Design and application of continuous ceramic membrane reactor

Membrane reactor is a process of coupling catalytic reaction with membrane separation. It solves the problem concerning catalyst separation in situ from the reaction mixture and makes the production process continuous. This review stated some key problems such as optimization of membrane and reaction processes, ultrafine particles adhesion and membrane fouling in the operation of the ceramic membrane reactors in detail, and presented the design and applications of the ceramic membrane reactor in some important precipitation and heterogeneous catalytic reactions.