Complete oxidation of formaldehyde over Pt-based catalysts
methanalCH2OH2COplatinum
Kinetics is relevant to oxygen-rich exhaust conditions of lean-burn natural gas engines. Surface reaction mechanism is evaluated by comparison of numerical simulations with data derived from isothermal end-of-pipe tests over powdered Pt-TiO2-SiO2 catalyst in a packed-bed reactor as well as spatially resolved concentration measurements conducted with catalytic monolith sample in a flow reactor equipped with an in-situ probe technique, in the temperature range from 393 to 773K. Furthermore, the applicability of the reaction kinetics at low temperature (< 393K) was tested on the experimental data from literature. Surface kinetics is thermodynamically consistent for a temperature range 273 – 1273K.