Abstract
Most important elementary processes governing the behaviour of the converter (chemical reactions, heat and mass transfer processes to the catalyst surface, hydrodynamic, heat conduction and heat loss) are first described. Next, published models are reviewed and main modeling problems are considered. Then, the structure of a fairly general model is proposed. The behaviour of the converter at steady state and in the transient state is reported and the sensitivity of the model to various parameters is discussed. It is concluded that the lack of accurate data (especially kinetic data) makes the predictions with available models only qualitative assessments. However, many design or operating improvements can be deduced from these models.
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Leclerc, J.P., Schweich, D. (1992). Modeling Catalytic Monoliths for Automobile Emission Control. In: de Lasa, H.I., Doğu, G., Ravella, A. (eds) Chemical Reactor Technology for Environmentally Safe Reactors and Products. NATO ASI Series, vol 225. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2747-9_23
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