Browsing by Subject "Catalysis"
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CARBON NANOTUBES AND MAGNETIC PARTICLES AS PICKERING EMULSION STABILIZERS: PARTICLE CONTROL FOR PHASE SELECTIVE REACTIONS
(2016-05-13)Interest in the use of two phase reaction systems for the production of biofuels and specialty chemicals from biomass has been increasing over the past several years, specifically in circumstances in which the feedstock ... -
CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF FURFURAL TO MORE UPGRADABLE PRODUCTS OVER BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYST
(2017)Furanics are produced in high abundance from the decomposition of biomass. The thermal and chemical instability of these species leads to the formation of humins upon condensation. The ring rearrangement of furfural via ... -
Catalytic Reactions for Upgrading Bio-oils and Petroleum Fuels
(2010)The increasing consumption and phase-out of conventional fuels has derived the tremendous interest of our society in making uses of renewable energy resources such as biomass. In response to this interest, bio-oil produced ... -
Conversion of acids to alcohols by Clostridium ragsdalei strain P11: Process optimization and biochemistry
(2013)Research focus was directed toward the development of a biocatalyst that can be used to produce commodity chemicals and transportation fuels from volatile fatty acids ubiquitous in waste biomass. Clostridium ragsdalei was ... -
DESIGN AND SYNTHESES OF SUPRAMOLECULAR SCAFFOLDS FOR CATALYSIS AND AQUEOUS MOLECULAR RECOGNITION
(2012)Organic supramolecular systems can be considered as one of the most advanced tools of physical organic chemistry for catalysis. The main aim of the supramolecular model systems for the study of catalytic processes is to ... -
Developing Selective Conversion of Oxygenates through a Combined Experimental and Computational Approach
(2019-12)Hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis reaction and solvent effect on catalytic reactions have been carried out traditionally in batch reactors under high temperature , and pressure conditions in the presence of hydrogen gas fed ... -
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis on carbon nanotube-supported catalysts in water-in-oil emulsion
(2013-12-04)Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) is an important gas-to-liquids technology in the modern energy industry. The current trend is to carry it out in liquid reaction media in order to take advantage of good heat transfer, high ... -
FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS ON HYDROPHOBIC CATALYSTS IN BIPHASIC MEDIA
(2018-12-14)Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis stands out as a relevant alternative technology for the production of liquid fuels. Natural gas, coal, biomass and other carbon-containing raw materials can be converted to syngas (CO and ... -
FUNCTIONALIZATION OF MESOSTRUCTURED SILICA CATALYSTS TO IMPROVE STABILITY AND DECREASE LEACHING DURING C-C BOND FORMING REACTIONS IN THE LIQUID PHASE
(2017-08-01)The ordered mesoporous silica materials such as MCM-41 and SBA-15 have raised special attention because of its chemical and thermal stability. Several studies have been reported the ubiquitous modification method of the ... -
FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA INVOLVED IN THE CATALYSIS AT THE WATER-OIL INTERFACE OF NANOHYBRID-STABILIZED EMULSIONS
(2012)The development of reactive-separation processes in which products are separated from the reaction media (i.e. reactants and catalysts) in a single reaction unit is prized by energy and chemicals industries for its simplicity ... -
KINETIC STUDIES OF SACCHAROPINE REDUCTASE
(2009)Saccharopine reductase (SR) (EC 1.5.1.10) is the penultimate enzyme in the L-αaminoadipate pathway encoded by the LYS9 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Saccharopine reductase (SR) catalyzes the condensation of ... -
Ligand Assisted Copper Catalyzed C-H Amination
(2010)The presence of nitrogen in amino functional groups found in many useful natural and synthetic products makes their preparation valuable to chemicals and materials production, biology and medicinal chemistry. Their importance ... -
Ligand Assisted Copper Catalyzed C-H Amination
(2010)The presence of nitrogen in amino functional groups found in many useful natural and synthetic products makes their preparation valuable to chemicals and materials production, biology and medicinal chemistry. Their importance ... -
MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATION OF ADDITIONS TO ALKENES
(2009)We have conducted correlation studies on ten alkene addition reactions in this project in order to explore the substituent effects on alkene reactivity in these reactions. In these studies, we have correlated the relative ... -
MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATION OF ADDITIONS TO ALKENES
(2009)We have conducted correlation studies on ten alkene addition reactions in this project in order to explore the substituent effects on alkene reactivity in these reactions. In these studies, we have correlated the relative ... -
Methods for block functionalization of carbon nanotubes and applications
(2019-05-10)This work has shown a method to produce block functionalized carbon nanotubes, BF-CNTs, with polymer covalently grafted to the sidewall with a selectivity along the length of the nanotube. This selectivity is reversible ... -
MOLECULAR ENGINEERING STRATEGIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FUELS FROM CONVENTIONAL AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES
(2009)The combination of Quantitative Structure Property Relationships (QSPR) with experimental studies using model compounds provides great promise for fuel upgrading. Through this approach, QSPR software is utilized to predict ... -
MOLYBDENUM(VI) BIS(AMIDATE) COMPLEXES FOR GROUP TRANSFER REACTIONS AND CATALYSIS
(2019-05-10)Molybdenum complexes bearing bidentate amidate ligands have been synthesized and characterized using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and in most cases, single crystal X-ray ... -
UPGRADING OF BIOMASS-DERIVED MOLECULES FOR FUELS VIA HYDRODEOXYGENATION ON SUPPORTED METALS
(2010)Biomass-derived molecules such as aldehydes and alcohols have been upgraded to more valuable products via hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation on supported metals. For unsaturated aldehydes, the competitive hydrogenation ... -
Water Enhancement of Hydrocarbon Cracking Reactions on ZSM-5
(2019-07)Catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons is an extremely important process for the production of fuels and commodity chemicals from petroleum feedstocks. The effects of water on these reactions has been studied before at high ...