Bioprocess intensification in a novel multiphase loop reactor

One-dimensional CFD model of a multiphase loop polymerization reactor

Process Intensification in Multiphase Reactors

Introduction Applications of multiphase technology are prevalent in petroleum refining, synthesis gas conversion to fuels and chemicals, bulk commodity chemicals, specialty chemicals, conversion of undesired by-products to recyclable products, manufacture of polymers, biotechnology and pollution abatement. In these processes the reactor performance is crucial: it determines the number and size ...

Microfluidic devices: useful tools for bioprocess intensification.

The dawn of the new millennium saw a trend towards the dedicated use of microfluidic devices for process intensification in biotechnology. As the last decade went by, it became evident that this pattern was not a short-lived fad, since the deliverables related to this field of research have been consistently piling-up. The application of process intensification in biotechnology is therefore see...

Leather bioprocess intensification: Ultrasound assisted novel enzymatic hair-loosening system for leather processing

The use of enzymes for hair loosening in leather processing provides a cleaner option. However, there is need to improve the efficiency of these unit operations involving bioprocess by way of process intensification techniques, such as, the use of ultrasound. In this paper, the use of ultrasound has been studied in native enzyme papain (A) based hair-loosening system and compared with commercia...

Ionic liquid synthesis in a microstructured reactor for process intensification

A. Renken b,∗, V. Hessel a,c, P. Löb a, R. Miszczuk b, M. Uerdingen d, L. Kiwi-Minsker b a Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 18-20, D-55129 Mainz, Germany b Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, SB-ISIC-GGRC-Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland c Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands d Solvent Innovation GmbH, Nattermann...