Citation

Liebner C, Fischer J, Heinrich S, Lange T, Hieronymus H, Klemm E. Process. Saf. Environ. Prot. 2012; 90(2): 77-82.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Institution of Chemical Engineers and European Federation of Chemical Engineering, Publisher Hemisphere Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psep.2011.08.006

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A method for the determination of safety properties for micro reactors and micro structured components is presented. Micro structured reactors are not inherently safe but the range of safe operating conditions of micro reactors are extended since the explosion region is reduced. The λ/3 rule was demonstrated to be applicable to micro scale tubes for stoichiometric mixtures of ethane-oxygen and ethane-nitrous oxide. Furthermore first results from an investigation concerning detonation propagation through a micro reactor of non-ideal geometry are shown. Initial pressure investigated is ranging from low pressure up to 100 kPa.