Computer Controlled Multiphase Catalytic Reactor

Computer Controlled Multiphase Catalytic Reactor has the following properties: (i) the reactor unit enables to carry out computer-controlled two- or three-phase heterogeneously catalyzed reactions at temperatures up to 900 degrees Centigrade (precision +/- 2 deg. C) and pressures up to 100 bar (precision +/- 0.2 bar) in a continuous operating mode (LIR trickle-flow regime in the case of three-phase reactions); (ii) the reactor system is equipped with six electronic mass-flow controllers that enable controlled delivery of several gas mixtures to the top of the catalytic bed. The unit is equipped with a gas mixer that provides efficient mixing of fed gases before entering the catalytic reactor; (iii) the construction of reactor system enables preheating of both gas and liquid phase before entering the catalytic reactor; (iv) the unit enables testing of up to 5 grams of a solid catalyst in the catalytic reactor.; (v) the reactor is equipped with a high-pressure gas-liquid separator that is cooled by a Peltier-based cooler. Dead volume of the liquid phase in the separator is below 0.5 ml; (vi) the reactor system is equipped with a HPLC pump that enables accurate delivery of a feed liquid-phase in the volumetric range of 0.01-5.0 ml/min; (vii) the reactor system is designed in such a way that it enables to connect an analytical instrument (e.g. GC chromatograph) to the reactor outlet in order to perform representative analysis of gas phase discharged from the catalytic bed.

Responsible for equipment: PhD Albin Pintar
URL: https://www.ki.si/o-institutu/raziskovalna-infrastruktura/
Duration of catalytic tests: 5 to 15 working days.