2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Poster Session: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CRE) Division

This is the Poster Session of CRE Division. All papers in catalysis and reaction engineering are invited. An award is given annually to the best paper in each of the catalysis and reaction engineering areas (see the CRE web site for details).

Chair

Lars C. Grabow, University of Houston

Co-Chair

Yuriy Roman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Presentations

06:00 PM

(600y) Kinetic Modeling of Propylene Polymerization with Me2Si[Ind]2ZrCl2/MAO Catalyst System
Nikhil Prakash, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Sushil Kumar
(600j) The Characterization of Micro-Structure of Cobalt on Gamma-Al2O3 for FTS:Effects of Pretreatment on Ru-Co/ Al2O3
Jae-sun Jung, Dong Ju Moon, Eun-hyeok Yang, Gi Hoon Hong, Garam Choi, Jae-suk Lee
(600by) Dispersed Pt/Ceria Catalysts for Water-Gas Shift Prepared Using Supercritical Fluid Deposition
Jacob W. Deal, Christy Wheeler West, Blake Corey, Phong Le
(600u) Direct Formaldehyde Production from Synthesis Gas at Room Temperature
Alimohammad Bahmanpour, Andrew Hoadley, Akshat Tanksale
(600bz) Mechanistic Insights into Rate-Dominant Transport Barriers in MFI Structured Zeolites
Andrew R. Teixeira, Xiaoduo Qi, Wm. Curtis Conner, Wei Fan, Paul J. Dauenhauer
(600o) Pd-Substituted Zinc Stannate As a New Oxygen Storage Material for CO Oxidation
Annamalai Leelavathi, N Ravishankar, Giridhar Madras
(600ad) Interpretation of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Using a Macrohomogeneous PEMFC Model
Brian P. Setzler, Thomas F. Fuller
(600ca) A Fundamental Study of the Reaction and Diffusion of Poly-Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Hierarchical Pore Structure Zeolites
David P. Gamliel, Shoucheng Du, George M. Bollas, Julia Valla
(600ax) Effect of Reaction Parameters on Hydrocracking of Petroleum Vacuum Residue with Activated Carbons in Supercritical Hydrocarbon Solvents
Doo Wook Kim, Jae-Jeong Kim, Ma Fanzhong, Anton Koriakin, Chang-Ha Lee
(600cb) Kinetics of Platinum Dissolution in Acidic Electrolyte: Investigation By Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode
Brian P. Setzler, Erin L. Redmond, Thomas F. Fuller
(600ay) Synthesis of Butenes through Butanol Dehydration over Highly Ordered Crystalline Nanoporous Tungsten Oxide
Jong-Ki Jeon, Hyeonhee Choi, Ji Man Kim
(600cc) Assessment of Catalytic Materials for Hydrothermal Upgrading of Algae Biocrude
Thomas Yeh, Miron Landau, Phillip E. Savage
(600cd) High Pressure Catalytic Conversion of n-Pentane on H-ZSM-5
Edward Schreiner, Shewangizaw Teketel, Raul Lobo
(600r) WO3 Modified Omc Supported Pt-Pd/WO3-Omc Electrocatalysts
Ateeq Rehman, Shakeel Ahmed
(600ce) Au/CuO-CeO2 Catalyst for Preferential Oxidation of CO in Hydrogen-Rich Stream
Yu-Wen Chen
(600az) An Investigation into the Bandgap and Bandedge of Semi-Conducting La-Transition Metal Perovskites for Photocatalytic Applications
Divya Suresh, Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, John Kuhn
(600cf) Machine Learning Approaches to Design Catalysts for C1 Chemistry
Cynthia S. Lo, Zhuo Cheng, Eunmin Lee
(600v) HPA Loaded/ Modified Alumina Catalyst for Transesterification of Jetropha Oil Forming Biodiesel
Sunder Lal
(600e) Preferential Oxidation of CO over Cu-Ce Oxide Nanostructures
Joan Papavasiliou, George Avgouropoulos
(600a) Direct Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether from CO2 & CO over Bifunctional Methanol Synthesis & Silicotungstic Acid Incorporated Mesoporous Alumina Catalyst Mixtures
Aysegul Bayat, Timur Dogu
(600ba) Dehydration of Fructose into Furans over Zeolite Catalyst Using Carbon Black As Adsorbent
Paul Dornath, Wei Fan
(600g) Highly Crystalline Multimetallic Nanoframes with Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces
Yijin Kang, Chen Chen, Joshua Snyder, Nenad Markovic, Peidong Yang, Vojislav Stamenkovic
(600b) Coke Elimination During Conversion of Biogas to Syngas by Tungsten Incorporation into Ni Based Mesoporous Alumina Synthesized by the One-Pot Route
Huseyin Arbag, S. Yasyerli, Gulsen Dogu, Timur Dogu
(600cl) The Effects of Catalysts Pore Structure on Intraparticle Diffusion in Cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Congbiao Chen, Bo Hou, Debao Li
(600cm) A Novel Catalyst Molding Method to Remove Intraparticle Diffusion Limitation in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Da Wang, Bo Hou, Congbiao Chen, Debao Li
