ABSTRACT
Computer-aided design, or CAD as it is commonly called, is used routinely in a variety of industries for developing products that range from large mechanical structures to small electronic components. Catalysts are important by any measure. The development of new and/or improved catalysts will have a positive impact on the nation’s economic competitiveness. Some recent advances in modeling diffusion-reaction processes in catalysts from an application perspective are discussed in this book. Tightening environmental standards have required the development of selective catalytic reduction catalysts for reducing nitrogen oxides from power and cogeneration plant exhausts. In some applications, catalyst properties can only be optimized within the context of the reactor or process employed. The modeling frontiers for methane partial oxidation, automotive catalysis, Fischer–Tropsch synthesis, and polymerization present quite different challenges. Ongoing developments on each frontier allow the practitioner to make CAD of catalysts an integral part of the catalyst development process.
