Microlith (catalytic reactor)
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Microlith is a brand of catalytic reactor
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constructed with a very thin substrate with short metal channels that resemble screens or meshes. Microlith reactors have low pressure drop, enabling design of a high cell density and low thermal mass, which simultaneously leads to a smaller, lighter and higher efficiency catalytic reactor. Both mass transfer and heat transfer are significantly increased by the design, allowing more rapid reactor response to gas temperatures as well as improved rates of reactant contact with the surface. The substrate is coated with a variety of materials including catalysts or adsorbent materials which provide a unique and superior approach to chemical reaction. Both mass transfer and heat transfer are significantly increased by the substrate design, allowing more rapid reactor response to gas temperatures as well as improved rates of reactant contact with the substrate surface.

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