Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
3 years ago

Modeling of Unidirectional-Overloaded Transition in Catalytic Tubular Microjets

Modeling of Unidirectional-Overloaded Transition in Catalytic Tubular Microjets
Vladimir M. Fomin, Sarthak Misra, Veronika Magdanz, Islam S. M. Khalil, Anke Klingner, Oliver G. Schmidt
A numerical time-resolved model is presented for predicting the transition between unidirectional and overloaded motion of catalytic tubular microjets (Ti/Fe/Pt rolled-up microtubes) in an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide. Unidirectional movement is achieved by periodic ejection of gas bubbles from one end, whereas formation of multiple bubbles hinders microjet movement in overloaded regime. The influence of nucleation positions of bubbles, hydrogen peroxide concentration, liquid-platinum contact angle, microjet length, and cone angle on the bubble ejection frequency and microjet speed are investigated. We find agreement between the theoretical speeds of the microjet for a range of bubble nucleation positions (0.4L ≤ x0 ≤ 0.6L) and our measurements (108 ± 35 μm/s) for unidirectional motion. In addition, we observe experimentally that transition to overloaded motion occurs for hydrogen peroxide concentration of 5%, whereas our model predicts this transition for concentrations above 2.5%.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02447

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02447

You might also like
Discover & Discuss Important Research

Keeping up-to-date with research can feel impossible, with papers being published faster than you'll ever be able to read them. That's where Researcher comes in: we're simplifying discovery and making important discussions happen. With over 19,000 sources, including peer-reviewed journals, preprints, blogs, universities, podcasts and Live events across 10 research areas, you'll never miss what's important to you. It's like social media, but better. Oh, and we should mention - it's free.

  • Download from Google Play
  • Download from App Store
  • Download from AppInChina

Researcher displays publicly available abstracts and doesn’t host any full article content. If the content is open access, we will direct clicks from the abstracts to the publisher website and display the PDF copy on our platform. Clicks to view the full text will be directed to the publisher website, where only users with subscriptions or access through their institution are able to view the full article.