The demand for energy is continuously increasing worldwide. This places a constant strain on the production and availability of fossil fuels on which most current energy sources are based. Thus, alternative sources of energy (non-fossil based) are urgently needed to produce liquid fuels. However, conventional technologies and reactors used for these alternative processes have been associated with low mass and heat transfer rates, long reaction times and extreme temperatures and pressures. To address these limitations, microreactors have been developed and utilised over the past decade, and have been proven to increase product yields and reduce residence time and product selectivity when compared to conventional reactors. This paper provides an in-depth review of the liquid fuel production routes over the last decade, and highlights the advantages of microreactors that have been successfully employed to overcome some of the issues faced with conventional bulk reactors.

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微反应器中的液体燃料合成

全球能源需求持续增长。这给大多数当前能源所依赖的化石燃料的生产和可用性带来了持续的压力。因此，迫切需要替代能源（非化石能源）来生产液体燃料。然而，用于这些替代方法的常规技术和反应器与低质量和热传递速率，长的反应时间以及极端的温度和压力相关联。为了解决这些限制，在过去的十年中已经开发并使用了微反应器，并且与常规反应器相比，已证明微反应器可以提高产品收率并减少停留时间和产品选择性。本文对过去十年中液体燃料的生产路线进行了深入的回顾，