| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L66069/01 |
| Title: |
ENHANCED THERMAL METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN CATALYSIS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Barnes, Professor P A |
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| Department: |
Chemical and Biological Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of Huddersfield |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 1997 |
Ends: |
31 July 2000 |
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182,238
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Catalysis & Applied Catalysis |
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There is an urgent need (see Annex 1) to improve the resolution, sensitivity and quality of the data provided by the many thermal techniques involved in catalytic studies. These include TPD and TPreaction, which give quantitative information on surface composition of catalysts and on the energetics, kinetics and mechanisms of reactions in heterogeneous catalysis, and EGA which is used to study calcinations. Conventional thermal methods use linear heating rates which give relatively poor resolution, but IRRC can be applied to overcome these problems. We propose to fully develop IRRC thermal methods in catalysis and investigate their potential by studying three different areas of current commercial interest. These are the formation and characterisation of acidity in an MCM-41, the mechanism of action of a model lean-burn NOx autocatalyst in removing hydrocarbons and the study of the preparation by calcination of a complex base-metal catalyst.
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