THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Zhi-Qiang SunORCID

A VARIATIONAL APPROACH TO A POROUS CATALYST

ABSTRACT
The convection-diffusion process in porous electrodes depends greatly upon the porous structure. A fractal model for porous catalyst in a thin-zone bed reactor is established using He’s fractal derivative, and a variational principle is also established in a fractal space, and an approximate solution is obtained. Additionally an ancient Chinese algorithm is adopted to solve an algebraic equation.
KEYWORDS
porous medium, fractal variational principle, fractal calculus, approximate solution, Nine Chapters, ancient Chinese mathematics
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2020-04-04
PAPER REVISED: 2020-06-13
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2020-06-13
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2021-01-31
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI200404044S
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2021, VOLUME 25, ISSUE No. 2, PAGES [1437 - 1442]
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