Coating of steam reforming catalysts in non-porous multi-channeled microreactors

被引：19
作者：
Conant, Travis [1 ]
Karim, Ayman [1 ]
Datye, Abhaya [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ New Mexico, Ctr Microengn Mat, Dept Chem & Nucl Engn, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
来源：
CATALYSIS TODAY | 2007年 / 125卷 / 1-2期
关键词：
methanol reforming; microreactor; catalyst wall coating; capillary number; Reynolds number; gas-assisted fluid displacement;
D O I：
10.1016/j.cattod.2007.01.061
中图分类号：
O69 [应用化学];
学科分类号：
081704 ;
摘要：
Our previous work [T. Conant, et al., Wall coating behavior of catalyst slurries in non-porous ceramic microstructures. Chem. Eng. Sci. 61 (17) (2006) 5678] described how the inertial effects limit the catalyst wall-coating thickness in a single microchannel. In this work, we demonstrate the inherent benefit of multichanneled structures in avoiding inertial effects during the process of coating catalyst slurries. Our microreactor consists of 25 capillaries of 530 mu m in diameter housed within a 1/4 in. o.d. stainless steel housing. The maximum fraction coated within the parallel-channel microstructure was found to be 40% which is a significant improvement over the 25% achieved with single 530 mu m capillaries. Transmitted-light optical microscopy shows that the channels are plug-free. The thick coatings may lead to some loss of cohesion within the coating layer, resulting in non-uniform coating thicknesses. The catalyst layer within the reactors was tested for the steam reforming of methanol, confirming the viability of coating catalysts slurries in pre-fabricated microreactors. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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