Research on the forming of catalyst materials and their mechanical property
Catalyst materials are widely used in industry and nearly 90% of the chemical products were produced via catalysis.Among heterogeneous catalysis, catalysts must have strong mechanical strength in order to stand for the dynamic changes of mechanical stress that might occur during reactions.Thus, to optimize the forming technology and processing parameters, the ways to characterize mechanical strength of each particle are very important for large-scale catalyst preparation.Herein, this paper clarified the type of catalysts, the way for powder forming, characterization methods for the formed catalyst and the methods to detect the strength and defects of formed catalysts.Meanwhile, it also demonstrated a novel defect detection tool (MicroCT) with recorded pictures.