ABSTRACT
From the beginning of the 1990s to the present, the research focus is on the study of the design of novel catalytic reactors. Micro-reaction engineering is an emerging eld, which is rapidly developing. Several alternative micro-channel catalytic reactors have been recently introduced. The high surface-to-volume ratio, efcient heat and mass transfer characteristics and vastly improved uid mixing allow efcient control of process parameters with improved conversions, selectivity and yields of desired products. A wide variety of other reactor congurations have also been employed with considerable success.
