Hydrotreating (I)

Tuesday, June 7, 2011: 9:40 AM-12:00 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 2 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Organizer:
Robert W. McCabe
Chairs:
Chunshan Song and Gilles D. Berhault
9:40 AM
Calixarene-Ta(V)-SiO2: Identification as a Site-Isolated Epoxidation Catalyst and Subsequent Use in Hydrodenitrogenation
Justin M. Notestein, Northwestern University; Natalia Morlanes-Sanchez, Northwestern University
10:00 AM
Magnesia Catalyzed Decomposition of Dibenzothiophenic Sulfones
Ramanathan Sundararaman, Pennsylvania State University; Chunshan Song, Pennsylvania State University
11:00 AM
Hydrodesulfurization on Ru and Pt Clusters: Elementary Steps and Effects of Surface Coordination and Cluster Size on Reactivity
Huamin Wang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Enrique Iglesia, University of California Berkeley
11:20 AM
On-site low-pressure diesel HDS for fuel cell applications: deepening the sulfur content to ≤ 1 ppm
Michiel Makkee, TU Delft; Bandar Alsolami, TU Delft; Joana Carneiro, TU Delft; Jacob A. Moulijn, TU Delft
11:40 AM
Catalytic Oxidative Desulfurization of Model Diesel
Kerry Dooley, Louisiana State University; Dongxing Liu, Louisiana State University; Joseph Bridges, Louisiana State University; Andrew Madrid, Louisiana State University; F. Carl Knopf, Louisiana State University