Research Activities – Priv.-Doz. Dr. Evgenii Kondratenko
Scientific and technical competence
- Reaction engineering aspects:
- Transient and steady-state reactor operation
- Transient methods in heterogeneous catalysis
- Development of micro-kinetic models
- Heterogeneously catalyzed reactions
- Partial oxidation of low alkanes (C1-C4)
- Oxidative and non-oxidative dehydrogenation of low alkanes
- High-temperature reactions (oxidative coupling of methane, syngas production, ammonia oxidation to nitric acid)
- Oxidant activation
- Direct N2O decomposition
- Selective catalytic reduction of NOx
Current research interests
- Application of transient methods for elucidation of reaction mechanisms
- Micro-kinetics of complex heterogeneous reactions
- Combining of transient and in-situ characterisation methods
- Nature of oxygen species in selective and non-selective reaction pathways
- Influence of reaction conditions on surface and bulk structure of catalytic materials as well as on catalytic performance
- Role of structural defects of solid materials in heterogeneous catalysis.
