Modelling complete methane oxidation over palladium oxide in a porous catalyst using first-principles surface kinetics
Journal article, 2018

A comprehensive model is developed for complete methane oxidation over supported palladium. The model is based on first-principles microkinetics and accounts for mass and heat transport in a porous catalytic layer. The turnover frequency (TOF) is simulated for wet exhaust gas compositions, exploring the effects of temperature and total pressure on the TOF. Three different temperature regimes are identified each with different dependency on the total pressure. The regimes originate from temperature and pressure dependent coverages of carbon dioxide and water, which are the most abundant surface species hindering methane dissociation at low temperatures. The TOF is controlled by surface kinetics below 400 °C whereas above 500 °C and up to 8 atm, internal mass transport is controlling. A combination of kinetics, external and internal mass transport controls the TOF at other reaction conditions. The physically meaningful model paves the way for extrapolation and optimization of catalyst design parameters for high catalytic efficiency.

Catalytic oxidation

Kinetic modelling

DFT

Methane oxidation

Palladium

Author

Carl-Robert Florén

Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry

Maxime van den Bossche

Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

Derek Creaser

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology

Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)

Henrik Grönbeck

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)

Per-Anders Carlsson

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry

Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)

Heikki Korpi

Wärtsilä Finland

Magnus Skoglundh

Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry

Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)

Catalysis Science and Technology

2044-4753 (ISSN) 2044-4761 (eISSN)

Vol. 8 2 508-520

Competence Centre for Catalysis

Wärtsilä Finland, 2014-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Chalmers, 2014-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Volvo Group, 2014-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Haldor Topsoe, 2014-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Swedish Energy Agency (22490-3), 2014-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Scania CV AB, 2014-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Volvo Cars, 2014-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

ECAPS AB, 2014-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

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Physical Chemistry

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

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C3SE (Chalmers Centre for Computational Science and Engineering)

DOI

10.1039/c7cy02135f

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