Membrane Reactor

The membrane reactor has two individual compartments separated by a chemically specific membrane. Each compartment can hold a different solution, for instance one can contain the catalyst and the other the starting materials/products. Additionally the membrane itself can contain an immobilised catalyst and the two compartments can hold the reagents and products separately. It can provide benefits in separating products, reagents or catalysts, which can eliminate the need for solvent intensive workup procedures.