Beneficial Micro Reactor Properties for the Oxidation of Propene to Acrolein

2 Beneficial Micro Reactor Properties for the Oxidation of Propene to Acrolein 

The reaction was of a scouting nature, actually one of the most common investigations done concerning gas-phase reactions in micro reactors. Hence it addresses in a general way the investigation of general micro reactor properties such as mass and heat transport and residence time. 

Of particular concern was the finding of a suitable catalyst Owing to the scouting nature, virtually no know-how base was available that time. The investigation gave highly valuable hints for later catalyst development. Actually, they motivated a search for catalysts of higher porosity and better defined composition. As a result, anodically oxidized alumina supports for catalysts were developed (see Sections 3.1 and 3.4.2). 

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