Analysis of light-off during oxidation of reactant mixtures on Pt/Al2O3 using micro-kinetic models
- University of Houston, TX (United States)
An elementary step mechanism, which accounts for adsorption, desorption and surface reaction steps is proposed for co-oxidation of CO, propylene, hydrogen and ethane on Pt/Al2O3. Parameter estimation is used to determine the kinetic parameters for these steps, which depend on platinum loading and dispersion. A micro-kinetic model is proposed for water-gas shift reaction that captures the experimental trend observed during co-oxidation of CO/H2. This mechanism is used to predict hysteresis features during oxidation and co-oxidation reactions. The oxidation of all the individual reactants exhibits regular hysteresis and the model predicts the experimentally observed inverse hysteresis during co-oxidation of CO and C3H6. The inverse hysteresis is caused by surface intermediates formed during C3H6 oxidation. These surface intermediates block the active sites, decreasing the light-off activity of CO during ramp down. The developed micro-kinetic model can also explain steam reforming of propylene and ethane on Pt/Al2O3. We also compare the predicted hysteresis during CO oxidation by global and micro-kinetic models. The predicted ignition temperature by both global and micro-kinetic models is almost same. However, the predicted extinction temperature by the global and micro-kinetic models is rather different. This behavior is due to different rate determining step during ramp down period.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0000205; CBET-1258688
- OSTI ID:
- 1533624
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1413356
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 166, Issue C; ISSN 0009-2509
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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