Surface catalysed chemical reactions with application to solid oxide fuels cells
Reference Number
GR/R61659/01
Title
Surface catalysed chemical reactions with application to solid oxide fuels cells
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr G Sharpe
Mechanical Engineering
University of Leeds
Mechanical Engineering
University of Leeds
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
31 January 2003
End Date
30 January 2007
Duration
48 months
Total Grant Value
£167,934
Industrial Sectors
Catalysis & surfaces
Region
Yorkshire & Humberside
Programme
Mathematical Sciences
Other Investigator
Professor J Blake (Dec'd), School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham
Dr M Simmons, Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Dr M Simmons, Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Industrial Collaborator
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Abstract
This project will be concerned mainly with numerical simulation of surface catalysed burning of methane and air in a zircona tube. This is a caricature of the main reaction which takes place in a solid oxide fuel cell and is intended to provide academics and industrial organisations with the insight into complicated structure of the propagation of chemically reacting fronts which result from a catalytic source. An experimental investigation using thermal imaging camara will also be conducted to( partially ) verify the results of the computation
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01/01/07
