2016 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Processing of Fossil and Biorenewable Feedstocks V: Acids and Polyols

Catalysis can play a key role in environmentally benign production of biodegradable and/or renewable chemicals and materials. This season focuses on catalyst and catalytic process development for producing chemicals and fuels from biomass, petroleum, and coal.

Chair

Tae Jin Kim, Stony Brook University

Co-Chairs

Eleni A. Kyriakidou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Presentations

12:30 PM

(337a) Biodiesel Produced from Soybean Oil with the Two Flow Reactors in Series
David Baah, Nader Vahdat, Kyung Kwon

12:50 PM

(337b) Biomass Conversion to Acrylonitrile Monomer-Precursor for Production of Carbon Fibers
Amit Goyal, Jadid Samad, Zora Govedarica, Lindsey Chatterton

01:10 PM

(337c) Catalytic Conversion of Polyols to Olefins
Bryan E. Sharkey, Friederike Jentoft

01:30 PM

(337d) Catalytic Oligomerization of Ethylene: Experimental Insight into the Effect of Supercritical Reaction Conditions
Oliver Jan, Fernando Resende

01:50 PM

(337e) Mesoporous Catalysts for Conversion of 2,3-Butanediol to Butene
Quanxing Zheng, Jason Grossardt, Haider Almkhelfe, Jiayi Xu, Brian Grady, Placidus B. Amama, Keith L. Hohn

02:30 PM

(337g) Polar Aprotic Solvent Effects on the Catalytic Conversion of Fructose to 5-(hydroxymethyl)Fulfural or Lactic Acid
Christian G. Rivera-Goyco, Nelson Cardona-Martinez, Yomaira Pagan Torres, Michelle M. Marrero-Vazquez, Leida M. Vazquez-Ramos