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Synthesis of NiO Crystals Exposing Stable High‐Index Facets by Susman, Mariano D., Pham, Hien N., Zhao, Xiaohui, West, David H., Chinta, Sivadinarayana, Bollini, Praveen, Datye, Abhaya K., Rimer, Jeffrey D.

“…Metal oxides exposing high‐index facets are potentially impactful in catalysis and adsorption processes owing to under‐coordinated ions and polarities that…”
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Bifurcation analysis of methane oxidative coupling without catalyst by Sun, Zhe, Kota, Arun, Sarsani, Sagar, West, David H., Balakotaiah, Vemuri

“…Boundary of the region of autothermal operation (extinction locus) of adiabatic reactors for different methane to oxygen ratios in the plane of feed…”
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Autothermal reactor design for catalytic partial oxidations by Balakotaiah, Vemuri, Sun, Zhe, West, David H.

“…Some feasible autothermal reactor designs for catalytic partial oxidations and oxidative dehydrogenations. [Display omitted] •Influence of design/operating…”
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Bifurcation analysis of catalytic partial oxidations in laboratory-scale packed-bed reactors with heat exchange by Sun, Zhe, West, David H., Balakotaiah, Vemuri

“…Impact of heat loss and inert sections on the boundary of the region of autothermal operation (extinction locus) with feed (furnace) at ambient temperature for…”
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Modeling and analysis of local hot spot formation in down-flow adiabatic packed-bed reactors by Agrawal, Rachana, West, David H., Balakotaiah, Vemuri

“…Down-flow packed-bed reactors used in hydrodesulphurization and hydrogenations have been known to form localized temperature hot spots during their operation…”
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Light-off criterion and transient analysis of catalytic monoliths by Ramanathan, Karthik, Balakotaiah, Vemuri, West, David H.

“…A one-dimensional two-phase model is used to derive an analytical light-off criterion for a straight channeled catalytic monolith with washcoat, in which the…”
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Scale‐up analysis of autothermal operation of methane oxidative coupling with La2O3/CaO catalyst by Sun, Zhe, West, David H., Gautam, Pankaj, Balakotaiah, Vemuri

“…The exothermicity of oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) renders a cooled packed‐bed reactor impractical or impossible. Recently, we proposed an adiabatic…”
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Scaling Relations for Autothermal Operation of Catalytic Reactors by Balakotaiah, Vemuri, Sun, Zhe, Gu, Tian, West, David H

“…Autothermal operation (AO) has several advantages for carrying out highly exothermic catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) and/or oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH)…”
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Heat and mass transfer coefficients and bifurcation analysis of coupled homogeneous-catalytic reactions by Balakotaiah, Vemuri, Alam, Imran, West, David H.

“…Phase diagram for classification of various bifurcations that could occur in the catalytically assisted combustion of propane in a monolith. The letter in each…”
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Local Ordering of Molten Salts at NiO Crystal Interfaces Promotes High‐Index Faceting by Cheula, Raffaele, Susman, Mariano D., West, David H., Chinta, Sivadinarayana, Rimer, Jeffrey D., Maestri, Matteo

“…Given the strong influence of surface structure on the reactivity of heterogeneous catalysts, understanding the mechanisms that control crystal morphology is…”
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Bifurcation analysis of thermally coupled homogeneous–heterogeneous combustion by Alam, Imran, West, David H., Balakotaiah, Vemuri

“…Projection of the bifurcation set (ignition/extinction locus) for propane oxidation with a residence time of 3ms and hydraulic radius of 1.32mm in the inlet…”
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Transport effects on pattern formation and maximum temperature in homogeneous–heterogeneous combustion by Alam, Imran, West, David H., Balakotaiah, Vemuri

“…•Maximum temperature rise in coupled homogeneous-catalytic combustion is analyzed.•Impact of transport parameters such as Lewis and Peclet numbers is…”
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Numerical bifurcation analysis of large-scale detailed kinetics mechanisms by Lengyel, Istvan, West, David H

“…•Efficient bifurcation analysis of large-scale kinetics mechanisms is possible.•Strategies to reduce or eliminate numerical instabilities are…”
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Thermal effects and bifurcations in gas phase catalytic partial oxidations by Balakotaiah, Vemuri, West, David H

“…•Multiple ignitions and extinctions can exist in catalytic partial oxidations.•High yields of intermediates may be possible only over a narrow range of…”
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Innentitelbild: Local Ordering of Molten Salts at NiO Crystal Interfaces Promotes High‐Index Faceting (Angew. Chem. 48/2021) by Cheula, Raffaele, Susman, Mariano D., West, David H., Chinta, Sivadinarayana, Rimer, Jeffrey D., Maestri, Matteo

“…Die Bildung hochindizierter NiO‐Facetten in Salzschmelzen wird von Jeffrey D. Rimer, Matteo Maestri und Mitarbeitern in der Zuschrift auf S. 25595 mittels…”
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Local Ordering of Molten Salts at NiO Crystal Interfaces Promotes High‐Index Faceting by Cheula, Raffaele, Susman, Mariano D., West, David H., Chinta, Sivadinarayana, Rimer, Jeffrey D., Maestri, Matteo

“…Given the strong influence of surface structure on the reactivity of heterogeneous catalysts, understanding the mechanisms that control crystal morphology is…”
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Bifurcation analysis of a two-dimensional catalytic monolith reactor model by Gupta, Nikunj, Balakotaiah, Vemuri, H. West, David

“…We present a complete bifurcation analysis of a general steady-state two-dimensional catalytic monolith reactor model that accounts for temperature and…”
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Shape normalization and analysis of the mass transfer controlled regime in catalytic monoliths by Balakotaiah, Vemuri, West, David H.

“…We present a shape normalization for solving the convection–diffusion equation for the case of laminar flow in a duct of uniform cross-section but of arbitrary…”
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Synthesis of NiO Crystals Exposing Stable High‐Index Facets by Susman, Mariano D., Pham, Hien N., Zhao, Xiaohui, West, David H., Chinta, Sivadinarayana, Bollini, Praveen, Datye, Abhaya K., Rimer, Jeffrey D.

“…Metal oxides exposing high‐index facets are potentially impactful in catalysis and adsorption processes owing to under‐coordinated ions and polarities that…”
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Optimal design of catalytic converters for minimizing cold-start emissions by Ramanathan, Karthik, West, David H., Balakotaiah, Vemuri

“…A transient one-dimensional two-phase model is used to obtain an explicit light-off criterion and to estimate the transient time and cumulative cold-start…”
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