Expressions for <cos

Here the pseudo-homogeneous rate r is related to the surface reaction rate r" through the area of active catalyst per unit volume of reactor. Assuming further a plug-flow regime, the integration of the mass balance equation for this simple rate expression gives an expression for CO conversion ... 

A global rate expression for CO methanation over a nickel catalyst is given by Lee (1973) and Vatcha (1976). They report that a Langmuir-Hinshelwood rate law of the form... 

Figure 9 shows a typical series of CO light-off curves measured under lean conditions. The first curve (squares) is for a simple feed of CO and 02 (plus C02 and water, with N2 as the balance). In reality, a series of these curves would be measured with different CO and 02 concentrations, to determine the concentration and temperature dependence of CO oxidation. By modelling this data, a rate expression for CO oxidation for this catalyst can be determined. 

Assume that we wish to design a high-pressure combustion chamber where complete oxidation of CO to C02 is an important design consideration. For this purpose we extrapolate our global rate expression for CO oxidation to higher pressure. The right-hand side of Eq. 13.6 can be rewritten in terms of mole fractions and the total molar concentration [M],... 

In our design considerations we have extrapolated the global rate expression for CO oxidation outside the conditions for which it was derived, and this extrapolation leads to erronous results. Experimental results on oxidation of CO in a flow reactor at varying pressure are shown in Fig. 13.3. The results clearly show that in the medium temperature range around 1000 K, an increased pressure acts to lower, not increase, the rate of CO oxidation. To secure adequate oxidation of CO, we would probably need to increase the postflame residence time in a high-pressure reactor compared to an atmospheric pressure reactor. 

In many natural hemoproteins the central iron atom is coordinated by an imidazole nitrogen atom of a histidine residue, connected by a protein chain with the heme. Dynamics of the elementary steps involving histidine (Hist) is expressed for CO-adducts as follows [105]... 

We turn to the non-equilibrium moments of co-ordinates and velocities of linear macromolecules. As a first step, we shall consider one-point second-order moments. The expressions for co-ordinates and velocities (4.7) with the same arguments can be used to make up proper combinations, and by averaging over the ensemble of realisation of random forces, we find the moments with accuracy to the first-order terms in velocity gradients. Then, by taking into account the properties of equilibrium moments and the antisymmetry of tensor cun, we find that... 

Kinetics. The coefficients of the kinetic power-law rate expression for CO hydrogenation... 

Substituting equations 24-26 into equation 22 leads to expressions for . For an isotropic environment and [lE/kt 1,... 

Allen et al. derived separate equations for CO and CO2 formation based on a mechanism involving reaction between CH4 gas and adsorbed H2O, where the overall rate was controlled by the desorption of the two products. The CO shift reaction took place between adsorbed CO and H2O in the gas phase. The rate expression for CO formation was that given in (15). The numerator relates... 

Show under what conditions and ntanipulation the expression for Co for a gas flow system reduces to that given in Table. 3-5,... 

For a two-particle oscillator iefr, replaces m in the expression for co. (See Chapter 13 for a more complete discussion of the vibration of a diatomic molecule.)... 

When the limiting current flows, the electrode process is occurring at the maximum rate possible for a given set of mass-transfer conditions, because O is being reduced as fast as it can be brought to the electrode surface. Equations 1.4.6 and 1.4.9 can be used to obtain expressions for Co(x = 0) ... 

General Theory of Controlled-Current Methods 309 The inverse transform of this equation yields the expression for Co(x, t) ... 

As a final warning, see Figure 9.2. There the overall rate of reaction according to the above rate expression for CO oxidation is shown. This behaviour occurs only for some select sets of rate parameters. One such set (units are not important in this simulation) is as follows ... 

There are many kinetic expressions for CO oxidation which are derived from realistic mechanisms. Many of them, together with the expressions from Voltz et al. (1973) and from Subramanian and Vanna (1985), reduce to ... 

A preliminary analysis of the detailed summations of van derWaals interactions between a film and a semi-infinite solid indicates that if e9j has the same interpretation as in the preceding section, in Equations 14 through 23 x sl is actually ( sl - ll)-The expression for cos 6 now becomes ... 

This expression for co is also appUcable for reversible chemical kinetics when the forward and backward reactions are both nth-order. In other words, it is acceptable to define the chemical reaction time constant for reversible reactions in terms of the kinetic rate constant for the forward step. The differential design equation given by (22-14) for one-dimensional convection and one chemical reaction in a plug-fiow tubular reactor reduces to... 

The rate will be approximated by a first-order expression for Co-Mo catalysts ... 

A different boundary condition is the Neumann condition or derivative boundary condition. An example is seen with chronopotentiometry. Equation sets (4 and 10). The procedure here is that a value of Co is computed such that it fits with the concentration profile (set of points C. .. Cn), so as to satisfy the gradient specification. Using the simple two-point approximation (33) and given a G value, this yields an expKcit expression for Co,... 

Grahame equation and also as the contact theorem [6]. This, fundamentally, is a relationship between the surface charge density, (Tq (which is defined as o-q = — Jpedy, with a SI unit of C/m ), and the limiting value of the ionic density profile at the substrate-fluid interface. For a single fiat surface with an infinite extent of the adjacent liquid, an expression for co can be obtained from the Poisson-Boltzmann equation as... 

The power law expression was widely adopted in the literature for CO oxidation [25-27]. This form is simplified from a Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) expression and not suitable for small CO concentrations [30]. Therefore a full L-H expression for CO oxidation is necessary to account for a wide range of CO concentrations (Equation 27.4). The H2 oxidation was previously modeled using empirical power law rate expressions by others [29]. However, in PrOx in the presence of CO, the rate-limiting CO desorption strongly inhibits H2 and O2 adsorption and the subsequent H2 oxidation. Hence the incorporation of Pco in the H2 oxidation rate expression is necessary (Equation 27.5). The kinetics of the r-WGS reaction were well studied previously [31], in which an empirical reversible rate expression [32] is attractive due to its relative simplicity and its appropriateness in PrOx kinetic studies, as demonstrated previously [29]. 

The correlation in Eq. (31) is recommended for use in the Reynolds number range 20potential flow result in Eq. (30). Even the minute amounts of surfactant present in tap water are sufficient to immobilize the surface of bubbles small enough to be approximately spherical. The upper Reynolds number range for the correlation in Eq. (31) roughly coincides with the largest Reynolds number for which one might expect contaminated bubbles to be approximately spherical. 

The expressions for co-ordinates and velocities (62) with the same arguments can be used to make up proper combinations and, by averaging over the ensemble of realisation of random forces, we find the moments with accuracy to the first-order terms in velocity gradients... 

Expressions for co ff at high V are obtained in Ref. [39]. Note that since 8(co) depends on temperature in general, also depends on temperature, and for some specific type of function 8(cu) it may even have an activation character, which may result in an additional contribution to the total activation energy. 

Expressions for co ff and may also be obtained for potentials of a more complicated form [4,41]. In this sense the main difficulty in the given approach consists in determining the potential energy surface. For quahtative estimations one may also use model potentials of the same type as in Eqs. (82H83) or of a more complicated form, which take into account the discrete character of ion interaction with closest solvent molecules (see, e.g.. Refs. [35, 36]). 

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