Basic facts from the scientific society

A large number of basic facts have been demonstrated in scientific papers during the last years
· With the single-phase technology is possible to control the hydrogen and substrate concentrations at the catalyst surface to an extent impossible at multiphase conditions.

· With supercritical fluids it is possible to reach high concentrations of both hydrogen and substrate at the same time.

· At single-phase conditions it is possible to reach volumetric reaction rates 100 times higher than at multi-phase conditions.

· Supercritical fluids increase the diffusivity.

· With supercritical fluids it is possible to tune both solubility and diffusivity.

· At single-phase conditions it is much easier to control the temperature in the whole reactor than at multiphase conditions.

·  It is much easier to scale-up a single-phase process than a multiphase process





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