TY - JOUR
T1 - Bridging Scales in Bioenergy and Catalysis
T2 - A Review of Mesoscale Modeling Applications, Methods, and Future Directions
AU - Ciesielski, Peter N.
AU - Pecha, M. Brennan
AU - Thornburg, Nicholas E.
AU - Crowley, Meagan F.
AU - Gao, Xi
AU - Oyedeji, Oluwafemi
AU - Sitaraman, Hariswaran
AU - Brunhart-Lupo, Nicholas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society
PY - 2021/9/16
Y1 - 2021/9/16
N2 - Between the molecular and reactor scales, which are familiar to the chemical engineering community, lies an intermediate regime, here termed the “mesoscale,” where transport phenomena and reaction kinetics compete on similar time scales. Bioenergy and catalytic processes offer particularly important examples of mesoscale phenomena owing to their multiphase nature and the complex, highly variable porosity characteristic of biomass and many structured catalysts. In this review, we overview applications and methods central to mesoscale modeling as they apply to reaction engineering of biomass conversion and catalytic processing. A brief historical perspective is offered to put recent advances in context. Applications of mesoscale modeling are described, and several specific examples from biomass pyrolysis and catalytic upgrading of bioderived intermediates are highlighted. Methods including reduced order modeling, finite element and finite volume approaches, geometry construction and import, and visualization of simulation results are described; in each category, recent advances, current limitations, and areas for future development are presented. Owing to improved access to high-performance computational resources, advances in algorithm development, and sustained interest in reaction engineering to sustainably meet societal needs, we conclude that a significant upsurge in mesoscale modeling capabilities is on the horizon that will accelerate design, deployment, and optimization of new bioenergy and catalytic technologies.
AB - Between the molecular and reactor scales, which are familiar to the chemical engineering community, lies an intermediate regime, here termed the “mesoscale,” where transport phenomena and reaction kinetics compete on similar time scales. Bioenergy and catalytic processes offer particularly important examples of mesoscale phenomena owing to their multiphase nature and the complex, highly variable porosity characteristic of biomass and many structured catalysts. In this review, we overview applications and methods central to mesoscale modeling as they apply to reaction engineering of biomass conversion and catalytic processing. A brief historical perspective is offered to put recent advances in context. Applications of mesoscale modeling are described, and several specific examples from biomass pyrolysis and catalytic upgrading of bioderived intermediates are highlighted. Methods including reduced order modeling, finite element and finite volume approaches, geometry construction and import, and visualization of simulation results are described; in each category, recent advances, current limitations, and areas for future development are presented. Owing to improved access to high-performance computational resources, advances in algorithm development, and sustained interest in reaction engineering to sustainably meet societal needs, we conclude that a significant upsurge in mesoscale modeling capabilities is on the horizon that will accelerate design, deployment, and optimization of new bioenergy and catalytic technologies.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c02163
DO - 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c02163
M3 - 文献综述
AN - SCOPUS:85114851459
SN - 0887-0624
VL - 35
SP - 14382
EP - 14400
JO - Energy and Fuels
JF - Energy and Fuels
IS - 18
ER -