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Process for manufacturing a microreactor and its use as a reformer

US7909987B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Olaf Kurtz · Berlin, DE
Ralph Herber · Mainz, DE
Christian Madry · Berlin, DE
Gerd Schafer · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2007
Grant date	Mar 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 29, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49345
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

For manufacturing micro-structured reactors with passageways loaded with catalyst using the pre-coat method, a method is provided which comprises the following method steps: a) producing reactor layers having bonding areas as well as passageway areas in which the passageways are formed, b) applying at least one bonding layer onto the reactor layers in the bonding areas, c) loading the reactor layers in the passageway areas with the catalyst and d) bonding the reactor layers, the bonding layer being applied and masked before the reactor layers are loaded with the catalyst. As a result, it is ensured that the efficiency of the catalyst will not be affected during manufacturing. The reactor may be used as a methane and methanol reformer in particular.

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