Aerosol synthesis methods for the production of nanostructured fullerene particles have been developed. The nanostructured, ultrafine fullerene particles were produced by vapor condensation and aerosol droplet drying and crystallization methods in tubular laminar flow reactors. The formation mechanisms were studied by measuring particle-size distributions is the gas phase. High-resolution scann...

The partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas was investigated in a novel type of perm selective membrane reactor using Perowskite hollow fibers. The operating behaviour of this membrane reactor integrating the process steps selective separation of oxygen from air, selective O2 transfer in the membrane and oxidation of methane with simultaneous steam reforming was investigated theoretically...

Light alkanes can be converted to more useful chemicals in noble metal coated monoliths at very short contact times. The short-contacttime reactor is described by detailed models for the flow field, chemistry, and their coupling. The partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas in a rhodium coated monolith is studied numerically as an example. Keyword: reactor modelling, catalytic partial oxid...

Knowledge driven optimisation has been developed in an attempt to overcome difficulties in applying existing reactor network synthesis methods to complex systems. Knowledge derived from kinetic relationships is applied to superstructure optimisation in the form of a customised rule-based Tabu Search where rules are used to guide optimisation decisions. Nonisothermal behaviour is represented usi...

While microwave enhancement of chemical syntheses has been demonstrated for a broad variety of chemical reactions, there is no accepted universal mechanism. Is the enhancement due to more efficient heating, to overheating, to nonuniform heating, or to nonthermal effects? Analyses are complicated due to the often significant spatial and temporal temperature variations in microwave reactor system...

A continuous flow reactor equipped with a low-loss flow channel and a microwave cavity was developed for synthesizing nanophosphors. A continuous solution synthesis of YVO4:Eu,Bi nanophosphor was succeeded through the rapid hydrothermal method using this equipment. Internal quantum efficiency of YVO4:Eu,Bi nanophosphor obtained by 20 minutes microwave heating is about 30% at 320 nm as high as t...

• Research, develop and demonstrate the Ion Transport Membrane (ITM) Syngas ceramic membrane reactor system for the low-cost conversion of natural gas to hydrogen and synthesis gas. • Scale-up the ITM Syngas reactor technology through three levels of pilot-scale testing and precommercial demonstration. • Obtain the technical, engineering, operating and economic data necessary for the final step...

Activity of cobalt and iron catalysts in ammonia synthesis was determined under a pressure of 10 MPa and at the temperature range of 673–823 K, in a sixchannel integral steel reactor. The catalytic ammonia decomposition was studied in a differential reactor under the atmosphere of low concentration of ammonia (\6%) in the temperature range of 673–823 K under atmospheric pressure. The determined...

A continuous flow sonochemical reactor was developed capable of producing metastable cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoplatelets with thicknesses at or below 10nm. The continuous flow sonochemical reactor included the passive in-line micromixing of reagents prior to sonochemical reaction. Synthesis results were compared with those from reactors involving batch conventional heating and batch ultrasound-...