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Application of a Multichannel Microstructured Reactor for Studies of Oxidative Propane Dehydrogenation
Author(s) -
Steinfeldt N.,
Dingerdissen U.,
Baerns M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.200407171
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , propane , exothermic reaction , isothermal process , microreactor , catalysis , materials science , chemical engineering , chemistry , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , engineering , physics
Microstructured reactors are a suitable tool to study highly exothermic reactions under approximately isothermal conditions. The catalytic material is deposited on the reactor wall in order to avoid a high pressure drop and to improve the heat transfer from the catalyst to the wall. It is shown that the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane can be carried out isothermally over a wide range of experimental conditions when microstructured reactors with a great number of parallel channels are used.