Kinetic and bifurcation analysis of the cooxidation of CO and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" altimg="si132.gif" display="inline" overflow="scroll"><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>H</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:math> in catalytic monolith reactors

Existing micro and global reaction kinetic models are not able to capture some of the key experimentally observed light-off trends of the CO–H2–O2 system in a monolithic reactor. We modify the literature microkinetic mechanisms to correctly predict the H2 light-off at room temperature in the absence of CO, selectivity towards CO oxidation before the simultaneous light-off of CO and H2, the enhancement effect of H2, and the inhibiting effect of...