In situ 13C DEPT-MRI as a tool to spatially resolve chemical conversion and selectivity of a heterogeneous catalytic reaction occurring in a fixed-bed reactor.
The distortionless enhancement by polarisation transfer (DEPT) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique, combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), has been used to provide the first in situ spatially-resolved and quantitative measurement of chemical conversion and selectivity within a fixed-bed reactor using natural abundance 13C NMR.
Akpa
Belinda S
BS
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, UK.
Mantle
Michael D
MD
Sederman
Andrew J
AJ
Gladden
Lynn F
LF