Abstract
The implementation of advanced reactor engineering concepts employing additive manufacturing is demonstrated. The design and manufacturing of miniaturised continuous flow oscillatory baffled reactors (mCOBR) employing low cost stereolithography based 3D printing is reported for the first time. Residence time distribution experiments have been employed to demonstrate that these small scale reactors offer improved mixing conditions at a millimetre scale, when compared to tubular reactors. Nearly monodisperse silver nanoparticles have been synthesised employing mCOBR, showing higher temporal stability and superior control over particle size distribution than tubular flow reactors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 129-136 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Reaction Chemistry and Engineering |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
The authors want to acknowledge the Royal Society (RG150021) and EPSRC EP/I033335/2 for funding essential to the development of this work. University of Nottingham (UoN) MANUFACTURING METROLOGY TEAM is acknowledged for the surface characterisation and the Research Priority Area (RPA) in Advanced Molecular Materials is gratefully acknowledged for funding supporting the analytical characterisation. EK gratefully acknowledges the Finnish Cultural Foundation (Suomen Kulttuurirahasto) for funding.
