Pérez, SusanaAragón, Jorge J.Peciña, IñigoGarcia-Suarez, Eduardo J.2019-06-15Pérez , S , Aragón , J J , Peciña , I & Garcia-Suarez , E J 2019 , ' Enhanced CO2 Methanation by New Microstructured Reactor Concept and Design ' , Topics in Catalysis , vol. 62 , no. 5-6 , pp. 518-523 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-019-01139-41022-5528researchoutputwizard: 11556/886Publisher Copyright: © 2019, The Author(s).A novel multichannel minireactor with channel internal diameter in the range of millimeters has been conceptually designed and constructed. Its configuration confers to the new concept reactor some features and advantages compared to conventional fixed-bed reactors g.e. better mass-transfer, avoid hot-spots formation, increased performance (10–20%). Consequently, this new reactor concept is ideal to be applied to exothermic reactions such as the Sabatier reaction that demands continuous removal of the heat produced to avoid hot-spot formation and the sintering of the catalyst. Thanks to its configuration, this reactor could control effectively the heat generated by the reaction and several tests were carried out to validate the reactor features. The results obtained demonstrate that the catalysts activity in the reaction is improved with the application of the novel reactor respect the conventional fixed- and fluidized-bed ones and neither catalyst sintering, nor pressure drop was appreciated during the catalytic tests. At the best reaction conditions, Tecnalia’s multichannel minireactor can handle 820 Nm3/h of CO2 per square meter of channel section showing the enormous potential of the new reactor concept.61022746enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessjournal article10.1007/s11244-019-01139-4Sabatier reactionMicrostructured reactorContinuous-flow chemistryCO2Natural gasHeterogeneous catalysisSabatier reactionMicrostructured reactorContinuous-flow chemistryCO2Natural gasHeterogeneous catalysisCOCatalysisGeneral ChemistryFunding InfoThe authors gratefully acknowledge the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) funding under the project RENOVAGAS (RTC-2014-2975-3). Likewise, the authors want to acknowledge the valuable contribution of other colleagues from other entities participating in the project.The authors gratefully acknowledge the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) funding under the project RENOVAGAS (RTC-2014-2975-3). Likewise, the authors want to acknowledge the valuable contribution of other colleagues from other entities participating in the project.http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065701171&partnerID=8YFLogxK