CATR Catalytic Reactor Technical Didactic Equipment
The unit is equipped with two column reactors containing catalyst (ion-exchange resin) of different granulometry and a third column reactor containing an enzymatic catalyst (invertase), enabling the study of the inversion of sucrose in glucose and fructose.
Training program
This unit enables to deepen the following issues:
• Fixed-bed catalytic reactor operation
• Mass balance
• Comparison between chemical and enzymatic catalyst
• Determination of the conversion
Technical specifications

• Bench-top framework of AISI 304 stainless steel
• 2 jacketed column reactors for the chemical catalyst
• Jacketed column reactor for the biological catalyst
• Thermostatic bath
• Peristaltic feeding pump
• Polarimeter to measure the angle of rotation
• Electronic thermostat
• Switchboard of painted carbon steel with ELCB
Power supply 230 Vac 50 Hz single-phase
Supply with
THEORETICAL – EXPERIMENTAL HANDBOOK