Simplified models for predicting the rate of production of NOx in lean-premixed combustion are presented. These models are based on chemical reactor modeling, and are influenced strongly by the nitrous oxide mechanism, which is an important source of NOx in lean-premixed combustion. They include 1) the minimum set of reactions required for predicting the NOx production, and 2) empirical correlations of the NOx production rate as a function of the CO concentration. The later have been developed for use in an NOx post-processor for CFD codes. Also presented are recent laboratory data, which support the chemical rates used in this study.
Kinetics and reactor modeling for heterogeneous catalytic reactions are prominent tools for investigating, and understanding, the catalyst functionalities at nanoscale, and related rates of complex reaction networks [...]
Multiscale and Innovative Kinetic Approaches in Heterogeneous Catalysis