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Microfabricated chemical reactors could be efficient experimental platforms by allowing process development on a single unit and subsequent scale-up by replication. The ability to integrate control, sensor, and reactor functionality offers advantages over the current complex, multi-unit pilot-plant environment. Assemblies of microfabricated reactors may provide point-of-use generation of hazardous chemical intermediates with storage and transportation restrictions. Fabrication, application, and materials issues in the development of microchemical reactor technology are presented. Microreactor feasibility is demonstrated with examples of partial oxidation reactions. The utility of physically-based, predictive simulation tools in guiding microreactor design is addressed as well. |
