Biomass Conversion with Metals: Hydrodeoxygenation/hydrogenation/hydrogenolysis V

Thursday, June 18, 2015: 3:40 PM-5:20 PM
Ballroom A (Lawrence Convention Center)
Fabio B. Passos, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil and J. Will Medlin, University of Colorado, USA.
3:40 PM
A Systematic Study of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Promotion of Alumina Supported Ruthenium for Levulinic Acid Hydrogenation to Gamma-Valerolactone
Shuo Cao, Christopher T. Williams, Shuguo Ma, John R. Monnier and John R. Regalbuto, University of South Carolina, USA.
4:00 PM
Tunable Atomic Layer Deposition Overcoats Stabilize and Functionalize Supported Base-Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts
Brandon O'Neill1, David Jackson1, Ana Alba-Rubio2, Christian Canlas3, Canan Sener2, Fengyuan Shi1, Fred Sollberger4, Paul J. Dietrich4, Fabio H. Ribeiro4, Jeffrey W. Elam3, Jeffrey T. Miller3, Paul Voyles1, Thomas Kuech1 and James A. Dumesic2, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, USA, (2)University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, (3)Argonne National Laboratory, USA, (4)Purdue University, USA.
4:20 PM
 Keynote 
Highly Active and Selective Ruthenium-Based Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to Gamma-Valerolactone and Pentanoic Acid
Wenhao Luo1, M. Sankar1, Andrew Beale2, Qian He3, Christopher J. Kiely3, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx1 and Bert M. Weckhuysen1, (1)Utrecht University, Netherlands, (2)University College London, United Kingdom, (3)Lehigh University, USA.
5:00 PM
Kinetics of g-Valerolactone Formation during Aqueous Phase Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid over Supported Ru
Omar Abdelrahman1, Andreas Heyden2 and Jesse Bond1, (1)Syracuse University, USA, (2)University of South Carolina, USA.
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