Chemie Ingenieur Technik, Vol.92, No.5, 513-524, 2020
Novel Flexible Electrochemical Microreactor and its Validation by Three Model Electrosyntheses
A novel flexible electrochemical microreactor has been developed. Flexibility is reached by a modular design, suitability for a broad process parameter range including high pressure operation, and accessibility of production scale. Selected reactor aspects have been validated by applying the reactor to three different electrosyntheses: synthesis of tailor-made mixtures of paraffins by Kolbe electrolysis, cation flow method, and synthesis of peroxodicarbonate. High conversion rates, yields, selectivities, and Faraday efficiency levels have been observed, showing precise process control.
Keywords:Additive manufacturing;Cation flow method;Electrochemical microreactors;Kolbe electrolysis;Synthesis of peroxodicarbonate