2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Poster Session: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division Poster Session

This session showcases a diverse range of research in catalysis and reaction engineering. Students participating in the poster session are eligible for awards given by the Division for outstanding research and presentation.

Chair

Lou, H. H., Lamar University

Co-Chairs

Hopper, J. R., Lamar University

Pike, R. W., Louisiana State University

Presentations

Kinetic Study of Biodiesel Production from Chinese Tallow Tree Oil

Crymble, S. D., Hernandez, R., French, T., Zappi, M., Baldwin, B., Thomas, D.

(476bj) Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane over K, Ce and Mn Promoted Ni/Al2o3 Catalysts: Catalyst Characterization and Activity

Pant, K. K., A, N., S. C., D.

(476i) Oxidation of Cyclohexane with Molecular Oxygen Using Macrocyclic Homonuclear Cu Complex Catalyst

Kumar, A., Anisia, K. S.

(476ba) The Photocatalytic Effects of Tio2 Impregnated with Transition Metals for Removal of Organic Compounds in Liquid Phase

Lee, W. M., Lee, C. W., Kim, K. J.

(476f) Modeling and Simulation of a Pyrolysis Reactor for Slurry Feed

Gallo, L. F., Pickler, A. D. C., Althoff, C., Fontes, C. E., Miranda, J. N., Clausbruch, A., Alle, A.

(476ag) Experimental Investigation of High Temperature Reaction Kinetics of Hydrogen and Air in Turbulent, Supersonic, Combusting Flows

Jeyashekar, N. S., Seiner, J. M.

(476at) Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide over Zeolite Catalysts

Tatsumi, T., Hayashi, M.

(476ao) Promoting the Preferential Oxidation of Co by Altering the Reducibility of Pt

Guerrero, S., Wolf, E. E.

(476u) Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen Production Via Steam Reforming of Methanol

Patel, S., Pant, K. K.

(476p) Catalytic down-Hole Upgrading of Heavy Oil

Moini, B., Kantzas, A., Pereira, P., Larter, S.

(476s) Aging of Iron Molybdate Oxide Catalysts during Partial Oxidation of Methanol to Formaldehyde

Walzel, I., Liauw, M. A., Estenfelder, M.

(476az) Conversion of Mixed Sugars into Ethanol by Recombinant Corynebacterium Glutamicum

Inui, M., Kawaguchi, H., Okino, S., Suda, M., Sasaki, M., Vertès, A. A., Yukawa, H.

(476k) Cfd Simulations of Flow and Heat Transfer in Steam Reforming in a Fixed Bed of Cylinders

Taskin, M. E., Dixon, A., Stitt, E. H.

(476aa) Understanding the Aqueous Phase Oxidation of Hydroxylamine by Nitric and Nitrous Acids Using Computational Chemistry

Ashcraft, R. W., Raman, S., Green, W. H.

(476ap) Promoted Cu/Zn Catalysts for the Partial Oxidation of Methanol to Produce Hydrogen

Schuyten, S. J., Wolf, E. E.

(476bl) Steam Reforming of Methanol Using Supported Mo2c Catalysts

Lin, S. S. Y., Ha, S., Thomson, W. J.

(476ah) Modeling of Droplet-Particle Interaction in the Inlet Zone of a Fcc Riser

Singh, V., Roy, S.

(476au) Non-Catalytic Biodiesel Production from Soybean Oil Using Supercritical Methanol

Koh, A. D., Zhang , T., Johnson, C., Aurand, G. A.

(476bo) Recovery of Nickel from Spent Catalyst Using Edta as a Chelating Agent

Singh, B., Shrivastva, R., Pant, K. K., Krishnan, V. V., Nigam, K. D. P.

(476a) Pd-Leaching and Pd-Removal in Pd-Catalyzed Suzuki Couplings

Chen, J. S., Vassylyev, O., Panarello, A., Khinast, J.

(476af) Optimal Inlet Temperature Profile Strategies for Decaying Fixed Bed Reactor

Ghodasara, K., Smith, R.

(476b) The Influence of Physical Interactions on Chemical Reactions in Confinement

Santiso, E. E., Gubbins, K. E., George, A. M., Buongiorno-Nardelli, M.

(476bb) Modeling of Condensed Phase Combustion-Decomposition Reaction with Gas Generation

Wang, H., Hlavacek, V., Simo, M.

(476aw) Catalytic Cracking and Aromatization of C4-C5 Hydrocarbons over Zsm-5 Zeolite: Activity and Regeneration

Teerathanakit, P., Jongpatiwut, S., Kitiyanan, B., Mongkolsiri, N.

(476bn) Monodispersed Pd-Nanoparticles for Selective Hydrogenation

Kiwi-Minsker, L., Semagina, N., Renken, A.

(476ay) Formation of Liquid Element Sulfur and Gaseous Carbonyl Sulfide by Reacting Hydrogen Sulfide in Coal Gases with Sulfur Dioxide

Kwon, K. C., Carter, L., Burnell, C., Allen, T., Johnson, T., Lewis, R.

