Catalysis

Catalyzing Commercialization: Gold-Free Catalysts Promise Efficient Vinyl Acetate Production

Karen Simpson — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:03:40 +0000

Given the scale of vinyl acetate manufacturing and projected needs, there is interest in finding more efficient and sustainable production processes.

November

2024

Tandem Dechlorination and Hydrogenation of PVC to Waxes.

Site Administrator — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 27, 2024

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) recycling rates are far below than those of polyolefins, such as polyethylene and polypropylene. Moreover, chemical...

Uncover the Secret Life of Catalysts with Accessible Reaction Engineering Tools: Dry Reforming of Methane and Reverse Water Gas Shift

Site Administrator — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:06:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 27, 2024

Catalytic reactors are important in many application areas, ranging from hydrogen, fuels, plastics, pharmaceuticals, food products, emission control...

Tailoring HZSM-5 for Sustainable Waste Polypropylene Recycling: Enhancing Catalyst Stability and Selectivity in Light Olefin Production

Site Administrator — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 27, 2024

The increasing production and improper disposal of plastic waste have led to a growing environmental crisis, prompting earnest efforts towards...

Low Temperature Routes to Catalytic Conversion of Polyethylene

Site Administrator — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:30:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 27, 2024

This talk will summarize my lab's recent efforts in the deconstruction of polyethylene in the thermal region were pyrolysis is not a factor. I will...

Catalytic Bubble Column Reactors with Simultaneous C-H Bond Activation, C-O Bond Activation, Solid Carbon Co-Production, and Carbon Separation

Site Administrator — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:58:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 26, 2024

Production of hydrogen via methane pyrolysis has gained interest in recent years as new reactor concepts have been reported. Bubble column reactors...

Investigating the Effect of Dehydrating Agents for the Direct Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate and Study Their Potential for Carbon Dioxide Fixation

Site Administrator — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:22:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 26, 2024

Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is known to be a safe and non-corrosive material that has wide range of applications. For example, it can be used as a fuel...

Engineering the Next Wave of Biocatalysts

Karen Simpson — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:36:27 +0000

February

2024

Significant progress in developing new tools, both experimental and computational, has ushered in the next era of biocatalytic applications.

Catalyzing Commercialization: Recoverable and Cost-Effective Platinum Catalysts for Hydrosilylation Applications

Karen Simpson — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 16:27:33 +0000

Researchers have developed a new method of synthesizing highly active heterogeneous catalysts.

October

2023

Carbon Dioxide Utilization in the Natural Gas Industry Via Direct Conversion to Organic Carbonates

Site Administrator — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:06:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 14, 2023

Natural gas is considered by many to be a transitional fuel with significantly lower environmental impact compared to other energy sources such as...

Catalytic Answer to a Steam Cracking Challenge: CS2 Contamination.

Site Administrator — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:52:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 13, 2023

As Petrochemical production capacity has continued to expand globally, many contaminates have presented themselves as a new challenge to cracker...

Kinetic Study of Heavy Reformate Conversion to Xylenes over MCM-41 on Zeolite Beta Hierarchical Composite Catalyst

Site Administrator — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:30:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 13, 2023

The process for heavy reformate conversion to xylenes involves dealkylation, transalkylation, disproportionation, and other reactions [1]. The...

Scale-Up of Heterogenous Catalysts

Karen Simpson — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 18:07:29 +0000

The scale-up of heterogeneous catalysts presents unique challenges to researchers in the chemical industry, as critical technical know-how is not widely available in the open literature.

February

2023

The Influence of Halides on the Solution-Phase Growth of Cu Nanowires and Microplates: A Multi-Scale Theoretical Study

Site Administrator — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:28:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Annual Meeting

November 16, 2022

In experimental studies, chloride promotes the growth of Cu nanowires, with {100} sides and {111} ends, in the presence of hexadecylamine (HDA)...

Thermodynamics of Environment-Dependent Chemisorption on Metal Surfaces Versus Metal Oxo Cations

Site Administrator — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:43:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Annual Meeting

November 14, 2022

Reaction conditions (i.e., temperature, concentration) have significant impact on catalyst composition and structure. For metal catalysts,...