TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Effects of Reactant Flow Rarefaction on Heterogeneous Catalysis: A Regularized Lattice Boltzmann Study
AU - Giacomo Falcucci, Andrea Montessori & Sauro Succi
JO - Communications in Computational Physics
VL - 4
SP - 1279
EP - 1288
PY - 2018
DA - 2018/04
SN - 23
DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2016-0250
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/11216.html
KW - Lattice Boltzmann, Nano-porous catalysts, heterogeneous catalysis.
AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">In this paper, a numerical investigation on heterogeneous catalysis is performed
by means of a Regularized Lattice BGK approach. The effects of different values
of the reactant flow Knudsen numbers are evaluated, in terms of conversion efficiency and penetration inside the structure of a nano-porous gold ingot. The results are
in line with experimental evidence in the literature and open interesting perspectives
for the optimal design of future nano-catalytic devices.</p>