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The development of new catalysts for a variety of chemical processes, molecular-level fundamental... more The development of new catalysts for a variety of chemical processes, molecular-level fundamental understanding of how it works and knowledge of surface science, chemistry, materials science, process modeling, process systems engineering, etc. is needed. Catalyst design and kinetic modeling have long been based on chemical intuition, i.e., the combination of a large empirical database and qualitative concepts of chemical reaction engineering and surface science. Recently the first principle kinetic modeling has become an important tool to investigate catalytic reactions and catalyst structures for superior operational benefits by integrating first principle guided exploration and experimental data. Nanocatalysis design is the building blocks of the concept of micro-level controlled reaction engineering, and the size and shape dependant material properties are the key enabling factor of the emerging technology. The qualitative difference is infect the material properties those change...
The recent energy debate and demand for renewable fuels has intensified research activities for c... more The recent energy debate and demand for renewable fuels has intensified research activities for conversion of biomass derived feedstocks to fuels and fuel additives. Synthesis of ethanol and lower aliphatic alcohols from syngas (CO + H2) is therefore receiving renewed interest. An important objective is to develop commercially competitive catalysts and understand the fundamental issues affecting their performance. Molybdenum Sulfide (MoS2) class of catalysts have been investigated extensively [1, 2] which indicate that the challenges are in improving the C2+ alcohol productivity and selectivity. In this presentation, some recent experimental results will be presented to demonstrate the influence of preparation methods, conditions of calcination in preparing precursors and the metal content on the catalytic activity and selectivity in syngas to alcohols. The experiments were carried out in a continuously operated high pressure fixed bed reactor with provision for online analysis of t...
Advances in Chemical Engineering, 2012
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2013
The development of new catalysts for a variety of chemical processes, molecular-level fundamental... more The development of new catalysts for a variety of chemical processes, molecular-level fundamental understanding of how it works and knowledge of surface science, chemistry, materials science, process modeling, process systems engineering, etc. is needed. Catalyst design and kinetic modeling have long been based on chemical intuition, i.e., the combination of a large empirical database and qualitative concepts of chemical reaction engineering and surface science. Recently the first principle kinetic modeling has become an important tool to investigate catalytic reactions and catalyst structures for superior operational benefits by integrating first principle guided exploration and experimental data. Nanocatalysis design is the building blocks of the concept of micro-level controlled reaction engineering, and the size and shape dependant material properties are the key enabling factor of the emerging technology. The qualitative difference is infect the material properties those change...
The recent energy debate and demand for renewable fuels has intensified research activities for c... more The recent energy debate and demand for renewable fuels has intensified research activities for conversion of biomass derived feedstocks to fuels and fuel additives. Synthesis of ethanol and lower aliphatic alcohols from syngas (CO + H2) is therefore receiving renewed interest. An important objective is to develop commercially competitive catalysts and understand the fundamental issues affecting their performance. Molybdenum Sulfide (MoS2) class of catalysts have been investigated extensively [1, 2] which indicate that the challenges are in improving the C2+ alcohol productivity and selectivity. In this presentation, some recent experimental results will be presented to demonstrate the influence of preparation methods, conditions of calcination in preparing precursors and the metal content on the catalytic activity and selectivity in syngas to alcohols. The experiments were carried out in a continuously operated high pressure fixed bed reactor with provision for online analysis of t...
Advances in Chemical Engineering, 2012
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2013