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Nature-inspired optimization of transport in porous media

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. Green open access

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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.
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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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