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Reconstructed 3D Microstructure and Effective Diffusivity of a Zeolite-Polyimide Mixed Matrix Membrane
Čapek, P. ; Hejtmánek, Vladimír ; Fryčová, M. ; Sysel, P. ; Kočiřík, Milan ; Brabec, Libor ; Zikánová, Arlette ; Bernauer, B. ; Fíla, V.
In our work we focused on a two-phase system consisting of the polyimide matrix synthesized from the monomers 4,4’-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphtalic anhydride (6FDA) and 4,4’-oxydianiline (ODA), and silicalite-1 [3, 4]. Its microstructure on the scale capturing the morphology of silicalite particles was reproduced by means of stochastic reconstruction. Then, effective diffusivity of an arbitrary fluid in the reconstructed composite material was determined by exploiting random walk simulation. Resulting values were compared with the corresponding values obtained using two traditional correlations for conductivity of composite materials. Image processing and analysis as the first step of stochastic reconstruction was a bit inexact in terms of an estimation of the volume fractions of both phases.
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Analysis of Gas Transport through Macroporous Media.
Čapek, P. ; Hejtmánek, Vladimír
The aim of this study was to evaluate diffusional and forced flow in the cylindrical capillary under defined boundary conditions and to determine the effective diffusivities of gases (hydrogen, nitrogen, helium, and argon) in selected macroporous media. The knowledge of these diffusional and forced flow densities helps us to formulate many demands on the experimental apparatus and to estimate the error of the effective diffusivity. The relation between molar flux and the molar concentration gradient was described by the model of the mean transport pore. The experimental values of the effective diffusivities have agreed with the ones calculated for porous media replicas very well.
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Efektivní difuzivity a transportní charakteristiky monolitických automobilových konvertorů s nanesenou vrstvou katalyzátoru
Starý, T. ; Šolcová, Olga ; Schneider, Petr ; Marek, M. ; Schejbal, M.
The effective diffusivity in the pores of catalytic monolith was studied in single pellet-string columns by chromatographic technique. The column was packed with small monolith particles. Dispersion due to extra column effects was eliminated via convolution of responses for two column lenghts. The measurements were done for both cordierite support with alumina based washcoat. The effective diffusion coefficients for two tracer-carrier pairs were evaluated by fitting column response (chromatographic) peaks in time domain. Mean transport parameters were evaluated for both types of porous particles. Obtained mean transport pore radii are in reasonable agreement with pore size distribution from mercury porosimetry.
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