Finding a natural rhythm

Journal Article · 22 September 2024 · Nature Chemical Engineering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-024-00117-2 · OSTI ID:2458155

Dauenhauer, Paul J. ^[1]

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1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States); University of Minnnesota

Here, scaling down chemical reactors has been a century-old goal of modern catalysis. Faster reactors are smaller reactors that can be implemented in distributed applications such as the conversion of renewable power to chemical energy. Yet many important reactions have already reached their theoretical maximum speed limit, called the Sabatier limit. In the past five years, a new theory for catalytic properties oscillating with time (at sufficiently high amplitudes and frequencies) has shown that certain dynamic catalytic rates can exceed the Sabatier limit by several orders of magnitude.

• Research Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0023464
• OSTI ID: 2458155
• Journal Information: Nature Chemical Engineering, Journal Name: Nature Chemical Engineering Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 1; ISSN 2948-1198
• Publisher: SpringerCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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