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Catalytic ignition model in a monolithic reactor with in-depth reaction
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Tien, Ta-Ching Tien, James S. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | Two transient models have been developed to study the catalytic ignition in a monolithic catalytic reactor. The special feature in these models is the inclusion of thermal and species structures in the porous catalytic layer. There are many time scales involved in the catalytic ignition problem, and these two models are developed with different time scales. In the full transient model, the equations are non-dimensionalized by the shortest time scale (mass diffusion across the catalytic layer). It is therefore accurate but is computationally costly. In the energy-integral model, only the slowest process (solid heat-up) is taken as nonsteady. It is approximate but computationally efficient. In the computations performed, the catalyst is platinum and the reactants are rich mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen. One-step global chemical reaction rates are used for both gas-phase homogeneous reaction and catalytic heterogeneous reaction. The computed results reveal the transient ignition processes in detail, including the structure variation with time in the reactive catalytic layer. An ignition map using reactor length and catalyst loading is constructed. The comparison of computed results between the two transient models verifies the applicability of the energy-integral model when the time is greater than the second largest time scale of the system. It also suggests that a proper combined use of the two models can catch all the transient phenomena while minimizing the computational cost. |
| File Size | 4039873 |
| Page Count | 186 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910006054 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t74v1hg89 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Inorganic And Physical Chemistry Temperature Distribution Oxygen Costs Catalysts Hydrogen Vapor Phases Ignition Chemical Reactions Catalytic Activity Gas Mixtures Heterogeneity Reactivity Platinum Models Porosity Diffusion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
