We consider input constrained adaptive output feedback control for a class of nonlinear systems which are prototype models for controlled exothermic chemical reactions. Our objective is set-point control of the output, i.e., the temperature of the reaction. In the context of chemical reactions, practical considerations lead us to work in the presence of input constraints. We adopt an approach b...

The blue-emitting phosphor cerium activated yttrium silicate, (Y1 mCem)2SiO5, was prepared via a novel synthesis technique called combustion synthesis. Combustion synthesis involves a highly exothermic redox reaction between metal nitrates and an organic fuel to produce a solid powder. The combustion synthesis parameter, the fuel-to-oxidizer ratio, has a direct effect on the physical properties...

Dispersive force corrected density functional theory is used to map the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics of six kinds of graphyne (Gy) and graphdiyne (Gdy) systems (namely αGy, βGy, γGy, δGy, 6,6,12Gy, RGy and Gdy) with substitutional boron (B) atom doping. To this end, the most favorable sites for B doping of each structures are determined by comparing their formation energies and then...

Influences of coadsorbed sodium and water, aqueous solvent, and electrode potential on the kinetics of O(2) dissociation over Pt(111) are systematically investigated using density functional theory models of vacuum and electrochemical interfaces. Na coadsorption alters the electronic states of Pt to stabilize the reactant (O(2)*), transition, and product (2O*) states by facilitating electron do...

Autocatalytic reactions may propagate as solitary waves, namely, at a constant front velocity and with a stationary concentration profile, resulting from a balance between molecular diffusion and chemical reaction. When the reaction is exothermic, a thermal wave is linked to the chemical front. As the thermal diffusivity is nearly two orders of magnitude larger than the molecular one, the tempe...

The theoretical model for a packed porous catalytic particle of the slab, cylindrical, and spherical geometries shape in fixed-bed electrochemical reactors is discussed. These particles have internal mass concentration temperature gradients endothermic or exothermic reactions. based on nonlinear reaction–diffusion equation containing term with an exponential relationship between intrinsic react...

The oxidation induced reactions of the common lithium battery electrolyte solvent ethylene carbonate (EC) have been investigated for EC(2) using density functional theory and for selected reaction paths using Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP4). The importance of explicitly treating at least one solvent molecule interacting with EC during oxidation (removal of an electron) on the EC oxidat...