Time Resolution of the TAP reactor

摘要

The current generation of TAP reactors has less time resolution than is possible with present pulse generation techniques. The requirement for response curves to have a specified shape with a H_pt_p factor close to 0.31 required the use of long sections of inert packing in the reactor and results in long diffusion paths. A re-interpretation of the reactor equation to include zones of void space in the reactor equation allows the reactor to be operated without inert packing and can reduce the mean residence time of the reactant from ca. 80 ms to ca. 10 ms.