CAREER: Development and Validation of Surface Chemistry Models for Catalytic Combustion and Hydrogen Production

该CAREER奖项的研究部分涉及与能量转换催化反应器建模相关的问题，包括燃气轮机的催化燃烧器和为燃料电池生产氢气的催化燃料处理器。 产品包括一种将热重和程序升温反应器研究与一维瞬态流动模型相结合的方法，以验证甲烷转化的多步表面化学机制;氧化锆负载钯催化剂上甲烷氧化和镁铝酸盐负载镍基催化剂上重整和部分氧化的详细表面化学机制;和用于在整体式反应器中流过负载型催化剂的二维瞬态模型，这是与平板反应器实验验证。这个研究计划的催化反应有关的能源生产是补充教育组成部分，涉及互联网的发展，根据工作簿，介绍高中班有关能源生产和使用的环境问题。 这些是与能源和环境工程中心共同开发的。

The research portion of this CAREER award addresses issues related to modeling of catalytic reactors for energy conversion, including catalytic combustors for gas turbines and catalytic fuel processors that produce hydrogen for fuel cells. Products include a methodology combining thermogravimetric and temperature-programmed reactor studies with a 1-D transient flow model to validate multistep surface chemistry mechanisms for methane conversion; detailed surface-chemistry mechanisms for methane oxidation over zirconia-supported palladium catalysts and reforming and partial oxidation over magnesium-aluminate-supported nickel-based catalysts; and a two-dimensional transient model for flows over supported catalysts in a monolith reactor, which is validated with flat-plate reactor experiments.This research program on catalytic reactions related to energy production is complemented with an education component involving development of internet-based workbooks to introduce high-school classes to environmental issues related to energy production and usage. These are developed in conjunction with the Center for Energy and Environmental Engineering.