Benefits of Glass Reactors With Double or Dual Layers
The construction material is the main factor when selecting equipment, especially when dealing with a product that requires high levels of resistance to corrosion as well as purity.
Glass-lined reactor process equipment is used almost in every pharmaceutical manufacturing facility across the globe, and most industries, such as the chemical, metallurgical, pesticides, and food industries, have made use of it.
The primary reason for the wide application of the double glass reactor is the fact that it poses a plethora of advantages from its construction material. So, what are the benefits of double glass reactors for your process?
Purity
Some extractable metals like nickel, copper, molybdenum, and chromium can leach into your product and contaminate it, which may result in undesired catalytic effects, which as well result in harmful fluctuations in process reactions.
The results can be compromising the product quality, can negatively affect the product yield, or even result in runaway reactions. Double glass reactors are inert hence impervious to these contaminations. Moreover, it doesn’t affect the flavor or color.
Flexibility
While using double glass reactors, you don’t need to make drastic changes, nor even would you need new equipment. The mechanical, thermal, as well as chemical properties of glass, is enough proof that the material is capable of handling operating conditions of diverse categories.
Ease of Cleaning
Cleanability is essential, especially when it comes to pharmaceutical processes. Between batches, every reactor, as well as the associated process equipment, has to be cleaned thoroughly to ensure product quality as well as minimize the heat transfer resistance as a result of product build-up.
Double glass reactors have been meant for CGMP requirements for cleanliness, cleaning, and sterilization. Moreover, their smoothness of the surface makes clean up easy by using non-corrosive as well as low-pressure cleaning systems.
Corrosion Resistance
Double glass reactors provide superior corrosion resistance to alkalis, acids, water as well as other chemical solutions. For that reason, glass reactors can be used for several years in an environment that most metal vessels won’t survive.
Cost-Efficient Solution
With proper maintenance, double layer glass reactors are a cost-efficient solution when you compare them to steel or alloy vessels. Those others, since they are unable to resist corrosion, their service life are drastically shortened, unlike the glass reactors, which resists corrosion.
Therefore, the steel and glass combination provides the best material construction outcome with the inside, offering product protection while the outside provides durability as well as structural strength.