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Parr Voted Best Manufacturer!

Parr would like to thank the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal and their readers for voting us the Best Manufacturer for 2023!
At Parr we pride ourselves on designing and manufacturing safe, high quality laboratory equipment.

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Join us at ACS Spring 2023!

Join us at ACS Spring 2023 in Booth #618!
Indianapolis, IN | March 26-30

Featuring Parr’s High Pressure Instruments for Sustainable Research!

Get your Free Expo Only Pass to ACS Spring 2023!

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Visit us at the AMPP Annual Conference + Expo!

Come see Parr’s new High Pressure, High Temperature Rotating Cylinder Electrode at AMPP 2023, March 19 – 23 in Denver!

Contact us for a Free One-Day Exhibit Hall Pass!

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New Automated Liquid Sampler Video

Check out our new video featuring our 4878 Automated Liquid Sampler!

Collect multiple samples at user-defined intervals from any Parr reactor or pressure vessel while at operating temperature and pressures up to 5,000 psi and 500 ˚C.

Learn more!

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New HP/HT Rotating Cylinder Electrode System

Parr's new High Pressure, High Temperature Rotating Cylinder Electrode (RCE) System was designed to perform corrosion studies as described in ASTM G185 at elevated pressure and temperature. This apparatus facilitates the evaluation of corrosion inhibitors in harsh, real world conditions, up to 200bar/2900psi and 200°C, with or without the presence of CO2 and/or H2S.
Parr’s new system is based on its popular 1 liter stirred reactor design and integrates robust counter and reference electrodes from Corr Instruments with dedicated sequencing software to control Gamry’s 1010B Potentiostat as well as Parr’s temperature and motor controller.

Learn more!

Parr HP/HT RCE System
Parr HP/HT RCE System
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Catalyst Loading Toolkit for Tubular Reactors

Catalyst Loading Toolkit for 5401 Tubular Reactor
Catalyst Loading Toolkit

Loading or removing a fixed bed (aka packed bed) of bulk solids such as powdered catalyst deep inside a long narrow tubular reactor at a precise repeatable depth can be challenging. Parr has created the Catalyst Loading Toolkit to facilitate loading of catalyst in the annulus of our tubular reactors and easily adjust the location and length of the catalyst packing.
Learn more. 

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Reaction Calorimetry Capability Added to Parr Reactors

Parr 4540, 1.2 L Reactor, with H2 and liquid feeds, equipped for Power Compensation CalorimetryParr has integrated the principles and practice of reaction calorimetry into our reactor systems.

Reaction calorimetry is often used for studying chemical reaction rates and the thermal properties of systems. In chemical processing industries, this technique is used for understanding and mitigating hazards from the scale-up of reactions developed in the lab to industrial-scale reactors. As a reaction is scaled from lab to plant, scalability problems may emerge for various reasons. Issues are often attributable to a lack of understanding of the process chemistry, the inability to remove heat or changes in mixing performance during scale-up. Reaction calorimetry provides this additional level of process understanding.

The principal output from experiments performed in a reaction calorimeter is the heat production rate associated with the processes occurring inside the reactor. The heat production profile becomes the basis for the determination of a number of important operational parameters.

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Parr Custom Stirrers & Internals

Spiral Stirrer with Double Helix
Spiral Stirrer with Double Helix

Parr reactors and pressure vessels have been used in many industries for a wide variety of applications over our 120 year history. Parr has learned over the years that user requirements are always changing and we pride ourselves on building reactors and pressure vessels to fit each user’s needs. To meet this demand, Parr has become proficient at designing and manufacturing custom components.

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ParrEd Episode 2: 1108 Oxygen Combustion Vessel 500 Firing Maintenance

The second video in our new ParrEd educational video series has been released! In the episode, Parr's Dr. Andrei Yermalayeu teaches how to perform the 500 Firings Maintenance for the 1108 Oxygen Combustion Vessel.

Find the new video on our ParrEd Playlist.

Subscribe to Parr’s YouTube channel today to receive notifications when new videos are added!

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Parr 4700 Vessels for Oven Use

Model 4700-22mL Vessel with rupture disc & valve
Parr’s Series 4700 small, lightweight, and inexpensive pressure vessels are often heated in laboratory ovens. Parr has created a new head design which incorporates a safety rupture disc and valve to allow pressurization of the vessel prior to heating. Learn more.

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