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Forced cycling of catalytic reactors: Number of cycles to reach cycle invariance
Author(s) -
Lynch David T.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450640625
Subject(s) - cycling , carbon monoxide , catalysis , convergence (economics) , catalytic cycle , platinum , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , economics , geography , archaeology , economic growth
Pathologically slow convergence to cycle invariance during forced composition cycling of catalytic reactors is investigated using a mathematical model for carbon monoxide oxidation on platinum. It is shown that a very simple relationship quantitatively describes the details of this phenomenon.