Process for testing catalysts using mass spectroscopy
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1. A method for evaluating a plurality of candidate catalysts, the method comprisingsimultaneously contacting a plurality of candidate catalysts having differing compositions with one or more reactants under reaction conditions to catalyze at least one reaction, the plurality of candidate catalysts being simultaneously contacted with the one or more reactants in a common reactor, and detecting reaction products or unreacted reactants using mass spectrometry to determine the relative efficacy of the plurality of candidate catalysts.
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Abstract
Methods for evaluating catalysts, in which a multicell holder, e.g., a honeycomb or plate, or a collection of individual support particles, is treated with solutions/suspensions of catalyst ingredients to produce cells, spots or pellets holding each of a variety of combinations of the ingredients, is dried, calcined or treated as necessary to stabilize the ingredients in the cells, spots or pellets, then is contacted with a potentially reactive feed stream or batch, e.g., biochemical, gas oil, hydrogen plus oxygen, propylene plus oxygen, CCl2F2 and hydrogen, etc. The reaction occurring in each cell can be measured, e.g., by infrared thermography, spectroscopic detection of products or residual reactants, or by sampling, e.g., multistreaming through low volume tubing, from the vicinity of each combination, followed by analysis, e.g., spectral analysis, chromatography, etc., or by observing temperature change in the vicinity of the catalyst, e.g., by thermographic techniques, to determine the relative efficacy of the catalysts in each combination. Robotic techniques can be employed in producing the cells, spots, pellets, etc.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating a plurality of candidate catalysts, the method comprising
simultaneously contacting a plurality of candidate catalysts having differing compositions with one or more reactants under reaction conditions to catalyze at least one reaction, the plurality of candidate catalysts being simultaneously contacted with the one or more reactants in a common reactor, and detecting reaction products or unreacted reactants using mass spectrometry to determine the relative efficacy of the plurality of candidate catalysts.
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9. A method for evaluating a plurality of candidate catalysts, the method comprising
flowing a reactant-containing stream through each of a plurality of reaction channels in a flow reactor, each of the plurality of reaction channels comprising an inlet for receiving a reactant-containing stream, an outlet for discharging a product-containing stream, and a plurality of catalyst-candidates having differing compositions, each of the plurality of catalyst candidates being in its own reaction channel, such that the plurality of candidate catalysts are simultaneously contacted with one or more reactants under reaction conditions and at least one reaction is catalyzed by each of the plurality of candidate catalysts, and detecting reaction products or unreacted reactants in the plurality of product-containing streams using mass spectrometry to determine the relative efficacy of the plurality of candidate catalysts, wherein the flow reactor further comprises a plurality of sampling tubes adapted to provide fluid communication between the plurality of reaction channels and a plurality of mass spectrometers for multistream detection of a reaction product or unreacted reactant in each of the plurality of discharged product-containing streams.
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18. A method for evaluating a plurality of candidate catalysts, the method comprising
simultaneously contacting a plurality of candidate catalysts having differing compositions with one or more reactants in a plurality of reaction wells in a batch reactor under reaction conditions such that at least one reaction is catalyzed by each of the plurality of candidate catalysts, each of the plurality of catalyst candidates being in its own reaction well, sampling the reaction product mixtures in each of the plurality of reaction wells, and detecting reaction products or unreacted reactants in the sampled reaction product mixtures using mass spectroscopy to determine the relative efficacy of the plurality of candidate catalysts.
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36. A method for evaluating a plurality of candidate catalysts, the method comprising
flowing a reactant-containing stream through each of at least twenty four reaction channels in a parallel flow reactor, each of the at least twenty four reaction channels comprising an inlet for receiving a reactant-containing stream, an outlet for discharging a product-containing stream, and at least twenty four catalyst candidates having differing compositions, each of the at least twenty four catalyst candidates being a metal or a metal oxide in its own reaction channel, the parallel flow reactor being adapted to provide uniform flow of the reactant-containing stream through each of the at least twenty four reaction channels, such that the at least twenty four candidate catalysts are simultaneously contacted with one or more reactants under reaction conditions and at least one reaction is catalyzed by each of the at least twenty four candidate catalysts, the reaction conditions including a temperature greater than 100° - C., and additionally, or alternatively, a pressure of greater than 1 bar,
discharging the product-containing stream from each of the at least twenty four reaction channels sampling the product-containing streams of each of the plurality of reaction channels through an array of tubes, the array of tubes comprising a plurality of sampling tubes in fluid communication with a plurality of mass spectrometers, and detecting the discharged reaction products or unreacted reactants in the at least twenty four product-containing streams using the plurality of mass spectrometers to determine the relative efficacy of the plurality of candidate catalysts.
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