Simulation of hydrogen mitigation in catalytic recombiner: Part-I: Surface chemistry modelling

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1746-1757

  Prabhudharwadkar, Deoras M ^a   Aghalayam, Preeti A ^a   Iyer, Kannan N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CATALYST TEMPERATURE; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPETING MODELS; DETAILED CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED MODEL; DRY AIR; ELEMENTARY REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUENT CODE; HYDROGEN MITIGATION; INTERMEDIATE SPECIE; MOLE FRACTION; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OXYGEN REACTION; PLATINUM SURFACE; RAPID REACTIONS; RATE EXPRESSION; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION MODEL; SINGLE STEP REACTION; SINGLE-STEP;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HYDROGEN; IODINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; REACTION RATES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACES;

SURFACE REACTIONS;

EID: 79955009404     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.09.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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