Catalytic assembly comprising a micrometric ferromagnetic material and use of said assembly for heterogeneous catalysis reactions

A catalytic assembly for carrying out a heterogeneous catalysis reaction, comprising:

• either the combination of at least one catalytic compound formed of metallic particles for catalyzing said reaction;
• and
• a ferromagnetic material in the form of micrometric particles having a particle size of between 1 μm and 1000 μm and of wires based on iron or on an iron alloy having a wire diameter of between 1 μm and 1 mm, or
• the combination of at least one catalytic compound formed of metallic particles and capable of catalyzing said reaction;
• and
• a ferromagnetic material in the form of wires based on iron or on an iron alloy having a wire diameter of between 1 μm and 1 mm,
• wherein the ferromagnetic material of either of said combinations, that is in the form of wires, comprises steel wool in the form of an entanglement of wires, and
• wherein said ferromagnetic material being capable of being heated by magnetic induction by means of a field inductor,
• wherein said steel wool is provided in an amount, and of dimensions, sufficient such that it requires less energy to be provided to the catalytic assembly comprising the steel wool for carrying out the heterogeneous catalysis reaction, than an amount of energy needed to be provided to the catalytic assembly comprising the iron powder in order to reach a same temperature of reaction.