2023 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Upcycling of Waste Plastics II: Hydro-conversion

Chair

Yizhi Xiang, Mississippi State University

Co-Chairs

SriBala Gorugantu, Northwestern University
Tibor Szilvasi, University of Alabama

Presentations

12:30 PM

(638a) Ru/C Property Insights for Polypropylene Waste Hydrogenolysis
Jessie Sun, Pavel Kots, Weiqing Zheng, Dionisios Vlachos

12:48 PM

(638b) Catalytic Pathways in the Deconstruction of Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer
Christine Oberhausen, Dionisios Vlachos, Brandon Vance

01:06 PM

(201h) Depolymerization of Polyesters by a Binuclear Catalyst for Plastic Recycling
Qikun Hu, Shengbo Zhang, Yu-Xiao Zhang, Zhiqiang Niu

01:24 PM

(638d) Nickel-Based Catalysts for Low Methane Selectivity in Polyethylene Hydrogenolysis
Sean Najmi, Brandon Vance, Pavel Kots, Dionisios Vlachos

01:42 PM

(638e) Catalytic Hydroconversion of Polyethylene to Gaseous Hydrocarbons on MFI Zeolites Under Mild Conditions
Jun Zhi Tan, Cole W. Hullfish, Yiteng Zheng, Michele Sarazen, Bruce E. Koel

02:00 PM

(638f) Using Branched Model Compounds to Understand the Mechanism of C–C Bond Hydrogenolysis of Polyethylene on Catalytic Metal Surfaces
Lydia Thies, David Hibbitts, Andy Simonson

02:18 PM

(638g) Reactivity Investigation and Mechanistic Insights for the Hydrogenolysis of Polyethylene over Silica-Supported Earth-Abundant Cobalt Catalysts
Ryan Helmer, Siddhesh Borkar, Manish Shetty

02:36 PM

(638h) Understanding the Mechanisms of Aromatic Hydrogenolysis and Hydrogenation on Metal Surfaces for Polymer Upcycling Applications
Andy Simonson, Lydia Thies, David Hibbitts