ICOSCAR5

In practice, monolithic structures have been widely used to deal with automobile exhaust gases, flue gas from power plants, catalytic combustion, etc., while open cross-flow structures were the earliest in the family of structured catalysts and reactors to be used in chemical engineering for catalytic distillation at large scale, which, of course, can be extended to other counter-current or co-current operations, coupling reaction and separation. Moreover, structured microreactors can be used in fuel processors as well as to produce fine chemicals, but exciting new applications can be expected in this field. From the scientific point of view, it is still required to explore the microscopic relationship between catalytic active phases, carriers and structural substrates in order to understand the catalytic performance. New catalytic coating methods adapted to complex substrate geometries and novel manufacturing technologies, as additive manufacturing should be explored to improve..