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One complexity of Joule-heated catalytic processes is the necessity of connecting the heating elements to an external electric power
source in the presence of high local temperatures, and possibly high pressures and corrosive environments. On the other hand, Joule
heating has already found extensive use in both domestic and industrial applications, and the related knowledge can be readily
transferred to the field of catalytic processes. Moreover, advanced additive manufacturing, such as 3D printing, enables tuning the
electrical resistivity of the ceramic composites to precisely
control the temperature distribution inside the reactor,
as reported by Klemm et al. 2022. Relevant aspects and
chemical process applications of Joule heated catalytic
reactors have been recently reviewed by Zheng et al.
2023c and by Idamakanti et al. 2023.
Summarizing, four types of electricity-based technologies
can be considered as a thermal energy source in
endothermic catalytic reactions - see Table1 . Despite
interesting advantages none of them have been applied in
that role on the commercial scale so far. Specific technical
and non-technical challenges related to each of those
technologies will be discussed during the Round Table at
the 18th
ICC in Lyon and should be addressed in relevant
multidisciplinary R&D programs in the coming years.
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Your Authors
Andrzej Stankiewicz
Andrzej Stankiewicz is Full Professor at Warsaw
University of Technology, Poland, Emeritus Professor
of Process Intensification at Delft University of
Technology, The Netherlands, and former Director of
TU Delft Process Technology Institute. With 45 years
of industrial and academic research experience he is
author of numerous scientific publications on process intensification,
chemical reaction engineering and industrial catalysis. Professor
Stankiewicxz is one of the pioneers of process intensification. Among
other things, he was the principal author and editor of the world's first
book in that area. He was also the founder and the first Chairman of
the EFCE Working Party on Process Intensification. Between 2008
and 2023 he chaired the Executive Board of the European Process
Intensification Centre (EUROPIC). Current research interests of
Andrzej Stankiewicz focus on intensification of catalytic processes
using electricity-based energy transfer mechanisms.
The Catalyst Review
Enrico Tronconi
Enrico Tronconi received degrees in Chemical
Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and
from the University of Delaware, USA. He started his
academic career in 1983 and is currently Professor of
Chemical Engineering at the Department of Energy
of Politecnico di Milano, where he leads the Laboratory of Catalysis
and Catalytic Processes, a research group including fifteen academic
members, a similar number of PhD students, and several PostDocs
and technicians. Enrico's research interests concern the applications
of Catalytic Reaction Engineering to environmental protection
and to energy conversion. Enrico has authored over 300 scientific
publications, has given over 50 invited talks and is the co-inventor of
several patents. He has chaired the 26th edition of the International
Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, held in Florence, Italy
(2018), and is the Chemical Reaction Engineering Topical Editor for
Chemical Engineering Research and Design, the official journal of the
European Federation of Chemical Engineering.
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