Disclosed herein are a microtubular honeycomb carbon material obtained by
heat-treating cellulose fiber, a production method thereof, a
microtubular reactor module fabricated using the microtubular honeycomb
carbon, a method for producing the microtubular reactor module, and a
microcatalytic reactor system comprising the microtubular reactor module.
A carbon material having a new structure is produced by heat-treating
cellulose fiber, and a catalytic reactor system having a new structure is
constructed by coating the surface of the carbon material with a metal
catalyst. Cellulose carbide, used as the reactor material, is very simple
to produce. Because it has a micro honeycomb structure having a large
number of microchannels and a large number of mesopores, it can be loaded
with a large amount of a catalyst compared to the prior material having
the same area, and thus it is useful as a catalyst support, and the
reaction efficiency can be maximized. Also, the microcatalytic reactor
system can be used in applications including very small steam reformer
systems that use biomass fuel such as ethanol, fuel cell reactor systems,
VOC and low-concentration-hydrogen treatment systems operable below 200
.quadrature., micro heat exchangers, and natural gas reformer systems.
Thus, the invention is a useful, industrially applicable invention.