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Modular Microstructured Reactors for Pilot‐ and Production Scale Chemistry
Author(s) -
Ghaini Aras,
BalonBurger Monika,
Bogdan Anca,
Krtschil Ulrich,
Löb Patrick
Publication year - 2015
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.201400214
Subject(s) - modular design , modularity (biology) , process engineering , flexibility (engineering) , pressure drop , residence time (fluid dynamics) , heat transfer , mixing (physics) , reactor design , scale up , scale (ratio) , chemical reaction engineering , residence time distribution , materials science , nanotechnology , mechanical engineering , computer science , flow (mathematics) , engineering , chemistry , nuclear engineering , catalysis , thermodynamics , mechanics , mathematics , physics , biochemistry , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , statistics , geotechnical engineering , genetics , biology , operating system
In recent years, two strategies in continuous‐flow plant technology attracted strengthened interest: First, the use of microstructured devices as a new tool for process intensification and second, the modularity of interchangeable devices which leads to more flexibility. To take advantage of both, these approaches were combined within the EU‐project CoPIRIDE. Microstructured modular reactors were fabricated by novel manufacturing techniques. Different types of such reactors were characterized in terms of reaction engineering. Residence time distribution, heat transfer performance, pressure drop, and liquid‐liquid mixing performance were investigated.