Edited by Yong Wang and Jamelyn D. Holladay
Microreaction technology, with its unprecedented heat and mass transfer advantages as well as uniform residence time and flow pattern, is one of the few technologies with potential to develop efficient, environmentally benign, and compact processes. Novel fabrication and processing techniques,
equipment, and operational methods are resulting in spectacular developments that go beyond "traditional" chemical engineering. These new developments promise improvements in process plants, and lead to the transformation of our concept of chemical plants into compact, safe, energy-efficient, and
environmentally sustainable processes. Microsystems are now available in many devices for commercial applications including: micromixers and microreactors as alternative to batch production in pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry, lab-on-chip devices, microsensors, advanced rapid throughput
chemical and catalyst screening tools (e.g. combi), distributed or portable power and chemical production, distributed heating and cooling, and even out of this world applications with NASA. A wide diversity of subjects are discussed in this book ranging from catalysis to fuel processing to
combinatorial techniques to separations to novel reactors all of which are enabled by microtechnology principles. World renowned pioneers (Klavs Jensen, Volker Hessel, Jennifer Holmgren, and Galip Akay) provide accounts on both historical developments and the current state of the art as well as
insights into future research and development in microreactor and process intensification. Research and developments are presented by industry, universities, U.S. National Laboratories, and other laboratories located in the United States and throughout the world. It is composed of peer-reviewed
chapters from both contributing and invited authors. The review and original research topics include (1) introductory and general overviews, (2) microreactors- including catalysts for microreactors, fuel processors, milli-second contact time catalysis, gas to liquid technology, and biomass
conversion; and (3) process intensification such as micro mixers, reactive membranes, and intensification of separation operations.
Preface
1.. Klavs F. Jensen: Silicon-Based Microreactors
2.. Volker Hessel and Holger Lowe: Chemical Microprocess Engineering: Current Trends and Issues to be Resolved
3.. Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich and Yong Wang: Overview of Early-Stage Microchannel Reactor Development at
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
4.. A. Karlsson, D.E. Akporiaye, M. Plassen, Ralph Gillespie, and J.S. Holmgren: Parallel Heterogeneous Reactor Systems for Catalyst Screening
5.. S. Zhao, V.S. Nagineni, Y. Liang, J. Hu, K.R. Aithal, N.V. Seetala, J. Fang, U. Siriwardane, R.S. Besser,
K. Varahramyan, J. Palmer, R. Nassar, and D. Kuila: Microreactor Research and Development at Louisiana Tech University: Fabrication of Silicon Microchannel Reactors for Catalyst Studies on Conversion of Cyclohexene as a Prototype and Syngas to Alkanes
6.. Yong Wang, Bradley R. Johnson, James
Cao, Ya-Huei Chin, Robert T. Rozmiarek, Yufei Gao, and Anna Lee Tonkovich: Engineered Catalysts for Microchannel Reactor Applications
7.. D.L. King, K. Brooks, C. Fischer, L. Pederson, G. Rawlings, V.S. Stenkamp, W. TeGrotenhuis, R. Wegeng, and G. Whyatt: Fuel Reformation: Catalyst Requirements
in Microchannel Architectures
8.. S. Zhao, J. Hu, D. Kuila, R.S. Besser, R. Nassar, and J.D. Palmer: Nanoscale Platinum Catalyst in Microreactors for Preferential Oxidation of CO for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Feeds
9.. Gotz Veser: Process Intensification through Heat-Integration for
High-Temperature Catalysis
10.. J.D. Holladay, E.O. Jones, R.A. Dagle, G.G. Xia, C. Cao, and Y. Wang: Miniturization of a Hydrogen Plant
11.. D.G. Norton, S.R. Deshmukh, E.D. Wetzel, and D.G. Vlachos: Downsizing Chemical Processes for Portable Hydrogen Production
12.. V. Cominos, V.
Hessel, C. Hofmann, G. Kolb, H. Pennemann, and R. Zapf: Fuel Processing in Catalytically Coated Microreactors for Low-Power Fuel Cell Applications
13.. Daniel R. Palo, Jamie D. Holladay, Robert A. Dagle, and Ya-Huei Chin: Integrated Methanol Fuel Processors for Portable Fuel Cell Systems
14.. Q. Ming, A. Lee, J. Harrison, and P. Irving: Engineering Aspects of Designing the Components in a Microchannel Fuel Processor
15.. K.P. Brooks, J.M. Davis, C.M. Fischer, D.L. King, L.R. Pederson, G.C. Rawlings, V.S. Stenkamp, W. TeGrotenhuis, R.S. Wegeng, and G.A. Whyatt: Fuel
Reformation: Microchannel Reactor Design
16.. Kai T. Jarosch, Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich, Steven T. Perry, David Kuhlmann, and Yong Wang: Microchannel Reactors for Intensifying Gas-to-Liquid Technology
17.. Chunshe Cao, Yong Wang, Susanne B. Jones, Jianli Hu, X. Shari Li, Douglas C. Elliott,
and Don J. Stevens: Microchannel Catalytic Processes for Converting Biomass-Derived Syngas to Transportation Fuels
Process Identification
18.. G. Akay, M. Dogru, B. Calkan, and O.F. Calkan: Flow-Induced Phase Inversion Phenomenon in Process Intensification and Microreactor
Technology: Preparation and Applications of Nanostructured Microporous Polymers and Metals
19.. M.G. Buonomenna, E. Drioli, G. Licini, and P. Scrimin: New Catalytic Polymeric Membranes Incorporating Ti(IV) Trialkanolamines Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and application in Catalysis
20.. L. Zeng and J. Palmer: Enhancement of Micromixing Tees Using Ultrasound Energy
21.. Volker Hessel and Holger Lowe: Mixing Principles for Microstructured Mixers: Active and Passive Mixing
22.. Ward TeGrotenhuis, Susie Stenkamp, and Alvin Twitchell: Gas-Liquid Processing in
Microchannels
23.. G. Akay, Z.Z. Noor, and M. Dogru: Process Intensification in Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsion Seperation by Simultaneous Application of Electric Field and Novel Demulsifier Adsorbers Based on Polyhipe Polymers
24.. Jae W. Lee, Mudassir Ghufran, James Chin, and Zhe Guo:
Intensification of Reaction and V-L Separation in Batch Systems
25.. Y. Lu, N. Sathitsuksanoh, H.Y. Yang, B.K. Chang, A.P. Queen, and B.J. Tatarchuk: Microfibrous Entrapped ZnO-Support Sorbents for High Contacting Efficiency H2S Removal from Reformate Streams in PEMFC Applications
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Yong Wang is at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Jamelyn D. Holladay is at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
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