SMART multiphase reactor for the catalytic hydrogenolysis of glycerol (C03)

• Subject Area: Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering ; Technical Chemistry
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 503850735

The kinetics and process parameters of the hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol are investigated in a slurry reactor at the beginning of the funding period. The SMART reactor is simultaneously calculated, designed and subjected to a HAZOP, considering the data obtained in the slurry. The final design is worked out in detail and manufactured subsequently. After assembly, the EIT, electrowetting and further measuring and control devices are installed in the reactor. The hydrogenolysis is finally realized in the SMART reactor and the various new components are tested.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1615: SMART Reactors for Future Process Engineering
• Major Instrumentation: Construction of the multiphase reactor prototype and SMART reactor for glycerol hydrogenolysis ; Online HPLC System
• Instrumentation Group: 1350 Flüssigkeits-Chromatographen (außer Aminosäureanalysatoren 317), Ionenaustauscher
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Hamburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Jakob Albert; Professor Dr. Raimund Horn