Microstructured Reactors for Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes.

Microstructured reactors are mainly characterized by their very high surface to volume ratio compared to traditional chemical reactors. Multichannel microreactors having channel diameters in the order of ten to several hundred micrometers have specific surface areas up to 50’000 m2/m3. This value is roughly two orders of magnitude higher compared to conventional production vessels.