TY - GEN A1 - Richter, Jana A1 - Rachow, Fabian A1 - Israel, Johannes A1 - Roth, Norbert A1 - Charlafti, Evgenia A1 - Günther, Vivien A1 - Flege, Jan Ingo A1 - Mauß, Fabian T1 - Reaction Mechanism Development for Methane Steam Reforming on a Ni/Al2O3 Catalyst T2 - Catalysts N2 - In this work, a reliable kinetic reaction mechanism was revised to accurately reproduce the detailed reaction paths of steam reforming of methane over a Ni/Al2O3 catalyst. A steady-state fixed-bed reactor experiment and a 1D reactor catalyst model were utilized for this task. The distinctive feature of this experiment is the possibility to measure the axially resolved temperature profile of the catalyst bed, which makes the reaction kinetics inside the reactor visible. This allows for understanding the actual influence of the reaction kinetics on the system; while pure gas concentration measurements at the catalytic reactor outlet show near-equilibrium conditions, the inhere presented temperature profile shows that it is insufficient to base a reaction mechanism development on close equilibrium data. The new experimental data allow for achieving much higher quality in the modeling efforts. Additionally, by carefully controlling the available active surface via dilution in the experiment, it was possible to slow down the catalyst conversion rate, which helped during the adjustment of the reaction kinetics. To assess the accuracy of the revised mechanism, a monolith experiment from the literature was simulated. The results show that the fitted reaction mechanism was able to accurately predict the experimental outcomes for various inlet mass flows, temperatures, and steam-to-carbon ratios. KW - kinetic reaction mechanism development KW - 1D modeling KW - reaction rates KW - methane steam reforming KW - fixed-bed reactor experiments KW - nickel catalyst Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13050884 SN - 2073-4344 VL - 13 IS - 5 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Franken, Tim A1 - Rachow, Fabian A1 - Charlafti, Evgenia A1 - Flege, Jan Ingo A1 - Jenssen, Martin A1 - Verma, Rakhi A1 - Günther, Vivien A1 - Mauss, Fabian T1 - Numerical investigation of oxy-methane combustion for stationary engines T2 - 40th International Symposium on Combustion N2 - This work presents a numerical investigation of turbulent oxyfuel combustion of methane in a gas engine with passive pre-chamber. The experimental data of a motored operating point at 1600 rpm and natural gas fired operating point at 2450 rpm, 6 bar IMEP and λ=1.5 are provided by TU Freiberg to validate the simulation model. The performance of the detailed chemistry model of Shrestha et al. predicting laminar burning velocity of premixed methane-oxygen flames is evaluated using the experiments of Mouze-Mornettas et al. The detailed chemistry model predicts the laminar flame speed within an accuracy range of ±10% for elevated pressure, temperature, and different equivalence ratios. For predicting the turbulent combustion in the gas engine, a three-dimensional (3D) Large Eddy Simulation (LES) with G Equation model and laminar flame speed look-up tables is used. The chemistry in the unburnt and burnt gas is solved using a constant volume detailed chemistry solver. The 3D LES model shows a good match of the motored and natural gas fired in-cylinder pressure profile. Subsequently the fuel is switched to methane and oxygen is used as oxidizer. The 3D LES results show an increase of maximum cylinder pressure up to 100 bar for λ=1.5, and the turbulent flame regime is shifted towards high Damköhler numbers compared to combustion with air. Diluting the cylinder gas with 50 mole-% CO2 or 65 mole-% H2O shows a significant reduction of peak cylinder pressure, and lower Damköhler and higher Karlovitz numbers compared to methane-oxygen combustion. KW - Oxyfuel KW - Simulation KW - Engines Y1 - 2024 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Verma, Rakhi A1 - Günther, Vivien A1 - Charlafti, Evgenia A1 - Rachow, Fabian A1 - Giri, Binod Raj A1 - Hemaizia, Abdelkader A1 - Thévenin, Dominique A1 - Flege, Jan Ingo A1 - Mauss, Fabian T1 - Development of detailed surface reaction mechanism for methanation process based on experiments T2 - Proceedings in