Process Intensification for Reactions and Reactors
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2017
2017 Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety
Process Intensification
Developments in Process Intensification
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 4:00pm to 4:30pm
We will describe various concepts for intensifying catalytic reactions and reactors, including bifunctional materials and cascade reactions, fairly mature by now microtechnology, hybrids of reactors and separations, and multifunctional reactors including static micromixers and microheat exchangers (spatial domain), periodic operation (temporal domain), and use of alternate energy forms such as microwaves. These concepts will be elucidated with examples taken from biomass, shale gas, and ammonia chemistry.