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Reactor Systems PCI has developed a compact, lightweight and high efficiency catalytic reactor design offering major performance and cost advantages compared to conventional state-of-the-art catalytic reactors. The advantages of these high heat and mass transfer reactors are derived from an ultra-short channel length substrate structure (Microlith®) combined with advanced catalyst coatings.
Microlith® substrates have several superior attributes, for example, in oxidation reactors:
Microlith® technology has been developed with a combination of DOD, EPA, NASA and NSF SBIR R&D programs and joint programs with interested U.S. manufacturers. This technology has been developed for PEM and SOFC fuel processors, catalytic converters, catalytic burners and combustors, fuel cell and fuel reformer oxidizers, fuel reformer catalytic reactors, air cleaning systems, and chemical reactor applications. Microlith™ technology is scalable in many parameters allowing for custom tailored product development to unique individual application requirements. Contact us for more information on how PCI's Microlith® solutions may be applied to your chemical reaction problem. |
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Microlith®
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The reactors
(see example at right) are
constructed of a series of very thin and short metal channel (Microlith®)
substrates with low pressure drop, enabling design of a high cell density, low thermal
mass device which simultaneously lead to a smaller, lighter and higher efficiency
catalytic reactor. Both mass transfer and heat transfer are significantly increased by the
substrate design, allowing more rapid reactor response to gas temperatures as well as improved rates
of reactant contact with the surface.