Multiscale and Innovative Kinetic Approaches in Heterogeneous Catalysis
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2018) | Viewed by 55974
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; steady state and unsteady-state kinetic approaches in environmental catalysis; mechanistic approaches using in situ and operando spectroscopic analysis; development of PGM-free systems for DeNOx catalysis, i.e., three-way and lean burn and-of-pipe technology
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Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; steady state and unsteady-state kinetics of heterogeneous catalysis; mechanistic approaches using in situ and operando spectroscopic analysis; Syngas and C1 chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Kinetics and reactor modeling for heterogeneous catalytic reactions are prominent tools for investigating and understanding catalysts functionalities at nanoscale and related rates of complex reaction networks. Prominent developments were achieved in the past three decades from steady-state to unsteady state kinetic approaches facing important issues related to the transformation of more complex feedstocks using a wide variety of reactor designs, including continuous flow reactors, fluidized reactors, recirculating solid reactors, pulse reactors, TAP reactors with sometimes a strong gap in the operating conditions from Ultra-High-Vacuum to high pressure conditions. In conjunction, new methodologies have emerged giving rise to more sophisticated mathematical models including the intrinsic reaction kinetics and the dynamics of the reactors and spanning a large range of length and time scales, from the nanoscale of the active site to the reactor scale. Recently, the development of steady-state isotopic transient kinetic analysis, coupled with in situ and operando techniques, is aimed at gaining more insight into reactive intermediate.
The objective of this Special Issue is to provide contributions that can illustrate recent advance and new methodologies for elucidating the kinetics of heterogeneous reactions and the necessary multiscale approach for optimizing the reactor design.
Prof. Dr. Pascal Granger
Dr. Yves Schuurman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- kinetics of heterogeneous reactions
- steady-state and unsteady state kinetic methods
- kinetic modeling of heterogeneous reaction
- experimental and theoretical kinetic approaches
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