Microreactor for efficient catalyst evaluation

Ronald S. Besser; Sean Ouyang; Harshal Surangalikar; Michelle Prevot

doi:10.1117/12.443073

28 September 2001 Microreactor for efficient catalyst evaluation

Ronald S. Besser, Sean Ouyang, Harshal Surangalikar, Michelle Prevot

Proceedings Volume 4560, Microfluidics and BioMEMS; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.443073
Event: Micromachining and Microfabrication, 2001, San Francisco, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes ongoing work in the development of microreactor-based systems for applications in the chemical process industry. The microreactors discussed here are formed from silicon using robust micromachining processes to produce devices with micrometer-scale fluidic structures including passageways for the introduction and removal of gases, and a reaction zone with a thin-film catalyst. We describe experiments done to characterize these reactors for use as development tools for industrial catalytic processes in terms of catalyst screening, acquisition of rate laws, and determination of optimal process conditions. The system studied here, the reaction of a cyclic olefin (cyclohexene) with hydrogen in the presence of platinum catalyst, is a model for industrially important catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions.

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Ronald S. Besser, Sean Ouyang, Harshal Surangalikar, and Michelle Prevot "Microreactor for efficient catalyst evaluation", Proc. SPIE 4560, Microfluidics and BioMEMS, (28 September 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.443073

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