“…While the importance of LNT sulfation has long been recognized, and extensive experimental studies have been conducted (Choi et al, 2007;Choi et al, 2008;Choi et al, 2010;Corbos et al, 2008;Dawody et al, 2005;Elbouazzaoui et al, 2005;Engstrom et al, 1999;Happel et al, 2010;Kim et al, 2006;Luo et al, 2008;Sakamoto et al, 2006;Sedlmair et al, 2002;Toops and Pihl, 2008;Wu et al, 2005), very few detailed modeling efforts have been undertaken. Han et al (2005) constructed a complex reactor model for desulfation but chose to focus on the heat generation needed to drive the process, so their chemistry involved only reformate combustion rather than reactions describing the desulfation itself.…”