Continuous synthesis of Zn2Al-CO3 layered double hydroxides: A comparison of bench, pilot and industrial scale syntheses

Clark, I.; Gomes, R. L.; Crawshaw, C.; Neve, L.; Lodge, R.; Fay, M.; Winkler, C.; Hull, M.; Lester, E.

Abstract

© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Zn2Al-CO3 was produced continuously at bench (g h-1), pilot (100s g h-1) and industrial scale (10s kg h-1). Crystal domain length and BET surface area were similar at all three scales although there was a small increase at pilot scale. Platelet size increased from 120 nm at bench to 177 nm and 165 nm at pilot scale and industrial scale, respectively. Overall this paper shows that the increase in scale by almost 2000× does not impact on the overall product quality which is an excellent indicator that continuous hydrothermal synthesis is a route for nanomaterials synthesis.

Citation

Clark, I., Gomes, R. L., Crawshaw, C., Neve, L., Lodge, R., Fay, M., …Lester, E. (2019). Continuous synthesis of Zn2Al-CO3 layered double hydroxides: A comparison of bench, pilot and industrial scale syntheses. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 4(4), 663-666. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8re00241j

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 4, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Mar 8, 2019
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jan 8, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 29, 2019
• Journal: Reaction Chemistry and Engineering
• Electronic ISSN: 2058-9883
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 663-666
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8re00241j
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1450617
• Publisher URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/re/c8re00241j#!divAbstract
• Additional Information: : This document is Similarity Check deposited; : Supplementary Information; : I. Clark (ORCID); : R. L. Gomes (ORCID); : R. L. Gomes (ResearcherID); : R. Lodge (ORCID); : M. Fay (ORCID); : E. Lester (ORCID); : Single-blind; : Received 3 October 2018; Accepted 4 December 2018; Advance Article published 8 March 2019; Version of Record published 26 March 2019