Abu Dhabi opted last year to buy cheaper South Korean reactors.Some say that Fukushima proved the value of paying extra for safer reactors, such as the EPR.
They can also be used in multifunctional reactors.
Applications of multifunctional reactors, like catalytic filters, are also reviewed.
Catalytic traps for diesel particulate removal are multifunctional reactors coupling filtration and catalytic combustion of soot.
In addition, the concept of these so-called multifunctional reactors offers a useful framework for reactor selection and classification.
Multifunctional reactors are not new, but they have received much emphasis in research in the last decade.
This work compares two multifunctional reactors, reactive distillation and chromatographic reactors, for the production of C1 C4 carboxylic esters.
Further, the new equipment is classified as reactors and equipment for non-reactive operations, whereas the methods have been viewed as multifunctional reactors, hybrid separations [4], alternate renewable raw materials [5], alternate energy sources [6] and other methods.
Examples from commercially practiced technologies are used to illustrate how process intensification can be achieved through multifunctional reactors.
Multifunctional reactors are single pieces of equipment in which, besides the reaction, other functions are carried out simultaneously.
