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Chromatography 2016
September 21-23, 2016
Volume 7, Issue 5(Suppl) J Chromatogr Sep Tech 2016
ISSN: 2157-7064 JCGST, an open access journal
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September 21-23, 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands
World Congress on Chromatography
Introducing a versatile tandem µ-reactor-GC/MS system for rapid characterization of catalysts:
Ethanol and citrus unshiu peel conversion
Michael Soll1, Koichi Ito1, Norio Teramae1, Young-Min Kim1,2, Chuichi Watanabe 1 and Young-Kwon Park3
1Frontier Laboratories, Japan
2Hallym University, South Korea
3University of Seoul, South Korea
Due to the increased demand for the renewable energy, many researchers are focusing on the thermal and catalytic
conversion of biomass and bio-ethanol. Micro scale lab reactors are universally applied to the catalyst research as the
first step for developing catalytic conversion process because the downscaling of reactor size offers many advantages such as
cheaper equipment, less feeding material, screening capabilities, lower utility requirements and higher accuracy. Recently, a
new tandem micro-reactor system, consisted with two independent micro reactors and directly interfaced with a conventional
GC/MS system, was introduced for the fast and simple test of catalyst. The tandem micro reactor system consisted of two
furnaces in series and is online coupled with a conventional GC/MS. Gas, liquid or solid samples can be introduced into a
1st furnace using a micro-syringe, micro feeder, or sample cup for gas preheating, liquid vaporization, or solid pyrolysis. The
vapors from the 1st furnace meet the catalyst located in the catalytic bed of 2nd reactor and converted to other chemicals over a
catalyst. The final products were moved to the GC via a deactivated metal needle, separated in the column and finally detected
by MS. As first application conversion of ethanol to butadiene (→styrene butadiene rubber →tires) is shown. The efficiency and
selectivity of the catalytic conversion of ethanol to butadiene affects the profitability and productivity of the entire process. The
second application is considering inedible C. unshiu peel. A desirable treatment method is needed to use C. unshiu waste peel
for producing value added fuel or chemical source from it. The tested applications for the catalytic conversion of ethanol and
citrus unshiu peel well indicated the feasibility of tandem micro reactor-GC/MS system as a simple and fast screening tool for
the catalytic reaction
Biography
Michael Soll has completed his PhD in Biology from RUB, Germany in 1993. He has been working in Business Development, Marketing and Sales of GC- and LC-
MS based laboratory equipment since 20 years. In 2014, he became the Business Development Manager for the Frontier Laboratories Japan in Europe.
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