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

(600bj) Nobel Metal-Based Bifunctional Catalysts for Bioethanol Conversion into Ethyl Acetate
Jean Marcel R. Gallo, Murillo C. Ribeiro, Clelia Mara Paula Marques, José Maria Corrêa Bueno
(600br) The Activity and Stability of Dry Reforming of Methane over Ni-Based Catalysts
Zhenghong Bao, Yongwu Lu, Fei Yu
(600bq) Synthesis of Zeolite Catalysts in the Absence of Organic Structure-Directing Agents
Matthew D. Oleksiak, Marlon Conato, Jeffrey D. Rimer
(600bp) Pyrolytic Conversion of Cellulose to Fuels: Tuning the Mechanisms of Cellulose Pyrolysis to Improve Bio-Oil Properties
Alex D. Paulsen, Matthew S. Mettler, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Paul Dauenhauer
(600bo) Lithium-Based Mixed Oxides Derived from Sol-Gel Hydrotalcite: Synthesis and Catalytic Activity in Soil Oil Transesterification
Renata A. B. Lima-Corrêa, Diogo G. Borges, Cínthia S. Castro, José M. Assaf
(600ab) Understanding the Ostwald Ripening Dynamics of Platinum Catalyst with Phenomenological Modeling and Molecular Simulation Approach
Srinivasan Raman, Jeevan Maddala, Raghunathan Rengaswamy
(600ag) Effects of Support Properties and SiO2 Stabilizer on Catalyst Performance for Supported-Iron Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts
Kamyar Keyvanloo, William C Hecker, Calvin H. Bartholomew
(600bn) Identifying Mechanisms of Zeolite Growth: A Pathway to Catalyst Optimization
Rui Li, Manjesh Kumar, Jeffrey D. Rimer
(600bm) Optimization of Local Distributor for the Application in Monolithic Structures
Christine Meitzner, Ruediger Lange
(600bl) Water-Treated Rh/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst for Methane Partial Oxidation
Xia Xu, Alan Lane
(600bk) Establishing the Connection Between the Geometric and Electronic Structure of Oxygen Species on Ag Surfaces: First-Principles DFT and Monte Carlo Studies
Matthew Morabito, Hongliang Xin, Suljo Linic
(600bs) Fundamental Insights on the Electrochemical Reduction of Water and Carbon Dioxide Using Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells
Juliana S. A. Carneiro, Max L. R. S. Lucena, Ayad Nacy, Hao Qin, Eranda Nikolla
(600bi) Effect of Flow Regime on Trickle-Bed Reactor Performance
Shinbeom Lee, Arvind Varma
(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
(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
(600ci) Particle Size Effect of Iridium Nanoparticles on Hydrogen Oxidation and Evolution Reaction Activity in Alkaline Electrolytes
Jie Zheng, Yushan Yan
(600bg) Modeling Transport-Kinetic Interactions for SO2 Oxidation to SO3 in Particulate and Monolith Catalysts Using Comsol Multiphysics
Patrick Mills, Anuradha Nagaraj
(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
(600be) Insights into Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction Mechanisms in Alkaline Electrolytes through the Use of Catalyst with Tunable Oxophilicity
Jarrid Wittkopf, Yushan Yan
(600bd) Comparison of in-Situ Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction Kinetics for Various Polymer Hydroxide Exchange Electrolytes
Mariah Woodroof, Yushan Yan
(600w) High-Performance Dealloyed PtCu/Cunw Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Jarrid Wittkopf, Jie Zheng, Yushan Yan
(600q) Conversion of Glucose to Levulinic Acid By Dual Solid-Acid Catalysts
Tapas Acharjee, Y. Y. Lee
(600cb) Kinetics of Platinum Dissolution in Acidic Electrolyte: Investigation By Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode
Brian P. Setzler, Erin L. Redmond, Thomas F. Fuller
Reaction Engineering Alternatives to Waste Gasification for Sustainability
Joshua Cmar, Shreya Adhikari, Jorge E. Gatica