(600bb) Simultaneous CO2 Valorization and DME Production Using a Packed-Bed Mem-Brane Reactor with in Situ Water Removal
Gabriel Zarca, Nazely Diban, Ane Urtiaga, Inmaculada Ortiz, Javier Ereña, Andres T. Aguayo
(600h) Superficial Gas Velocity Effects on Local Time Averaged Phase Holdup in Fluidized Bed Reactor Using Gamma Ray Computed Tomography Technique
Abdelsalam Efhaima
Reaction Engineering Alternatives to Waste Gasification for Sustainability
Joshua Cmar, Shreya Adhikari, Jorge E. Gatica
(600k) Mechanism and Reaction Kinetics for Hydrotreatment of PALM OIL for Greendiesel Production
Felipe Vélez, Koji Sakashita, Sachio Asaoka, Atsushi Ishihara, Diana López, Gina Hincapié, David Tapia, Alejandro Molina
(600bc) Controlled Synthesis of Mgal Layered Double Hydroxide Grafted TiO2 Cuboids and Their Photocatalytic CO2 Conversion Activity
Cunyu Zhao, Lianjun Liu, Huilei Zhao, Ying Li
(600i) Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Aromatic Ketones Catalyzed By an Economical and Effective Copper-Diphosphine Complex
Minting Liang, Xiang Liu
(600q) Conversion of Glucose to Levulinic Acid By Dual Solid-Acid Catalysts
Tapas Acharjee, Y. Y. Lee
(600ck) Hydrothermal Synthesis of Graphene/Fe3+-Doped TiO2 Nanowire Composites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Under Visible Light Irradiation
Xiang Liu, Wenqiang Li
(600w) High-Performance Dealloyed PtCu/Cunw Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Jarrid Wittkopf, Jie Zheng, Yushan Yan
(600aa) Hydrogen Production from Stream Reforming Acetic Acid over Core-Shell-like Zeolite Capsule NiO/CeO2-ZrO2 Catalyst
Changfeng Yan
(600bd) Comparison of in-Situ Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction Kinetics for Various Polymer Hydroxide Exchange Electrolytes
Mariah Woodroof, Yushan Yan
(600be) Insights into Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction Mechanisms in Alkaline Electrolytes through the Use of Catalyst with Tunable Oxophilicity
Jarrid Wittkopf, Yushan Yan
(600c) Numerical Simulation for Coating Process of TiN Thin Film By a Thermal CVD Method
Yuya Hatori, Takahoshi Omayu, Kenichiro Tanoue, Tatsuo Nishimura
(600bf) Analysis of Perovskites and Layered Perovskite Oxides As Materials for Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide in Thermochemical Cycles
Yolanda A. Daza, Ryan A. Kent, Bryan J. Hare, Matthew M. Yung, John N. Kuhn
(600l) DFT Analysis of the Hydrothermal Stability and Lewis Acidity of Metal-Substituted Zeolites
Brian Montejo, María C. Curet
(600bg) Modeling Transport-Kinetic Interactions for SO2 Oxidation to SO3 in Particulate and Monolith Catalysts Using Comsol Multiphysics
Patrick Mills, Anuradha Nagaraj
(600f) Mixed-Light Paraffin Dehydrogenation in a Catalytic Multi-Tubular Reactor: Modeling and Simulation
Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula, Shrinidhi S.R,, Murali Rangarajan
(600ci) Particle Size Effect of Iridium Nanoparticles on Hydrogen Oxidation and Evolution Reaction Activity in Alkaline Electrolytes
Jie Zheng, Yushan Yan
(600p) Model Catalysts Studies on Thin Oxide Supports with Polarization Modulation Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (PM-IRAS)
Zhiyong Wang, Jochen Lauterbach, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Erdem Sasmaz
(600cj) The Effect of Graphene As a Support for Non-PGM Bifunctional Oxygen Catalyst in Rechargeable Metal/Air Batteries
Miguel Garcia-Contreras, Pooya Hosseini Benhangi, Amin Taheri Najafabadi, Elod Gyenge
(600s) Ab Initio Study of Solvent-Induced Frequency Shifts of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
Tyler R. Josephson, George Tsilomelekis, Christina Bagia, Stavros Caratzoulas, Vladimiros Nikolakis, Dionisios G. Vlachos
(600bh) Catalyst/Support Interactions Between Pt Nanoparticles and Amorphous Silica
Christopher S. Ewing, Michael J. Hartmann, Surya Padinjarekutt, Allison M. Musto, Elliott M. Weiss, Kaitlin R. Martin, Daniel S. Lambrecht, Götz Veser, Joseph J. McCarthy, J. Karl Johnson
(600t) Impact of Support Size, Shape and Pore Structure on the Metal Distribution of Supported Catalysts
Xue Liu, Johannes G. Khinast, Benjamin J. Glasser
(600bi) Effect of Flow Regime on Trickle-Bed Reactor Performance
Shinbeom Lee, Arvind Varma
(600af) Chicken Manure As Heterogeneous CaO Catalysts for Biodiesel Production from Transesterification of Waste Cooking Oil
Thawatchai Maneerung, Sibudjing Kawi, Chi-Hwa Wang