Structured Catalysts and Reactors

The present and the future of structured catalysts - an overview. Reactors with structured catalysts where no convective mass transfer over a cross section of the reactor occurs (monolithic catalysts = honeycomb catalysts): ceramic catalyst supports for casoline fuel; metal and coated-metal catalysts; autocatalysts - past, present and future; monolithic catalysts for the selective reduction of NOx with NH3 from stationary monolith reactors; unconventional utilization of monolithic catalysts for gas-phase reactions; modelling of monolithic reactors for automotive exhaust gas treatment; the use of monolithic catalysts for three-phase reactions; modelling of monolith reactors in three-phase processes; monolithic reactors for countercurrent gas-liquid operation. Reactors with structured catalysts where convective mass transfer over the cross section of the reactor occurs: parallel-passage and lateral-flow reactors; bead-string reactor; open cross-flow-channel catalysts and catalyst supports; catalytic supports; catalytic filters for flue gas cleaning; monolithic reactors with permeable walls (membrane reactors): reactors with metal and metal-containing membranes; inorganic-membrane reactors; ceramic catalyst support and filters for diesel exhaust aftertreatment; polyethylene terephthalate; crow-flow reactors with permeable walls. Catalyst preparation and characterization: transformation of a structured carrier into structured catalyst; computer-aided characterization and design of catalyst pore structure.