Multi-scale coarse-grained continuum models for bifurcation and transient analysis of coupled homogeneous-catalytic reactions in monoliths

We use the Lyapunov-Schmidt (L-S) reduction technique of bifurcation theory to develop reduced order models for monolith reactors with catalytic reactions in the washcoat layer and homogeneous reactions in the flow channel, and with thermal effects. The L-S technique eliminates the two transverse coordinates and converts the detailed models expressed in terms of three spatial coordinates and time to multi-mode models in axial coordinate and...