(476bd) Deactivation Mechanisms of Platinum/Titania Catalysts for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition in Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Water-Splitting Cycles

Petkovic, L. M., Rollins, H. W., Pinhero, P. J., Burch, K. C., Ginosar, D. M., Farrell, H. H.

(476ai) Hydroconversion of 2-Methylnaphthalene on Pt/Mordenite Catalysts. Effect of the Acid/Metal Balance of the Catalyst over the Main Reaction Pathways

González, H., Villaseñor, M. G., Castillo, O. S., Rico, J. L., Vásquez, S. R., Maya, R.

(476an) Oxide-Specific Oxidation States of Oxide-Supported Au Nanoparticles

Laursen, S., Linic, S.

(476e) Optimizing Pd Catalyzed Reactions for Pharmaceutical Production

(476bc) Wittig Reaction of Synthesizing Liquid Crystal Intermediate by Novel Phase-Transfer Catalysis

Wang, M. L., Lin, S. J.

(476m) Liquid and Gas Phase Laboratory Testing of 1-Butene Rich Fischer-Tropsch Feed over Solid Phosphoric Acid on Kieselguhr

(476c) A Silicon Microreactor for in-Situ Spectroscopic Analysis of Working Nsr Catalysts

Tan, C. K., Baertsch, C. D.

(476h) Engineering Advances in Combinatorial Chemistry Relevant to Heterogeneous Catalysis

Krawczyk, M. A., Bennetsen, J., Karlsson, A., Dahl, I. M., Mejdall, T.

(476v) Ni3al Intermetallics Catalyst for Hydrogen Production from Methanol

Xu, Y., Kameoka, S., Demura, M., Tsai, A. P., Hirano, T.

(476be) Investigation on the Platinum-Loaded Nay Zeolite Catalysts for Liquid Phase Reforming of Carbohydrates to Hydrogenn

Monroe, J., Tang, Z., Gu, X., Dong, J., Weinkauf, D., Nenoff, T. M.

(476ac) Effects of Ionic Liquid in the Catalyst Preparation of Mgo-Ceo2 Mixed Oxide for Dimethyl Carbonate Synthesis Via Transesterification

Yoo, K. S., Abimanyu, H., Ahn, B. S., Kim, H.

(476x) Fe-Cu Catalysts for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition in Si Cycle to Thermochemically Produce Hydrogen

Kim, H., Jeon, D. K., Lee, K. Y., Gong, G., Yoo, K. S., Lee, B. G., Ahn, B. S., Jung, K. D.

(476q) Trimerization of Isobutene over Cation Exchange Resins: Effect of Physical Properties of the Resins and Reaction Conditions

Yoon, J. W., Lee, J. H., Chang, J. S., Lee, H. D., Choo, D. H., Kim, T. J., Lee, S. J., Jhung, S. H.

(476ar) Hydrodynamic, Mass Transfer Parameters and Modelling of Slurry Bubble Column and Ebulating Bed Reactors Operating under Fischer-Tropsch Conditions

Sehabiague, L., Sanoja, M., Heintz, Y. J., Lemoine, R. O., Behkish, A., Oukaci, R., Morsi, B. I.

(476ax) Mathematical Modeling of Coke Purification in a Moving Bed Reactor

Kolesnikov, A. V.

(476ad) Photocatalytic Cu Deposition over Self-Assembled Titania Nanoclusters

Wang, C. T., Huang, Q.

(476ab) Catalytic Performance of Aluminum Incorporated MCM-41 for Synthesis of Diphenylmethane Derivatives from Formaldehyde and Phenol, 2,6-Dimethylphenol, or Aniline

Kugita, T., Jana, S. K., Agari, D., Hirose, S., Namba, S.

(476d) A Theoretical Investigation of Co Adsorption on Pt3sn Alloy

Sümer, A., Gülmen, M. A., Aksoylu, A. E.

(476bg) Catalytic Properties of Ni3Al Powder for Hydrogen Generation by Methane Steam Reforming

Ma, Y., Xu, Y., Demura, M., Chun, D. H., Hirano, T.

(476z) Community-Extensible Software and Database for Predicting Combustion Kinetics

(476t) Optimization of Invertase Production in a Fed Batch Bioreactor by Neuron-Dynamic Programming

Giralt, J., Espinosa, G., Restrepo, A., Giralt, F.

(476l) Prediction for the Secondary Reaction of Fcc Gasoline by Fnn-Ga Method

Yang, B., Chen, C., Ye, H., Yuan, J.

(476n) Propane Ammoxidation to Acrylonitrile over Vanadia-Based Xerogel/Aerogel Catalysts

Suh, D. J., Choi, J., Shin, C. B.

(476g) Molybdenum Carbide-Based Catalysts for Gasoline Steam Reforming

Marin Flores, O. G.