Flowrence

	Endurance and simplicity
	Space efficiency: 16 reactors on less than 1 m2!
	Scalability: catalyst performance profile in few hours!
	Customization: your parallel fixed bed reactor system
	Modularity: 4 blocks at different T simultaneously

Flowrence® is a parallel, fixed-bed reactor system suited for gas and liquid phase, as well as trickle flow operation.

It was developed from existing "Nanoflow" technology. Many improvements by Avantium, including proprietary pressure regulation, reactor design, robust automation, data-storage, optimal size and increased number of reactors were implemented in the Flowrence® reactor system.

The units being used at Avantium have proven their versatility and applicability in a wide variety of catalytic processes, such as hydrogenation, desulphurization, gas-to-products, water-gas shift, hydrotreating, and others. Flowrence® has recently been launched commercially and can be tailored to specific industrial applications.

Movie

Flowrence Movie
23 October 2007, FLV, 18.1 MB

Applications

Selective oxidations
Metathesis
Hydrotreating (e.g. HDS, HDA)
Selective hydrogenations
GTL and GTP
Aldol condensations
Fischer-Tropsch
Isomerization

Operating Parameters

Dimensions: 130 by 55 by 110 cm (H x D x W)
Temperature range 50°C to 500°C with option to go to 800°C
16 reactors (4 blocks of 4)
Each block of 4 reactors has separate temperature control
Stainless steel or glass reactors 2mm diameter
Working pressure 10-100 Bar with option to increase to 200 Bar
Feed 2 gases and 1 liquid with option to increase to 5 gases and 2 liquids
Real or crushed catalyst extrudates (catalyst particle size up to 1.6mm)
Bed Volume 0.05 - 0.2 mL
Heated reactor effluent handler
No downstream capillaries for liquid gas separation