Technology for the Production of Commercially Important Epoxide Building Blocks
Basu Saha, Professor, London South Bank University , United Kingdom

This lecture will highlight cleaner and efficient catalytic epoxidation methods using an environmentally benign process. This new process provides many advantages to potential users: feedstock flexibility, atom efficiency, flexibility of scale of production, reduced unit costs and improved profitability.