Investigation of microchannel reactors at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) began in the mid 1990s. During the half decade leading to 2000, many concurrent challenges were faced involving device design, catalyst development, and fabrication methods. Microchannel reactor development efforts at PNNL were focused on solving applied problems, including vaporization of hydrocarbon fuels and their steam reforming for fuel processing. Efforts at PNNL also focused on the development of engineered catalysts based on structured metal substrates and device fabrication using diffusion-bonded metal sheets.
Revised: November 17, 2006 |
Published: October 5, 2005
Citation
Tonkovich A.Y., and Y. Wang. 2005.Overview of Early-Stage Microchannel Reactor Development at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In Microreactor Technology and Process Intensification, ACS Symposium Series, edited by Yong Wang and Jamelyn D. Holladay. 47-65. Washington, District Of Columbia:American Chemical Society. PNWD-SA-7125.