/tap-thermal

Simulations of a transient diffusion process in a Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP) microreactor under the conditions of a temperature gradient.

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Tap Thermal

This repository contains the code I developed during a research project conducted in 2016. The project was hosted by the research group of chemical catalysis at the University of Oslo under the supervision of Dr. Evgeniy A. Redekop, and funded by the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology.

The project aimed at assessing the influence of a temperature gradient on the transport parameters estimated from experimental Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP) data. By constructing a numerical model and applying non-linear least squares regression the transport parameters could be estimated. Simulations showed that minor adjustments were required for the Knudsen diffusion coefficients in order to account for various simulated gradients.

More information on TAP can be found at the research group in catalysis, and on Wiki.