Development of micro chemical process towards the process intensification
Research members： Dr. Makoto Sakurai
Research fields： Nano/Micro science, Process/Chemical engineering, Integrated engineering
Departments： Institute of Engineering
Keywords： process intensification, micro reactor, structured catalyst, non-steady operation
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Summary
In order to realize the drastic improvement of chemical process, research towards the highly efficient micro chemical process development based on the concept of process intensification is conducted. The component of a process is considered on a multi scale which consists of space and time. Our aim is the optimal design of a process considering the interaction of various scale of those components. The multi scale approach is conducted in a view point of the equipment design and the operation design and the following researches are ongoing.
1) Development of micro reactor with structured catalyst
2) Development of micro reactor with immobilized enzyme
3) Study on periodic temperature cycling with micro reactor
4) Development of heat exchanger type micro reactor
Reference articles and patents
1) “Development of the Heat Exchanger Type Microreactor Using Anodized Aluminum Catalyst for Compact Fuel Cell”, Y. Yonekura, M. Sakurai and H. Kameyama, Abstract of the 11th International Conference on Microreaction Technology(IMRET 11), Paper No. P3-2(2010)
2) “Operating Temperature Conditions for Periodic Temperature Cycling in a Microreactor”, Toru Nakano, Makoto Sakurai and Hideo Kameyama, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 45(2), 89-93(2012)
3) “Development of a Microreactor with a Structured Catalyst”, Shogo Shimada, Makoto Sakurai and Hideo Kameyama, Journal of Flow Chemistry, 3 (3), 99-102(2013)
4) “Parametric Study of Periodic Temperature Cycling Using Microreactor”, Makoto SAKURAI, Hiroki OKU and Hideo KAMEYAMA, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 47(2), 207-211(2014)
Contact
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Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology
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