Micro-reactors heat management

The investigations refer to the general capability of micro reactors to perform short-time processing with highy intensified mass and heat transfer. A special focus of most investigations on the oxidation of ammonia was the heat management. The use of new concepts for heat supply and removal opens the door to operation in new process regimes with very different product spectra. 

Beneficial micro reactor properties mainly refer to improving heat management as a key for obtaining a partial reaction in a consecuhve sequence, when large heats are released by reaction steps other than the partial one (see also Section 3.3.1). 

Utilized micro technology for reactor, heat exchanger, and fuel vaporizer to improve system efficiency through optimized thermal management and fluid dynamics. 

Different types of membrane reactors for hydrogen production have been proposed in the literature. Most of the previous work has been performed in packed bed membrane reactors (PBMRs) however, there is an increasing interest in novel configurations such as fluidized bed membrane reactors (FBMRs) and membrane micro-reactors (MMRs), especially because better heat management and decreased mass transfer limitations can be obtained in these novel reactor configurations. 

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