A Multiscale Approach for Building a Mechanism Based Catalysis Model for High Enthalpy Carbon Dioxide Flow. Thoemel, J., Lukkien, J., & Chazot, O. In 39th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, 6, 2007. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
A Multiscale Approach for Building a Mechanism Based Catalysis Model for High Enthalpy Carbon Dioxide Flow [pdf]Paper  A Multiscale Approach for Building a Mechanism Based Catalysis Model for High Enthalpy Carbon Dioxide Flow [link]Website  doi  abstract   bibtex   
The principles of the gas-surface-interaction taking place in the chemically reacting flow around an atmospheric re-entry vehicle are investigated. It turns out that the currently very often used approach employing a recombination coefficient has a limited applicability. Serious concerns arise when the interaction model is extrapolated from ground to flight tests. A mechanism based approach taking into account every interaction step is therefore proposed for the carbon dioxide interaction with platinum. The necessary reaction rates are determined using a microscopic model, which are then used in a continuum viscous flow simulation. The dependence of the catalysis on the outer flow conditions and also on the wall temperature is demonstrated. Nomenclature γ recombination coefficient,-M rec number of recombining atoms, 1/(m 2 s) M ↓ number of impinging atoms, 1/(m 2 s) [X] concentration of generic species,mol/m 3 k reaction rate, m, mol, s W ads microscopic reaction rate, 1/s p pressure, P a A site area adsorption site, m 2 σ initial/microscopic sticking coefficient,1 m molecular mass, kg k b Stefan-Boltzmann constant, J/K T temperature, K u tangential velocity, m/s v perpendicular velocity, m/s h enthalpy, J/kg w mass production term, kg/m 3 , kg/m 2 c species mass f ν stochiometric coefficient Y partial pressure coefficient/ZGB parameter θ surface coverage Da Damköhler number (s) adsorption site V vacant adsorption site concentration, mol/m 2 Subscripts rec Recombining ref. reference ad Adsorption reac Reaction rel. relative ER Eley-Rideal-Mechanism LH Langmuir-Hinshelwood-Mechanism

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