2011 Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety

Session: Coal, Biomass and Natural Gas to Liquids II

Chair

Burtron H. Davis, University of Kentucky, Center for Applied Energy Research

Co-Chairs

Khalid Azzam, Center for Applied Energy Research _ University of Kentucky
Belma Demirel, Rentech Inc.

Presentations

01:30 PM

(68a) Contaminant Tolerant Water-Gas-Shift Catalyst for Coal-Biomass-to-Liquids Process
Gökhan Alptekin, Ambalavanan Jayaraman, Sarah Devoss

02:00 PM

(68b) The U.S. Air Force's Assured Aerospace Fuels Research Facility Fischer-Tropsch Liquids Upgrading Reactor
Heinz Robota, Russell K. Smith, Robert Morris

02:30 PM

(68c) Supported Iron-Based Catalysts for the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis of Lower Olefins
Hirsa M. Torres Galvis, Johannes H. Bitter, Krijn P. de Jong, Ard C. J. Koeken

03:30 PM

(68d) Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Influence of CO Conversion on Selectivities, H2/CO Usage Ratios, and Catalyst Stability Over 0.27% Ru 25%Co/Al2O3 Using a Slurry-Phase Reactor
Gary Jacobs, Wenping Ma, Tejas Bhatelia, Dragomir B. Bukur, Burtron H. Davis

04:00 PM

(68e) Modeling the Start-up Phase of Fischer Tropsch Synthesis In a Fixed Bed Reactor: Effect of Pore Filling and Heat Transfer Through the Catalyst Bed
Syed Ali Zeeshan Gardezi, Babu Joseph, D. Yogi Goswami, John Wolan

04:30 PM

(68f) Modeling Diffusional Limitations In Fischer Tropsch Synthesis Catalyst at near Critical and Supercritical Solvent Conditions
Nimir O. Elbashir, Aswani K. Mogalicherla, Elfatih E. Elmalik

05:00 PM

(68g) Fischer-Tropsch Cobalt Catalyst Activation and Handling Through Wax Enclosure Methods
Jennifer Klettlinger, Judy Yen, Angela Surgenor, Leah M. Nakley