2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Hydrocarbon Conversion II: Chemicals from C2+ Hydrocarbons

This session broadly welcomes all topics on catalytic upgrading of hydrocarbons, including fundamental and practical studies related to selective activation of C1 through coupling and aromatization.

Chair

Nicolas Abatzoglou, Université de Sherbrooke

Co-Chairs

Hsi-Wu Wong, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Esma Ines Achouri, Université de Sherbrooke

Presentations

03:30 PM

(199a) Catalytic Transformation of Ethane to Acetic Acid through Single-Atom Catalysis at Solid-Liquid Interface
Xupeng Zong, Franklin Tao

03:48 PM

(199b) Alloying Effects in Pt-Ag Catalysts Towards Selective Ethylene to 1-Propanol Direct Conversion Via Tandem Catalysis
Marcos G. Farpón, Tania Rodenas, Verónica Recio, Eva Andres, Raúl Arenal, Gonzalo Prieto

04:06 PM

(199c) Light Alkanes Transformation through Ammonia Reforming over Intermetallic Catalyst
Yizhi Xiang

04:24 PM

(199d) Ethylene Oligomerization on H-BEA Zeolites: A Compact Microkinetic Model for a Complex Reaction Network
Sai Praneet Batchu, Boen Cao, Rajamani Gounder, Linda Broadbelt

04:42 PM

(199e) Uncovering a New Catalytic Pathway for Propylene-to-Butadiene Transformation
Pavel Kots

05:00 PM

(199f) Contrasting Bi2O3 and V2O5 Catalysts for the Initial C–H Activation of C2H6 and the Selective Hydrogen Combustion Reactions
Rajeev Kumar, Hansel Montalvo-Castro, Siby Thomas, Jacob Rothman, Randall Meyer, David Hibbitts

05:18 PM

(199g) Elucidating Deactivation Phenomena during Low-Temperature Toluene Methylation on Brønsted Acid Zeolite Catalysts
Sopuruchukwu Ezenwa, Andrew Norfleet, David Hibbitts, Rajamani Gounder

05:36 PM

(199h) Engineering Reaction-Diffusion Behavior in Mxene-Based Catalysts for Ethane Dehydrogenation
Yang Xiao, Tobias Misicko