Environmental - Wednesday PM

Wednesday, June 10, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:20 PM
Bayview Room (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)

Chairs:

Luke Coleman, RTI and Michael S. Wong, Rice University

1:30 PM

OB36

Improving Performance of Regenerable CaO-based CO2 Absorbent Using Novel Sintering-resistant Formulations

Liyu Li, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; David L. King, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Jun Liu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Xiangxin Yang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Chris J. Howard, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

1:50 PM

OB37

Effects of Preparation Conditions and Ni/Co Ratio on NiCo Bimetallic Catalyst Performance for CO2 Reforming of CH4

Chunyu Xi, University of Saskatchewan; Hui Wang, University of Saskatchewan

2:10 PM

OB38

Catalytic CO2 Hydrogenation to Feedstock Chemicals for Jet Fuel Synthesis

Robert Werner Dorner, US Naval Research Laboratory

2:30 PM

OB39

Synthesis of DMC from CH3OH and CO2 over Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 Catalysts

Zhi-Fang Zhang, Shaanxi Normal University; Zhong-Wen Liu, Shaanxi Normal University; Jian Lu, Shaanxi Normal University; Zhao-Tie Liu, Shaanxi Normal University

2:50 PM

OB40

Relating Pore Structure to Activity at the sub-Crystal Level:  an Electron Backscatter Diffraction and Fluorescence Microscopy Study

Bert F. Sels, K.U.Leuven

3:10 PM

 

Break

3:40 PM

OB41

Enhancement of Palladium Catalytic Activity by Gold for Trichloroethene Reductive Dechlorination

Yu-Lun Fang, Rice University; Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Rice University; Jeffrey T. Miller, Argonne National Laboratory; Michael S. Wong, Rice University

4:00 PM

OB42

Effect of Water on Photocatalytic Decomposition of Tetrahydrofuran on TiO2

Mogotu M. Mogaka, University of Colorado, Boulder; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado; J. Will Medlin, University of Colorado at Boulder

4:20 PM

OB43

Strategies for Minimizing Catalyst Deactivation in the Aqueous-phase Hydrodechlorination of Chlorinated Pollutants

Salvador Ordonez, University of Oviedo; Beatriz P. Vivas, University of Oviedo; Fernando V. Díez, University of Oviedo

4:40 PM

OB44

Waste Water Purification from Phenol by Novel Polymer-Containing Nanocatalysts

Esther Sulman, Tver Technical University

5:00 PM

OB45

Nano-particle SCR DeNox Catalysts

Steffen B. Kristensen, Technical University of Denmark; Andreas J. Kunov-Kruse, Technical University of Denmark; Anders Riisager, Technical University of Denmark; Rasmus Fehrmann, Technical University of Denmark