Bifurcation analysis of oxidative coupling of methane in monolith, gauze or wire-mesh reactors

We use a multi-scale multi-mode reduced order model for coupled homogeneous-catalytic reaction systems to present a comprehensive bifurcation (ignition-extinction) analysis of the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) in monolith, gauze or wire-mesh type reactors. We determine the impact of methane to oxygen ratio in the feed, space time, channel hydraulic radius (or gas phase to catalyst volume ratio), washcoat diffusional limitations, operating...