Online reactor manufacturing

To demonstrate the huge problems behind online coating and in consequence also online reactor manufacturing, a study executed at the IMM [164] will be presented in more detail in the following. 

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Coating on micro structures is still dominated by manual coating techniques. For future automated production of catalysts and even complete reactors, automated coating procedures will become crucial. Some new approaches in coating technology especially suited for micro structures are described in Section 4.12.4, Online Reactor Manufacturing. 

Adaptation of Industrial Online Processes to Micro Structured Reactor Manufacturing... 

The study aims at the development of a production line for readily manufactured reactors with integrated catalysts as marketable products. The archetype for such an online technology was found in continuous coating and mass-produce processes in the polymer industry for the production of non-woven textiles and foils. A typical scheme for the melt-coating of a polymer foil is shown in Figure 4.106 [165],... 

The BOD method is based on the processes of degradation by bacteria, and there is a range of operational conditions and reactors can be different depending on the manufacturer (biosensors S.L., Kelma, LAR, STIP ISCO). Since the incubation takes several days is no incentive to convert this into an on-site method. For some methods that can be used online an oxidation step is required before analysis, and this can be achieved in a variety of ways, for instance oxidation processes can be based on thermal, catalytic, chemical, or photochemical reactions, for the estimation of COD, TOC, TN and TP in waters and wastewaters. Photochemical oxidation is determined by persulphate and UV irradiation. These oxidation processes may also be coupled for better efficiency. These processes achieve mineralization of TOC, TN and TP into CO2, NO and PO43-, respectively, and these can be detected by a range of sensors. 

Figure 15.2 displays the flow diagram of the simple API manufacturing process analyzed in this example. It corresponds to case C of the SynPharm example of SuperPro Designer which is available online [140]. A production suite is dedicated to this process which initially includes two 3,800 L reactors (R-101 and R-102), one 2.5... 

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