Advances in Reaction Engineering: Catalysts & Reactor Design II

Tuesday, June 4, 2013: 3:40 PM-5:20 PM

Combs Chandler (Galt House Hotel)

Vladimir Fridman, Clariant Corporation, USA and Linda J. Broadbelt, Northwestern University, USA.

3:40 PM

Catalyst Support Structure with High Thermal Management Capabilities for Use in Large Diameter Gas-to-Liquid Reactors
William Yantz, Jr.¹, Carlos Gonzalez¹, Min Sheng¹, Hongyun Yang², Paul Dimick², Donald Cahela¹ and Bruce J. Tatarchuk¹, (1)Auburn University, USA, (2)Intramicron, Inc, USA.

4:00 PM

Evaluation of Catalyst Pellets Under Gradientless Conditions Using Two Different Types of Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors
Victor J. Sussman, Todd M. Francis, Edward L. Lee, Christopher M. Menzies and Edward (Ted) M. Calverley, Dow Chemical Company, USA.

4:20 PM

Radiofrequency Heating of Catalytically Functionalized Composite Magnetic Microparticles for Direct Amide Formation in Flow
Thomas K. Houlding¹, Kirill Tchabanenko¹, Pengzhao Gao^1,2, Volkan Degirmenci¹ and Evgeny V. Rebrov¹, (1)Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom, (2)Hunan University, China.

4:40 PM

Operando UV-Vis and Raman Spectroscopy in a Pilot-Scale Reactor: CrO_x Deactivation during Propane Dehydrogenation as a Showcase
Jesper Sattler, Ines Dacil Gonzalez Jimenez and Bert M. Weckhuysen, Utrecht University, Netherlands.

5:00 PM

Enabling Small-Scale Methanol Synthesis Reactors through the Adoption of Highly Conductive Structured Catalysts
Andrea Montebelli¹, Carlo Giorgio Visconti¹, Gianpiero Groppi¹, Enrico Tronconi¹, Cristina Ferreira² and Stefanie Kohler², (1)Politecnico di Milano, Italy, (2)Total France, France.