Scaling Parameters for Dynamic Diffusion-Reaction over Porous Catalysts
2015
Herz, Richard K.
The effect of diffusion resistance in porous solid catalysts on reaction rate during periodic cycling of CO concentration is shown for CO oxidation over Pt/Al₂O₃ by numerical simulation. At some cycling frequencies, the average reaction rate during cycling is higher than the steady-state rate at the mean CO concentration, as expected for this nonlinear, reactant-inhibited reaction. In order to identify major aspects of dynamic diffusion-reaction behavior, a simple kinetic mechanism that shows the main features of CO oxidation and other reactions with significant inhibition by reactants is investigated. A single dimensionless parameter group, the dynamic diffusion coefficient, is added when going from steady-state to unsteady-state diffusion-reaction equations. In the dynamic diffusion coefficient, the rate at which the gas-phase reactant diffuses is reduced by the surface adsorption capacity of the catalyst. The frequency at which the peak average rate occurs is controlled by the dynamic diffusion coefficient.
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