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Compact string reactor for authotermal hydrogen production

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi, Chrystèle Horny

This study addresses the development of a compact reactor for oxidative steam-reforming of methanol (OSRM) to produce hydrogen in autothermal mode for fuel cells. The string reactor uses catalytically active brass wires with a diameter of 500 mu m placed i ...

2007

Catalytic non-thermal plasma reactor for abatement of toluene

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi

A non-thermal plasma rector with a catalytic electrode made of sintered metal fibres (SMFs) was tested for the oxidative decomposition of a model VOC toluene. The input energy was varied in the range 160-295 J/I by varying the applied voltage between 12.5 ...

Elsevier2012

Catalytic abatement of volatile organic compounds assisted by non-thermal plasma - Part II. Optimized catalytic electrode and operating conditions

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi

Catalytic purification of air containing 250 ppm of toluene assisted by non-thermal plasma was carried out with a novel dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor with an inner electrode made of sintered metal fibers (SMF). The optimization of the reactor ...

2006

Highly dispersed PTFE/Co3O4 flexible films as photocatalyst showing fast kinetic performance for the discoloration of azo-dyes under solar irradiation

Albert Renken, Juan Kiwi, Lioubov Kiwi, Michaël Bensimon, Danièle Laub

Small nanosized clusters of Co3O4 coated on PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) flexible film is reported as a novel supported photocatalyst effective in the fast discoloration of the azo-dye Orange II under simulated solar radiation in the presence of oxone (2 ...

2007

Solvent-Free Selective Hydrogenation of 2-Butyne-1,4-diol over Structured Palladium Catalyst

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi, Eric Joannet

Hydrogenation of 2-butyne-1,4-diol catalyzed by Pd nanoparticles on activated carbon fibers (ACFs) was studied. The ACF support in the form of woven fabrics provides the basis for structured catalytic fixed beds. In the present study, this catalyst was int ...

2005

Non-thermal plasma catalytic reactor for hydrogen production by direct decomposition of H2S

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi

Hydrogen production by non-thermal plasma (NTP) assisted direct decomposition of hydrogen sulfide was carried out in a novel dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor with the inner electrode made of sintered metal fibers (SMF) also functioning as catalys ...

2008

Multi-injection microstructured reactor for intensification of fast exothermic reactions: proof of concept

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi, Thomas Maeder, Bo Jiang, Julien Haber

Quasi-instantaneous exothermic reactions lead to the formation of unwanted hot spots even when carried out in conventional microstructured reactors (MSR) with tube diameter of 100 − 1000 μm. For this reason, alternative MSR designs are warranted to enable ...

Walter de Gruyter2013

Role of adsorbed NO in N2O decomposition over iron containing ZSM-5 catalysts at low temperatures

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi

Transient response and temperature-programmed desorption/reaction (TPD/TPR) methods were used to study the formation of adsorbed NOx from N2O and its effect during N2O decomposition to O2 and N2 over FeZSM-5 catalysts at temperatures below 653 K. The react ...

2006

Microwave plasma assisted preparation of Pd-nanoparticles with controlled dispersion on woven activated carbon fibres

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi

The low-pressure cold microwave (MW) plasma is shown as an efficient method to increase acidity of the ACF within less than 1 min treatment without affecting the fiber morphol. and strength. The ion-exchange capacity was 1.6 times higher compared to the no ...

2005

Stabilization mechanism of TiO2 on flexible fluorocarbon films as a functional photocatalyst

Albert Renken, Juan Kiwi, Lioubov Kiwi, Danièle Laub

The repetitive discoloration kinetics of the azo-dye Methyl Orange (taken as a model organic compound) was followed under solar simulated radiation (90 mW/cm2) to assess the performance of the TiO2/Tedlar® composite photocatalyst. The influence of solution ...

2006

Catalytic abatement of volatile organic compounds assisted by non-thermal plasma - Part 1. A novel dielectric barrier discharge reactor containing catalytic electrode

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi

A novel catalytic reactor with dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) at atmospheric pressure was developed for the abatement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The novelty of DBD reactor is the metallic catalyst serving also as the inner electrode. The cat ...

2006

Photocatalytic discoloration of Methyl Orange on innovative parylene–TiO2 flexible thin films under simulated sunlight

Albert Renken, Juan Kiwi, Lioubov Kiwi, Danièle Laub

Parylene films loaded with TiO2 are reported as hotocatalysts in azo dye discoloration processes. The TiO2 loading of the parylene film was 0.32% (w/w) and the amount of TiO2 on the film was about two orders of magnitude below the TiO2 added in suspension ...

2008

Analytical method to predict two-phase flow pattern in horizontal micro-capillaries

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi, Madhvanand Namadeo Kashid

An a priori prediction of multiphase flow pattern in micro-capillaries or microstructured reactors (MSR) is required for their rational design. The state-of-the-art numerical models require huge computational efforts. In the present work, an analytical mod ...

Elsevier2012

N2O Decomposition over Fe-ZSM-5 Studied by Transient Techniques

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi, Bryan Bromley

N2O decomposition to gaseous N-2 and O-2 catalyzed by a commercial Fe-ZSM-5 has been studied by different transient techniques: (i) via the transient response methods at ambient pressure, (ii) via the temporal analysis of products (TAP) reactor under vacuu ...

2009

Synthesis of monodispersed palladium nanoparticles to study structure sensitivity of solvent-free selective hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi, Danièle Laub

A novel method for isolation of monodispersed Pd nanoparticles from a reverse microemulsion was developed using hydrocarbon evaporation and methanol-assisted particle purification from a surfactant. Fcc Pd nanoparticles of 6, 8, 11, and 13 nm in diameter w ...

2007

Novel design of a microstructured reactor allowing fast temperature oscillations

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi

Two types of stainless steel microstructured reactors for catalytic gas-phase reactions have been developed and characterized with respect to their thermal behaviour under non-stationary temperature conditions. One of the reactors used (FTC-I) allowed peri ...

2008

Monodispersed Pd-nanoparticles on carbon fiber fabrics as structured catalyst for selective hydrogenation

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi

Monodispersed Pd-nanoparticles (similar to 8nm) prepared via a modified microemulsion method were deposited on active carbon fibers (ACF) fabrics and studied in a semi-batch 1-hexyne liquid-phase hydrogenation. The catalyst Pd(0.45 wt%)/ACF demonstrated > ...

Elsevier2007

Detoxification of diluted azo-dyes at biocompatible pH with the oxone/Co2+ reagent in dark and light processes

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi

Accelerated bleaching and photobleaching of diluted solutions of Methyl Orange and other dyes occur only when Co2+-ions are present in solution mediating oxone (2KHSO(5)center dot KHSO4 center dot K2SO4) decomposition. The bleaching of Methyl Orange, Orang ...

2006

Liquid–liquid two-phaseflow patterns andmasstransfer characteristics inrectangular glassmicroreactors

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi, Anne-Laure Dessimoz

The flow of two immiscible fluids was investigated in rectangular glass microchannels with equivalent diameters of 269 and 400

\mu m

. Deionised water, dyed toluene and hexane were selected as probe fluids. Flow patterns were obtained for Y- and T-junction ...

Elsevier2008

A novel compact reactor for three-phase hydrogenations

Albert Renken, Lioubov Kiwi, Martin Grasemann, Madhvanand Namadeo Kashid

A novel reactor based on a bubble column staged by structured catalytic layers with integrated cross flow micro-heat-exchangers (HEX) was designed and tested in the solvent free hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol (MBY) aiming on process intensification ...

Elsevier2010