Microreactor composed of plates and comprising a catalyst

• Main Authors: SCHMITZ-NIEDERAU MARTIN, EHRLICH JOHANNES, VON MORSTEIN OLAF, KLEMM ELIAS, SCHUETTE RUEDIGER, DE OLIVEIRA ARMIN LANGE, MARKOWZ GEORG, MACHNIK REINHARD, JUCYS MICHAEL, RAPP JUERGEN, ALBRECHT JOHANNES, SCHIRRMEISTER STEFFEN, HEDERER HARTMUT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.03.2010
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The present invention discloses a microreactor for performing heterogeneous catalytic reactions, being of plate or stack construction for industrial use, with provision made for chambers between the plates for the chemical reaction and for the heat removal. Inside the reaction chambers, catalyst material is applied to the internal walls or filled into recesses, and in all chambers there are spacers. In particular the slot-shaped reaction chambers have channels with a hydraulic diameter smaller than 1500 μm and a ratio of free slot width to free slot height in the range of 10 to 450.