Chemistry Letters, Vol.35, No.3, 284-285, 2006
Effects of micro channel size in a Pd membrane reactor on dehydrogenation of cyclohexane to benzene in gaseous phase
To confirm the effects of microreactor on cyclohexane dehydrogenation, we have narrowed the reaction channel of Pd membrane reactor to micro scale. We show that the application of micro channel improves the performance of Pd membrane reactor. The experimental results indicate that the improvement in cyclohexane dehydrogenation with applying the micro channel is attributable to the enhancement of a heterogeneous catalytic reaction due to increasing the surface area per volume of Pd membrane.