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CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 105, Issue 3-4, Pages 297-304Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2005.06.041
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The scope of this review article is to address the use of novel monolithic catalysts with high thermal conductivity in externally cooled tubular reactors for gas/solid exothermic chemical processes in place of conventional packed beds of catalyst pellets. After discussing the analysis and the implications of heat conduction in honeycomb monolith structures, we review herein simulation studies and experimental investigations showing that near-isothermal reactor operation can be achieved even under very high thermal loads by adopting specific materials and designs of the honeycomb supports associated with high effective radial thermal conductivities. For such monoliths, the limiting thermal resistance is located at the interface between the monolith and the inner tube wall (gap resistance). Recent measurements of the gap heat transfer coefficient point to very large values (> 400 W/(m(2) K)), which are controlled both by the tube-monolith clearance at the actual operating conditions and by the thermal conductivity of the process gas. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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