PROFESSOR RICHARD K. HERZ
Department of NanoEngineeringJacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego
Office: 378 EBU-II
Phone: 858-534-6540
Fax: 858-534-4543
e-mail: herz@ucsd.edu
Education:
PhD, U. C. Berkeley, Chemical Engineering
MS, U. C. Berkeley, Chemical Engineering
BS, University of Denver, Chemical Engineering
Research Interests:
Renewable Resources - cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals
Catalysis under Dynamic Conditions
Reaction-Diffusion in Porous Materials
Interactive Software
"ReactorLab.net"
... chemical reactor simulations (support provided by NSF)
"PureWaterLab.org" ... interactive simulations for ultrapure water systems (support provided by NSF)
"PureWaterLab.org" ... interactive simulations for ultrapure water systems (support provided by NSF)
Patterns in a porous catalyst pellet during cycling of CO in O2. Each panel shows a different species or rate in the same pellet. The vertical axis is position in the pellet. The top of each panel is the surface exposed to flowing gas. The horizontal axis is time. Results of numerical simulations are shown which have been matched to experimental measurements of gas concentrations at the top and bottom of each panel.