applied mathematics and mechanics : PAMM N2 - The pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is growing, which demands new and innovative technologies to produce mobile as well as stationary energy. The methanation offers a pathway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by directly converting to . This also plays a crucial role in “power‐to‐gas” (P2G) technologies by providing an approach to store excess renewable energy in the form of methane in an existing natural gas infrastructure. However, methanation is a complex process due to its exothermic nature, interaction of the gas species with the catalyst, and possible catalyst degradation. Therefore, a deeper understanding is required for the methanation reaction, its different reaction pathways, and side reactions. In this work, we aim to understand the direct production of synthetic natural gas from and in a Sabatier process with the help of experiments over a Ni/ catalyst. A detailed surface reaction mechanism is developed to extend the study numerically by validating the simulation results with the experimental data. A one‐dimensional model, LOGEcat, based on a single‐channel catalyst model, is used for kinetic modeling. Experiments as well as simulations have been performed at various conditions, such as temperature variation and dilution to the inlet composition. We have successfully captured the experimental trends using the kinetic model developed for the conditions considered for the analysis. Y1 - 2026 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.70061 SN - 1617-7061 VL - 26 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mauß, Fabian A1 - Machal, C. A1 - Delfau, J.-L. A1 - Vovelle, C. A1 - Moréac, Gladys A1 - Mounam-Rousselle, G. T1 - Modelling of Aromatics and Soot Formation from Large Fuel Molecules T2 - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute Y1 - 2009 SN - 0082-0784 VL - 32 IS - 1 SP - 753 EP - 760 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mauß, Fabian A1 - Ahmed, Syed Sayeed A1 - Zeuch, Thomas T1 - The Generation of a Compact n-Heptane / Toluene Reaction Mechanism Using the Chemistry Guided Reduction (CGR) Technique T2 - Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Y1 - 2009 SN - 0942-9352 VL - 223 IS - 4-5 SP - 551 EP - 563 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mauß, Fabian A1 - Hoffmeyer, Henrik A1 - Montefrancesco, Emanuela A1 - Beck, Linda A1 - Willand, Jürgen A1 - Ziebert, Florian T1 - CARE - Catalytic Reformated Exhaust gases in turbocharged DISI-Engines T2 - SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants Y1 - 2009 SN - 1946-3952 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 139 EP - 148 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mauß, Fabian A1 - Nakov, Galin A1 - Wenzel, Paul A1 - Steiner, Rüdiger A1 - Krüger, Christian A1 - Zhang, Yongzeh A1 - Rawat, Rajesh A1 - Borg, Andreas A1 - Perlman, Cathleen A1 - Fröjd, Karin A1 - Lehtiniemi, Harry T1 - Soot Simulation under Diesel Engine Conditions Using a Flamelet Approach T2 - SAE International Journal of Engines Y1 - 2010 SN - 1946-3936 VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 89 EP - 104 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mauß, Fabian A1 - Blurock, Edward S. A1 - Tuner, Martin T1 - Phase Optimized Skeletal Mechanisms for Engine Simulations T2 - Combustion Theory and Modelling Y1 - 2010 SN - 1364-7830 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 295 EP - 313 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mauß, Fabian A1 - Løvås, Terese A1 - Malik, Nadeem T1 - Global reaction mechanism for ethylene flames with preferential diffusion Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mauß, Fabian A1 - Malik, Nadeem A1 - Løvås, Terese T1 - The Effect of Preferential Diffusion on the Soot Initiation Process in Ethylene Diffusion Flames T2 - Flow Turbulence and Combustion Y1 - 2011 SN - 1386-6184 VL - 87 IS - 2-3 SP - 293 EP - 312 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mauß, Fabian A1 - Fröjd, Karin T1 - A three-parameter transient 1D model for catalyst modeling T2 - SAE International Journal of Engines Y1 - 2011 SN - 1946-3936 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 1747 EP - 1763 ER -