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AUTOCLAVE ENGINEERS COMPANYSYSTEMATICAL APPROACH IN SELECTING A CATALYTICREACTORDonald Barclay, Natalya Shestakova*Autoclave Engineers Division of Snap-Tite Inc., 2930 West 22nd Street, Erie, PA 16506, USA,e-mail: donald_barclay@snap-tite.com*ROSTBIOCHEM/LAAX Ltd., Timakova str. 4, Novosibirsk, 630117, Russia,e-mail: shestakova@laax-ltd.ruSelecting the right apparatus undoubtedly is of fundamental importance for competitivecatalyst research. The choice of equipment should be not occasional but systematicalespecially for long-term and complex catalytic investigations. Since 1945 engineers ofAutoclave Engineers Company (AE) have been continuously working at quality reactors forcatalytic research [1]. Nowadays a practical system is developed by AE to help theinvestigator to choose a right catalytic reactor of any size (from miniature to pilot), pressure(vacuum to several hundred bar), temperature (sub-ambient to hundreds °C), materials(stainless steel and assorted high temperature, corrosion resistant alloys). Reactors can be alsosupplied with control systems of all levels. Only a part of examples is shown in Table 1.Table 1. Application selection guideReactantsTypical ReactionsReactorsLiquid/SolidsGas or Vapor/SolidsFixed Bed Reactors+ + + + + + +Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors+ + + + + + +Berty Stationary Catalyst Basket+ + + +Gas/Liquid/SolidsHydrogenationLiquefactionOxidationHydrotreatingCatalyst TestingHydrocarbon /Petroleum StudiesBerty «Micro» Stationary CatalystBasket + + +Robinson-Mahoney StationaryCatalyst Basket + + + + +Robinson-Mahoney «Micro»Stationary Catalyst Basket + + + + +Mahoney-Robinson SpinningCatalyst Basket + + + + + +Carberry Spinning CatalystBasket + + + + + + + +Harshaw Stationary and FallingCatalyst Basket + + + +Caldwell Stationary CatalystBasket + + + +Hydro Liquification502