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01C17 Interfacial Phenomena In Energy Systems
OverviewInterfacial phenomena play a vital role in many energy systems. Whether one discusses the adsorption of hydrogen onto a platinum catalyst particle in a fuel cell, the transfer of charge across the dye-semiconductor interface in a photo-electrochemical cell or the adsorption of an enzyme on a cellulosic particle for the production of fuel ethanol, interfaces and the transport of material or energy across them play a direct role in the efficiency of any energy system. This session focuses on interfacial phenomena in energy systems, including traditional gas/oil/coal systems and nontraditional and renewable systems such as solar, biofuels, fuel cells, gas hydrates, supercapacitors, etc. Experimental and theoretical papers are both welcome.
Primary SponsorInterfacial Phenomena (01c)

Chair

Gerold A. Willing
Assistant Professor
University of Louisville
106 Ernst Hall
Louisville, KY 40292
Phone Number: 502-852-7860
Email: gerold.willing@louisville.edu

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CoChair

Costas Tsouris
Research Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Separations and Materials Research Group
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6181
Phone Number: (865)241-3246
Fax Number: (865)241-4829
Email: tsourisc@ornl.gov

CoChair

Peng Jiang
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-6005
Phone Number: 352.392.0881
Email: pjiang@che.ufl.edu
Anomalous Self-Preservation of Surfactant-Derived Gas Hydrates at 1 Atm
Guochang Zhang and Rudy E. Rogers, Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, P.O.Box 9595, Mississippi State University, MS 39762
Role of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate at Hydrate/liquid Interface
Junshe Zhang1, Chi Lo2, Alexander Couzis3, Jae W Lee3, Ponisseril Somasundaran4 and S. Lu5, (1)Chemical Engineering Dept, The City College of New York, 140th St and Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, (2)Chem Eng Dept, The City College of New York, 140th St and Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, (3)The City College of New York, 140th St and Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, (4)Columbia University, Room 911, Mudd Bldg., 500W 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, (5)Earth and Environmental Eng, Columbia University, Room 911, Mudd Bldg., 500W 120th Street, New York, NY 10027
Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation and Frequency Response Analysis of the Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode
Heath Turner, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Alabama, Box 870203, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0203, Kah Chun Lau, Department of Chemistry, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052 and Brett Dunlap, Code 6189, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
Effectiveness of Biosurfactant and Quaternary Ammonium Salt as Hydrate Anti-Agglomerants: Effect of Model Oil Concentration, Methanol as Co-Surfactant, and Salinity
J. Dalton York, Chemical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and Abbas Firoozabadi, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
Water Management In PEM Fuel Cells
Mina Hoorfar and Mehdi Shahraeeni, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V1V7, Canada

Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals