Ubwunvikane bwagutse bwa reaktor ni uko ari kontineri ifite reaction yumubiri cyangwa imiti, kandi binyuze mubishushanyo mbonera hamwe nibisobanuro bya parameter ya kontineri, irashobora kugera kubikorwa byo gushyushya, guhumeka, gukonjesha, hamwe no kuvanga umuvuduko muke usabwa nibikorwa .
Imashini zikoreshwa cyane mubice nka peteroli, imiti, reberi, imiti yica udukoko, amarangi, imiti, nibiryo. Nibikoresho byumuvuduko bikoreshwa mukurangiza inzira nka volcanisation, nitrification, hydrogenation, alkylation, polymerisation, hamwe na kondegene.