{
  "id": "physics/0103041",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-03-15T10:21:09.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-03-15T10:21:09.000Z",
  "title": "Chemical efficiency of reactive microflows with heterogeneus catalysis: a lattice Boltzmann study",
  "authors": [
    "S. Succi",
    "A. Gabrielli",
    "G. Smith",
    "E. Kaxiras"
  ],
  "comment": "12 pages, 12 figures",
  "doi": "10.1051/epjap:2001195",
  "categories": [
    "physics.flu-dyn",
    "physics.comp-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate the effects of geometrical micro-irregularities on the conversion efficiency of reactive flows in narrow channels of millimetric size. Three-dimensional simulations, based upon a Lattice-Boltzmann-Lax-Wendroff code, indicate that periodic micro-barriers may have an appreciable effect on the effective reaction efficiency of the device. Once extrapolated to macroscopic scales, these effects can result in a sizeable increase of the overall reaction efficiency.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-03-15T10:21:09.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "lattice boltzmann study",
      "heterogeneus catalysis",
      "chemical efficiency",
      "reactive microflows",
      "overall reaction efficiency"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 12,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}