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CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 338, Issue -, Pages 152-163Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.06.024
Keywords
Chemical looping; Nanoparticles; Iron oxide; Multiscale modeling; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Flow modeling
Funding
- European Union FP7 grant: NanoSim -A Multiscale Simulation -Based Design Platform for Cost -Effective CO2 Capture Processes using Nano -Structured Materials [604656]
- UNINETT Sigma2 -the National Infrastructure for High Performance Computing and Data Storage in Norway [NN9353K, NN9355K]
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A multiscale modeling framework is described and applied to the reactivity of iron oxide nanoparticles in a chemical looping reforming (CLR) reactor. At the atomic scale/nanoscale, we have performed kinetic Monte Carlo modeling, guided by Density Functional Theory calculations, on the detailed kinetics of the CH4 conversion to products as a function of temperature. These results have been post-processed for use in macroscopic models with the goal to integrate process information with materials information. Two levels of macroscopic models have been used to evaluate the performance of the nanoparticles in their final application: (1) a pore-unresolved infra-particle transport model that accounts for limitations via an effective diffusivity and an effectiveness factor, and (2) a fluid-particle multiphase flow model that allows the study of the consequences of clustering and infra-particle transport on overall reactor performance. This modeling approach ultimately leads to better descriptors of material performance that can be used in future materials screening activities.
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