Micro-ceramic chemical plant having catalytic reaction chamber

An integrated micro-ceramic chemical plant having a unitary ceramic body formed from multiple ceramic layers in the green state which are sintered together comprising:

• (a) the unitary ceramic body defining a reaction chamber and first passage means for providing communication with the reaction chamber so that two or more fluids may be delivered to such reaction chamber for reaction, a permeable partition wall being provided within the reaction chamber to permit the mixing of fluids during a reaction process, and the unitary ceramic body defining a catalytic bed in the reaction chamber, such catalytic bed being formed of micro-porous ceramic impregnated with at least one catalyst for promoting the reaction in the reaction chamber to produce reaction products;
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• (b) the unitary ceramic body defining a filtration channel connected to the reaction chamber including filtering means disposed in such filtration channel for separating the reaction products so as to retrieve desired reaction products.