Reduction of nitrogen oxides in diesel exhaust: Prospects for use of synthesis gas

Already commercialized and some of the most promising technologies of nitrogen oxide reduction in automotive diesel exhaust are compared. The Boreskov Institute of Catalysis (Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) is developing an advanced method for the selective catalytic reduction of NO _x with synthesis gas produced on board by the catalytic conversion of diesel fuel. The activity of the Ag/Al₂O₃ catalytic system in NO _x reduction by H₂ + CO admixtures is studied for both a model composition of the exhaust gas and under real diesel operation conditions.     

Performance of Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Based on Ni and Ni–Cu Alloy Anodes and Fed with a Methane–Air Mixture

Kinetics and Catalysis - The electrochemical characteristics of Ni|YSZ|LSM and Ni–Cu|YSZ|LSM single-chamber solid oxide fuel cells fed with a methane–air mixture ([CH4]/[O2] molar ratio...     

Three-step macrokinetic model of butane and propane steam conversion to methane-rich gas

Low-temperature steam conversion (LTSC) of a methane-butane mixture (95% methane and 5% butane) into a methane-rich gas over an industrial Ni-based catalyst has been studied with the following reaction conditions: temperature 200–320°C, pressure 1 bar, gas hour space velocity 1200–3600 h^–1, and steam to carbon ratio 0.64. A three-step macrokinetic model has been suggested based on the kinetic parameters found. The model includes the following reactions: (1) irreversible steam reforming; (2) CO₂ methanation, which occurs in a quasi-equilibrium mode at temperatures above 260°C; (3) hydrogenolysis of propane and butane, which is essential at temperatures below 260°C. Steam reforming was shown to limit the overall reaction rate, whereas hydrogenolysis and CO₂ methanation determined the product distribution in low- and high-temperature regions, respectively. Temperature dependencies of the product distribution for the LTSC of a model ternary methane-propane-butane mixture (85% methane, 10% propane, and 5% butane) have been successfully simulated using the three-step model suggested.     

A Study of the Electrochemical Characteristics of Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Based on Platinum and Strontium-Doped Lanthanum Manganite Electrodes and Fed with a Methane–Air Mixture

Kinetics and Catalysis - The properties of single-chamber solid oxide fuel cells (SC SOFCs) composed of an electrolyte based on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), a platinum anode, and a...     

Light scattering near phase transition points in solids

The present state of theoretical and experimental investigations of the light scattering near phase transition points in solids is reviewed. It is emphasized that the results available here may be understood on the ground of a simple but rather general phenomenological or semiphenomenological theory. From this point of view the anomaly of the total (integrated) light scattering intensity is considered with account taken of a coupling of the order parameter to other quantities including elastic strains and long-range electric fields. The temperature dependence of the scattered light spectral distribution is discussed in detail, the main attention being given to the so-called central peak problem. The influence of defects both on the total intensity and on the spectral distribution of the scattered light is also examined.     

Effect of anodic current on carbon dioxide reforming of methane on Pt electrode in a cell with solid oxide electrolyte

The carbon dioxide reforming of methane in a cell with a solid oxygen-conducting electrolyte:

Dissociative adsorption of oxygen and hydrogen, and the formation of hydroxyl groups on the surface of Cu, Ag, Ni, Pd and Pt

By the semi-empirical interacting bonds method, the heats of oxygen and hydrogen adsorption in a dissociative form on the (100) face of Cu, Ag, Ni, Pd and Pt have been calculated. It has been shown that most stable are the multiply bonded adsorption forms. For the different bonding states, the heat of hydroxyl group formation from O₂ and H₂ varies but slightly. The calculated values are compared with the experimental data.

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Decomposition of ammonia on rhenium I. Hydrogen adsorption on rhenium

Field emission microscopy and thermal desorption studies of hydrogen adosrption on a monocrystal tip and a polycrystalline rhenium wire indicate dissociative adsorption which proceeds with an initial sticking coefficient of S_o0.2 and an isosteric adsorption heat of about 138 kJ/mol.

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Oxygen adsorption on silver-gold alloy

Oxygen adsorption on Ag/Au alloys has been studied by field-emission microscopy (FEM). A decrease in the silver concentration of alloy is accompanied by a drastic fall in its ability to absorb oxygen. Using the interacting bonds method (IBM), the adsorption heat of atomic oxygen on the (100) plane of the silver-gold alloy has been calculated.

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