Project

Multi-purpose unit for the acquisition of intrinsic chemocatalytic kinetics (FLEX-Cat)

Acronym
FlexCat
Code
F2021/IOF-Equip/019
Duration
01 April 2021 → 30 September 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Industrial Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Heterogeneous catalysis
    • Chemical kinetics and thermodynamics
    • Modelling, simulation and optimisation
    • Air pollution and control
Keywords
Intrinsic kinetics atmospheric pressure chemocatalysis continuous operation multi-purpose
 
Project description

FLEX-Cat is a unique, continuous, multi-purpose set-up with on-line analysis tools for intrinsic catalytic kinetics data acquisition, more specifically at well-controlled, (near)-atmospheric pressures. Modularity and flexibility will be one of the design/construction imperatives such that the set-up can serve R&D within a wide variety of catalytic reactions/processes In this way FLEX-Cat will provide the promoters of this application extra opportunities to initiate collaborations with industrial partners and to generate and valorize IP (novel catalysts and models/software) within the domain of catalysis.