Fundamentals of Acid and Base Catalysis

Monday, June 15, 2015: 3:40 PM-5:20 PM
301-303 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Francisco Zaera, University of California Riverside, USA and Bin Liu, Kansas State University, USA.
3:40 PM
Role of Lewis and Brønsted Acid Sites in the Dehydration of Glycerol over Niobia
Guo Shiou Foo, Daniel Wei, David S. Sholl and Carsten Sievers, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
4:00 PM
Oxygen-Modified Molybdenum Carbide Catalysts: A Class of Bifunctional Catalysts with Tunable Acidic and Metallic Functionalities
Mark Sullivan, Anurag Kumar, Wen-Sheng Lee and Aditya Bhan, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA.
4:20 PM
CO Methanation on Rh/Al2O3: Dynamic in-Situ FTIR Experiments and Steady-State Measurements
Alejandro Karelovic1, Francisco Gracia2 and Romel Jiménez1, (1)Universidad de Concepción, Chile, (2)Universidad de Chile, Chile.
4:40 PM
Elucidation the Roles of CeO2 Support for Selective Oxidation of Methanol on Supported Vanadia Catalysts
Yan Li1, Zhehao Wei1, Feng Gao2, Libor Kovarik2, Charles Peden2 and Yong Wang1,2, (1)Washington State University, USA, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA.
5:00 PM
Enhanced Low-Temperature NOx Conversion By High-Frequency Hydrocarbon Pulsing on a Dual Layer LNT-SCR Catalyst
Yang Zheng, Michael P. Harold and Dan Luss, University of Houston, USA.