Chemistry: Graduate Lecture Series: (CA9) Modelling of Heterogeneous High Temperature Chemical Reactions on Catalytic Surfaces (2L/W)

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(CA9) Modelling of Heterogeneous High Temperature Chemical Reactions on Catalytic Surfaces (2L/W)

Lecture type: Practical along with some theory slides - lectures will be conducted in a computer suite running the software kinetics.

Summary: In the lectures, we shall introduce a mathematical model for heterogeneous reactions of gas-phase species on a catalytic surface. As a practical example, we shall study the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of straight chain hydrocarbons on a Co/g-Al2O3 catalyst using a mechanism describing the hydrogen-assisted CO activation of the catalyst. The reacting system is simulated using the kineticsTM software package to solve the underlying mathematical equations and to perform parameter studies of the problem.

Postgraduates in the Department of Chemistry

Combined Lecture and Workshop (room to be confirmed in CEB, New Museums Site)

1 hour (time to be confirmed)