Ammonia oxidation in a microreactor

What is ammonia oxidation? > Side reactions occur, too.

Here are all of the reactions that are likely to occur during ammonia oxidation:

4NH₃ (ammonia) + 5O₂ (oxygen) --> 4NO (nitric oxide) + 6H₂O (water)

4NH₃ (ammonia) + 6NO (nitric oxide) --> 5N₂ (nitrogen) + 6H₂O (water)

2NH₃ (ammonia) --> N₂ (nitrogen) + 3H₂ (hydrogen)

2NO (nitric oxide) --> N₂ (nitrogen) + O₂ (oxygen)

2H₂ (hydrogen)+ O₂ (oxygen) --> 2H₂O (water)

For our modeling of the process we only considered the first three reactions shown.

 Source: Srinivasan R et al. November 1997. AIChE Journal. 43 (11) 3059-3069.