Analysis of Nonisothermal Membrane Reactors - 2

he effects of temperature in membrane reactors is an important issue, yet it is only recently beginning to receive attention in the development of membrane reactor models. Professor Dixon's membrane reactor research in this area focuses on the nonisothermal behavior of membrane reactors, demonstrating their advantages in eliminating hot-spots [Dixon, A.G., Ma, Y.H. and Moser, W.R., 1994; Tsai, C.-Y., Ma, Y.H., Moser, W.R. and Dixon, A.G., 1995], and allowing operation under conditions that would not be possible for conventional fixed bed reactors. Our most recent research focuses on comparative analyses of distributed reactant feed versus conventional co-feed in a nonisothermal reactor tube, for complex reaction kinetics, to optimize intermediate product yield [Dixon, A.G., 2001].

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