Preliminary Program subject to change
T5005 Energy Generation and Fuel Processing
OverviewThis session will contain papers in the the fuel processing area for fuel cells and other kinds of energy generation. The use of catalysis in micro-systems will be in this special context discussed here.
Primary SponsorTopical 5: IMRET-10: 10th International Conference on Microreaction Technology (T5)

Chair

Paul J.A. Kenis
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
600 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone Number: 217-265-0523
Email: kenis@uiuc.edu

CoChair

Ronald S. Besser
Professor
Chemical, Biomedical, and Materials Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone Number: 201-216-5257
Fax Number: 240-255-4028
Email: rbesser@stevens.edu

CoChair

Sean Ouyang
Fuel Reforming R&D Group
IdaTech, LLC
63065 NE 18th Street
Bend, OR 97701
Phone Number: 541-322-1092
Fax Number: 541-383-3439
Email: souyang@idatech.com
Heat Recuperation Strategies for Microreactors: Thermal Management in Gas-Phase and Catalytic Propane/air Oxidation
Justin A. Federici1, Eric D. Wetzel2, Bruce R. Geil3 and Dionisios G. Vlachos1, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, (2)Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, (3)Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
Design Principles of Multifunctional Microdevices for Hydrogen Production Via Short Contact Time Steam Reforming
Georgios D. Stefanidis1, Niket S. Kaisare2, Matteo Maestri3, Enrico Tronconi3 and Dion Vlachos4, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST), University of Delaware, Newark, DE, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India, (3)Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, (4)Director of Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST), University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Studies for a Catalytically Heated Hexadecane Steam Reformer
Janina Thormann1, Peter Pfeifer2, Ulrich Kunz3 and Klaus Schubert2, (1)Institute for Micro Process Engineering (IMVT), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH,, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, (2)Institute for Micro Process Engineering, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH,, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany, (3)Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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Alkane Activation at Ambient Temperature – Unusual Selectivities, C-C, C-H Bond Scission Vs C-C Bond Coupling
Cristiano Trionfetti1, Anil Agiral2, Han J.G.E. Gardeniers3, L. Lefferts1 and K. Seshan4, (1)Catalytic Processes and Materials, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (2)Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institue for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (3)Mesoscale Chemical Systems, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (4)Catalytic Processes and Materials, MESA+ Institue for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

Topical 5: IMRET-10: 10th International Conference on Microreaction Technology