Coppens, MO;
Ye, G;
(2017)
Nature-inspired optimization of transport in porous media.
In: Bunde, A and Caro, J and Kärger, J and Vogl, G, (eds.)
Diffusive Spreading in Nature, Technology and Society.
(pp. 203-232).
Springer: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
Materials combining pore sizes of different length scales are highly important for catalysis and separation processes, where optimization of adsorption and transport properties is required. Nature can be an excellent guide to rational design, as it is full of such “hierarchical” structures that are intrinsically scaling, efficient and robust. In technology, as well as in nature, the performance of the transport systems is significantly affected by their structure over different length scales, which provides abundant room to optimize transport through manipulating the multiscale structure, such as transport channel size and distribution. Following this avenue, the chapter discusses a nature-inspired (chemical) engineering (NICE) approach to optimize mass transport for catalytic systems employing porous media, with particular emphasis on the optimization of porous catalysts and proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Nature-inspired optimization of transport in porous media |
| ISBN-13: | 9783319677972 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-67798-9_11 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67798-9_11 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10070474 |
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