Maintaining catalyst efficiency involves several strategies:
1. Regular Monitoring and Maintenance: Regularly checking the catalyst for signs of deactivation and performing routine maintenance can prevent severe efficiency loss. 2. Optimizing Reaction Conditions: Maintaining optimal temperature, pressure, and reactant concentrations can minimize the factors that lead to deactivation. 3. Using Additives: Adding substances that can preferentially react with potential poisons can protect the active sites of the catalyst. 4. Robust Catalyst Design: Developing catalysts with higher resistance to poisoning, fouling, and sintering can improve their longevity and efficiency.