473 Catalytic Biomass Conversion to Chemicals II

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 PM
Van Ness (Hilton)
Description:
Conversion of biomass to chemicals via catalytic reactions and processes

Sponsor:
Fuels and Petrochemicals Division
Co-Sponsor(s):
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)

Chair:
Friederike C. Jentoft
Email: fcjentoft@ou.edu

Co-chairs:
Brent H. Shanks
Email: bshanks@iastate.edu

Jean-Philippe Tessonnier
Email: tesso@iastate.edu


12:30 PM
(473a) Selective Dehydration of Polyols to Commodity Chemicals
Michael Nolan, Umayangani Wanninayake, George Kraus and Brent H. Shanks

1:33 PM
(473d) Reaction Kinetics of the Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of Dimethylfuran and Ethylene for Renewable p-Xylene
C. Luke Williams, Sara K. Green, Chun-Chih Chang, Wei Fan and Paul J. Dauenhauer

1:54 PM
(473e) Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid: Influence of the Support On Selectivity and Stability
Wenhao Luo, Upakul Deka, Andrew M. Beale, Ernst R.H. van Eck, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx and Bert M. Weckhuysen

2:15 PM
(473f) Catalyst Design for the Integration of Heterogeneous Catalysis With Biocatalysis
Thomas J. Schwartz, Robert L. Johnson, Javier Cardenas, Nancy A. Da Silva, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr and James A. Dumesic

2:36 PM
(473g) Reactions of Aliphatic and Aromatic Oxygenates On Ruthenium
Cheng-chau Chiu, Alexander Genest, Armando Borgna and Notker Roesch
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