Given the porosity and bulk density of a catalyst, how do you calculate the thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity of the catalyst?

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Furkan Soysal

This might be of some help regarding apparent thermal conductivity of porous catalysts

Article Thermal Conductivity of Porous Catalysts

Nnaemeka Nnabuo

Thanks Furkan Soysal . I'll look it up.

Soorena Gharibian

greetings

when dealing with porous structures, effective thermal conductivity is usually helpful specially in numerical simulations, resulting in fewer mesh cells and mitigated calculation time. however, the relation between porosity and thermal conductivity of each phase is quite structural dependent (for example unit cell of desired material or the way particles of each phase are in contact with each other). you may find quite fruitful information in this regard in the book: ''principals of heat transfer in porous media'' by Massoud Kaviany or his other researches.

best regards.

Weih Lee

I would run DSC to obtain heat capacity at a specific temperature.

Thanks Lee. You mean Differential Scanning Calorimetry?