Computer vision for non-contact monitoring of catalyst degradation and product formation kinetics
Chunhui Yan, Megan Cowie, Calum Howcutt, Katherine M. P. Wheelhouse, Neil S. Hodnett, Martin Kollie, Martin Gildea, Martin Goodfellow, Marc Reid
Abstract
, a colour-agnostic measure of contrast change) and the concentration of product measured by off-line analysis (NMR and LC-MS). The breakdown of such correlations helped inform conditions under which reaction vessels were compromised by air ingress. These findings present opportunities to expand the toolbox of non-invasive analytical techniques, operationally cheaper and simpler to implement than common spectroscopic methods. The approach introduces the capability of analyzing the macroscopic 'bulk' for the study of reaction kinetics in complex mixtures, in complement to the more common study of microscopic and molecular specifics.