In the last two decades impressive advances have been made toward the understanding
and quantitative description of the kinetics. Despite these advances, however, the use of …

Although the oxidation of carbon monoxide on platinum is one of the oldest known catalytic
reactions and one of the most thoroughly studied, it continues to pose difficulties and …

A parameteric study on the rate expression recently developed by Xu and Froment (1989a,
AI Ch. EJ 35, 88-96) is carried out over a wide range of parameters. The analysis of this rate …

An integrated analysis of surface chemical reactions and reactors is central to the rational
design of a catalytic reactor. Developments have, however, proceeded along two different …

The applicability of a multi-time scale analysis (specifically three time scales) in the
modelling of heterogeneously catalysed reaction systems is shown based on experimental …

The mathematical models of many lumped-parameter chemically reacting systems consist of
a set of algebraic equations which cannot be reduced explicitly to a single equation. We …

Polynomial dynamical systems are widely used to model and study real phenomena. In
biochemistry, they are the preferred choice for modelling the concentration of chemical …

A methodology is presented for elucidating the functional features of the intrinsic kinetic
expression from an analysis of the multiplicity features of isothermal experiments. The …

A function similar to Lyapunov's function has been constructed for reactions with αA i→
stages. This provides for the quasi-thermodynamics of the appropriate kinetic model, which …

Heterogeneously catalyzed reactions in open systems often exhibit steady-state hysteresis,
complex self-generated oscillations and spatial instabilities. These are described by …