Toward a Competitive Process Intensification: A New Generation of Heat Exchanger-Reactors

Authors

P. Tochon
R. Couturier
Z. Anxionnaz
S. Lomel
H. Runser
F. Picard
A. Colin
C. Gourdon
M. Cabassud
H. Peerhossaini
D. Della Valle
T. Lemenand

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Journal

OIL & GAS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-REVUE D IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES

Volume

65

Issue

5

First Page

785

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2010020

Last Page

792

Abstract

Toward a Competitive Process Intensification: A New Generation of Heat Exchanger-Reactors - Process Intensification (PI) in chemical production is a major concern of chemical manufacturers. Among the numerous options to intensify a process, the transposition from a batch reactor to a continuous plug flow reactor is a good alternative when the selectivity and the thermal exchange are an issue. In this context, the RAPIC R&D project aims to develop an innovative low-cost component (in the 10 kg/h range). This project deals with the design from the local to the global scale and with testing, from elementary mock-ups to pilot scale. The present paper gives a detailed description of this research project and presents the main results on specification and definition of the reaction channel and the first simple mock-ups.