Issue 8, 2019

Adaptive and automated system-optimization for heterogeneous flow-hydrogenation reactions

Abstract

The hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds over a solid Pd/C catalyst to the corresponding alcohols and of N-heterocycles over a solid Ir@CNT catalyst to the corresponding amines with gaseous hydrogen from water electrolysis without human interaction is presented. This is achieved in three-dimensional parameter space (flow rate, temperature and hydrogen pressure) through an integration of inline FTIR-analysis, a simplex control algorithm and an H-Cube microreactor setup. The simplex method can cope with an initial transient behaviour which is characteristic for heterogeneous catalysis.

Graphical abstract: Adaptive and automated system-optimization for heterogeneous flow-hydrogenation reactions

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Jan 2019
Accepted
20 Jun 2019
First published
12 Jul 2019

React. Chem. Eng., 2019,4, 1486-1491

Adaptive and automated system-optimization for heterogeneous flow-hydrogenation reactions

D. C. Fabry, S. Heddrich, E. Sugiono, M. A. Liauw and M. Rueping, React. Chem. Eng., 2019, 4, 1486 DOI: 10.1039/C9RE00032A

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