Kinetics of hydrogen oxidation on Rh/Al2O3 catalysts studied in a stagnation-flow reactor

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-184

  Karakaya, Canan ^a   Deutschmann, Olaf ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous catalysis; Hydrogen oxidation; Kinetics; Modeling; Rhodium; Stagnation flow reactor

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROGEN; MODELS; OXIDATION; PHASE INTERFACES; RHODIUM; SURFACE REACTIONS;

ANNULAR FLOWS; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; DETAILED MODELING; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; GASPHASE; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; HYDROGEN OXIDATION; IGNITION TEMPERATURES; KINETIC DATA; LABORATORY-SCALE REACTOR; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELING RESULTS; OXYGEN CONVERSIONS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; STAGNATION FLOW REACTORS; STAGNATION-FLOW REACTOR; SURFACE REACTION MECHANISM;

KINETICS;

EID: 84871811679     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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