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A mathematical model for determining the optimal distribution of the active component in catalytic methane oxidation is considered, and necessary conditions for the existence of a solution are obtained. It is shown that, under adiabatic conditions, the optimal distribution is a monotonically decreasing distribution of the active component of the catalyst along the catalytic monolith length. For catalytic methane oxidation on a monolithic catalyst under conditions typical of gas-turbine applications, the optimal distribution of the active component is found.
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Translated from Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2005, pp. 507–515.
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Khanaev, V.M., Borisova, E.S. & Noskov, A.S. Optimal Distribution of the Active Component in Catalytic Methane Oxidation. Theor Found Chem Eng 39, 478–486 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11236-005-0105-5
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