Supported ionic liquids on microstructured supports

A similar catalyst was developed by Virtanen et al. [63, 64] for the liquid-phase hydrogenation of a,P unsaturated aldehydes. The authors immobilized IL containing Pd nanoparticles on active carbon fibers. The system can be characterized as a gas-hquid-liquid-soUd system, where gaseous hydrogen and an unsaturated 

In this chapter, different types of microstructures and their applications are presented. The results presented herein clearly indicate that MSR and structured catalysts offer superior mass transfer performance at lower energy dissipation in comparison to conventional equipment Therefore, the influence of concentration gradients between fluid and solid and within the porous catalyst can be effectively diminished or even suppressed, leading to high product selectivity and yield. 

The advantages of structured catalysts are demonstrated by the successful use in environment-related processes such as the selective catalytic reduction of NO, in power plants and the elimination of volatile organic compound (VOC) and NO in exhaust emissions. Low pressure drop, thus low power dissipation, high conversion, and selectivity required are clear elements of PI as defined in the introduction. 

1) Process intensification methodologies applied to liquid-liquid systems in structured equipment. 

2) Combining process intensification-driven manufacture of microstructured reactors and process design regarding to industrial dimensions and environment. 

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