Particle-based modeling of heterogeneous chemical kinetics including mass transfer

NUMERICAL MODELING OF CHARRING MATERIAL ABLATION WITH CONSIDERING CHEMICAL REACTION, MASS TRANSFER AND SURFACE HEAT TRANSFER EFFECTS

Presently there is a little information that relates to heat shield systems.  Also this information is not certain in so many cases.  The main reason is that accurate calculations for measuring the sacrificing rate of various materials have not been obtained yet.  Additionally, the real scale test has two disadvantages: high cost and low flexibility, and for each case we must perform a new test...

Effect of Particle-size Distribution and Particle Porosity Changes on Mass Transfer Kinetics

Effective mass-transfer kinetics depend on particle-size distribution (PSD) and particle porosity (among other complex phenomena). The porediffusion flux can vary with adsorbate loading – if the amount of adsorbed species is sufficiently large it can lead to hindrance effects that substantially change particle porosity. By use of batch kinetic adsorption experiments the general rate model was u...

Modeling Chemical Kinetics Graphically

In literature on chemistry education it has often been suggested that students, at high school level and beyond, can benefit in their studies of chemical kinetics from computer supported activities. Use of system dynamics modeling software is one of the suggested quantitative approaches that could help to develop students’ knowledge about chemical kinetics and chemical equilibrium and to remedi...

Kinetics of Propane Hydrate Formation in Agitated Reactor: A Mass Transfer Approach

Understanding the kinetics of gas hydrate formation is essential to model and predict the hydrate formation (or dissociation) process. In the present paper, we investigated the formation of pure propane gas hydrate as a former gas. In this regard, several experiments were conducted to measure the rate of hydrate formation under various pressures (410 to 510 kPa) and temperatures (274 K to 277 K...

Reducible Mass-Action Chemical Kinetics Systems