Development of rotating disc micro-reactor for efficient hydrogen production from polycyclic aromatic molecules

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K14470
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Reaction engineering/Process system
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Ryo 静岡大学, 工学部, 准教授 (80548884)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 福原 長寿 静岡大学, 工学部, 教授 (30199260)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 反応器 / 回転ディスク / 水素製造

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The micro-reactor realizes efficient material conversion with excellent temperature control. Its reactor performance would be further accelerated by improving laminar flow in the micro-reactor. In this research, we have developed a new-type reactor of the rotating disk type micro reactor which promotes substance diffusion by mechanical rotation of the reaction field itself. By application of its reactor to the hydrogen production reaction, the developed catalyst showed an excellent performance. In addition, the reactivity was slightly increased due to the rotation effect. It is expected that a large rotation effect can be obtained by applying the rotating reactor to some reaction systems in which diffusivity becomes a problem.

Free Research Field

触媒化学，反応工学