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Structured Porous Millireactors for Liquid‐Liquid Chemical Reactions
Author(s) -
Potdar Aditi,
Thomassen Leen C. J.,
Kuhn Simon
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201800128
Subject(s) - microreactor , pressure drop , mass transfer , packed bed , materials science , porosity , heat transfer , porous medium , chemical engineering , chemical reactor , scale up , mechanics , chemistry , chromatography , catalysis , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering , physics , classical mechanics
Milli‐scale reactors with an integrated microstructure offer a promising scale‐up approach for conventional microreactors. This study applies 3D‐printed structured porous millireactors to industrially relevant liquid‐liquid reactions. The underlying transport mechanisms are identified by quantifying interfacial heat and mass transfer. The structured reactors perform limited in Taylor flow compared to a packed‐bed reactor due to limited interfacial mass transfer. However, in stratified flow, their productivity increases significantly at a fraction of the pressure drop of a packed bed.