Microreactors: Experiment s and modeling

Name of Faculty: Sanjay M. Mahajani Microreactors are promising alternatives to the conventional reactors espec ially for heterogeneous involving work involves reactions and those The substantial heat effects.

performing experiments on micro reactors for a given reaction to determine the conversion and yield. The be performance compared thus with obtained will

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through theoretical studies through model dev elopment and simulations.

Using Nature As Our Model

Biology is a paradigm for many technical systems, since nature has invented many efficient, perfectly adapted systems and continuously improved them through evolution. Organisms use tiny channels to transport fluids to supply cells and limbs or to perform chemical reactions and separations. Microreactors constitute a similar system, where complex chemical reactions are performed in highly adapted tiny channels for improved process conditions.

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Small Reactors. Big Results.

Microreactor technology is a new field in chemical engineering and organic synthesis that embodies (click to enlarge) the principles of Green Chemistry. Within tiny channels smaller than a millimeter, chemical and biochemical transformations can be carried out in order to dramatically enhance mixing and heat transfer. The small internal volume also lowers the consumption of energy and raw materials, thereby increasing safety and decreasing costs.