Szarawara–Kozik’s temperature criterion in the context of three-parameter equation for modeling ammonia or methanol decomposition during heterogenous catalysis

Abstract

Szarawara–Kozik’s temperature criterion, suggested many years ago, has been reinterpreted as three-parameter fitting equation. We demonstrated interpretation of the chemical reactions of ammonia and methanol catalytic decomposition (to produce syngas and hydrogen) by associating two parameters with the activation energy and the average enthalpy of reaction for the equilibrium conversion degrees. It was proved that the three-parameter equation can be applicable to studying a wide variety of catalytic/enzymatic processes in isothermal conditions.