Catalyst and Fuel Interactions to Optimize Endothermic Cooling

Abstract

This report summarizes the main findings of an AFOSR Basic Research Initiative project in the area of endothermic fuels catalysis. The focus was on developing improved catalysts to enhance and control endothermic fuel reactions, to enhance cooling capacity for aircraft. In addition there was substantial basic mechanistic work, aimed at understanding processes responsible for catalytic activity for the reactions of interest, and for deactivation and coking of the catalysts. Finally, there was significant methods development in the areas of theory, catalyst synthesis and characterization, and methods for catalytic reaction analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 30, 2016
Accession Number
AD1016963

Entities

People

  • Anastasia N. Alexandrova
  • James Dumesic
  • Manos Mavrikakis
  • Randall E Winans
  • Richard Zare
  • Scott L. Anderson
  • Shiv N Khanna

Organizations

  • University of Utah

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Ionization
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Transition Metals

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.