(600cm) A Novel Catalyst Molding Method to Remove Intraparticle Diffusion Limitation in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Da Wang, Bo Hou, Congbiao Chen, Debao Li
(600cl) The Effects of Catalysts Pore Structure on Intraparticle Diffusion in Cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Congbiao Chen, Bo Hou, Debao Li
(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
(600a) Direct Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether from CO2 & CO over Bifunctional Methanol Synthesis & Silicotungstic Acid Incorporated Mesoporous Alumina Catalyst Mixtures
Aysegul Bayat, Timur Dogu
(600e) Preferential Oxidation of CO over Cu-Ce Oxide Nanostructures
Joan Papavasiliou, George Avgouropoulos
(600cf) Machine Learning Approaches to Design Catalysts for C1 Chemistry
Cynthia S. Lo, Zhuo Cheng, Eunmin Lee
(600ce) Au/CuO-CeO2 Catalyst for Preferential Oxidation of CO in Hydrogen-Rich Stream
Yu-Wen Chen
(600cd) High Pressure Catalytic Conversion of n-Pentane on H-ZSM-5
Edward Schreiner, Shewangizaw Teketel, Raul Lobo
(600cc) Assessment of Catalytic Materials for Hydrothermal Upgrading of Algae Biocrude
Thomas Yeh, Miron Landau, Phillip E. Savage
(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
(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
(600ad) Interpretation of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Using a Macrohomogeneous PEMFC Model
Brian P. Setzler, Thomas F. Fuller
(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
(600by) Dispersed Pt/Ceria Catalysts for Water-Gas Shift Prepared Using Supercritical Fluid Deposition
Jacob W. Deal, Christy Wheeler West, Blake Corey, Phong Le
(600y) Kinetic Modeling of Propylene Polymerization with Me2Si[Ind]2ZrCl2/MAO Catalyst System
Nikhil Prakash, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Sushil Kumar
(600bx) Mechanism and Kinetics of Diels–Alder Reaction Between Dicyclopentadiene and 1,3-Butadiene in a High Temperature and High Pressure Continuous Tube Reactor
Xue Liu, Yan Zhang, Jia-le Shi, Yue-xiao Song, Zhen Yao, Kun Cao
(600bv) The Relationship Between Enhanced Enzyme Activity and Structural Dynamics in Ionic Liquids: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study
Ho Shin Kim, Sung Ho Ha, Yoon-Mo Koo, Yaroslava G. Yingling
(600bu) Controlling Zeolite Synthesis with Molecular Modifiers: A Versatile Approach to Design Catalysts
Manjesh Kumar, Jeffrey D. Rimer
(600ch) Effect of Transition Metals (M) in M@Pd Core@Shell Nanoparticles for Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells
Su Ha, Louis Scudiero, Shuozhen Hu
(600bt) Development of Heterogeneous Electrocatalysts for Reversible Li-Air Battery Cathodes
Ayad Nacy, Feifei Ju, Xianfeng Ma, Eranda Nikolla
(600af) Chicken Manure As Heterogeneous CaO Catalysts for Biodiesel Production from Transesterification of Waste Cooking Oil
Thawatchai Maneerung, Sibudjing Kawi, Chi-Hwa Wang
(600ap) Decarboxylation and Further Isomerization of Oleic Acid over Pt- Supported on Small Pore Zeolites and Hydrotalcite Catalysts
Apolo Nambo, Jacek Jasinski, Paul Ratnasamy, Moises Carreon, Masoudeh Ahmadi
(600al) Non-Oxide Co ALD Catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Staci A. Van Norman, Caitlin E. Majlinger, John L. Falconer, Alan W. Weimer
(600ak) Spatially Ceria-Doped Titania Nanotubes for Photocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Hydrocarbon Fuel
Yakub Fam, Shammi Akter Ferdousi, King Lun Yeung, Yaping Du
(600aj) Preparation, Characterization and Catalytic Performance of Spatially Doped Titania Nanotubes
Shammi Akter Ferdousi, Yakub Fam, King Lun Yeung
(600ai) Conversion of Glycerol in a Zeolitic Microreactor
Siu Ming Kwan, Yakub Fam, King Lun Yeung, Miguel A. Bañares, Vanesa Calvino-Casilda, Fernando Rubio-Marcos, José F. Fernández