Nowadays, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) has regained interest motivated by the development of the biorefinery concept, which is focused on producing chemicals and fuels from biomass sources. Despite being discovered more than a century ago, FTS is still facing some challenges, [....] » Read More
InnoSyn B V is a chemical process R&D organization located at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen , The Netherlands . InnoSyn performs ‘invention’, ‘improvement’ and ‘implementation’ R&D services for its customers and strategic pa [....] » Read More
Today, organic phosphorus compounds (OPC) are actively exploring all the main scientific centers of the world, as determined by their chemical benefits, the importance of the activity of organisms and great potential practical use in industry, fire safety, agriculture and everyda [....] » Read More
Chemotherapy drugs are considered a group of emerging pollutants which can possibly impact the aquatic life in the water bodies receiving effluents from wastewater treatment plants. Therefore, the search for alternative methods that will enable the effective removal of drugs from [....] » Read More
Deterioration in the drinking water facilities is one of the major and life threatening concerns of the developing world. A number of scientific studies have been conducted to resolve the issue while numerous are in pipeline to attain a cost-effective method for the particular is [....] » Read More
Zeolites are one of the most promising solid acid catalysts for chemical conversion of renewable biomass-derived alcohols into fuels and chemicals through alcohol dehydration condensation and alkene oligomerizaiton. Dehydration of alcohols to alkenes is a well-known prototypical [....] » Read More
The deposition of preformed cluster beams onto suitable supports represents a new paradigm for the precise preparation of heterogeneous catalysts. Compared with traditional chemical methods, it exhibits a range of unique advantages including good size (and composition) control, n [....] » Read More
The in situ analysis of catalysed gas phase reactions offers not only an accurate characterisation of the reactions, but also the possibility to validate numerical simulations. The latter allows optimizing operational performance and reducing industrial costs as well as predictin [....] » Read More
In this talk we aim to present the analyses of the composition of agglomerate that is used in Shahte-water-jacket furnace in Trepça. It is also analyzed the theoretical and real consumption of the coke for technical lead produced. The aim of the research is to optimize the [....] » Read More
Suzuki cross-coupling reaction has developed one of the furthermost effectual approaches for the synthesis of biaryls or substituted aromatic moieties from aryl halides and arylboronic acids with a palladium-catalyst in the past two era’s. Herein, Pd-free layered double hyd [....] » Read More
In recent years, inorganic materials with different shapes and microstructures have received considerable attention owing to the obvious dependence of their properties on their shape and texture. The materials with hierarchically macro-mesoporous structures are of great interest [....] » Read More
Herein, we report a novel strategy, which combine nano-metal with semiconductor (metal oxides) atom layer film coated on the support, to fabricate Novel Hybird Complex Nano-structured Pt/@-MeOx/SBA-15 Catalyst prepared by photochemical route. This Hybird Complex Nano-structured P [....] » Read More
In recent years, theoretical calculations and experiments demonstrated that introducing nitrogen into carbon lattices could induce charge redistribution and result in the creation of the net positive charge on the adjacent carbon, which enhance the adsorption of O2 molecules and [....] » Read More
A new attention has recently driven to the extension of the use of DEAE-C to organic reactions, and in particular for the preparation of heterocyclic compounds as scaffold for biological active molecules. Being DEAE-C an ammonium salt, it can be considered as a potential mild aci [....] » Read More
I n the last few decades, there has been a growing interest in green chemistry. As fossil fuel reserves become depleted,considerable attention is being given to the use of biomass as a sustainable feedstock. Wide range of chemicals and fuels can be synthesised using furanic compo [....] » Read More
Biopolymers were used as supports for the preparation of palladium-based nanoparticles (pd- NPs). The chitosan-based Pd (II) catalyst (non-toxic, cheap, eco-friendly) were structurally characterized using a range of methods such as Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, [....] » Read More
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is the most important process occurring at the cathode in fuel cells. Pt/carbon catalysts have long been known as the most efficient materials for cathode due to its excellent ORR activity. However, their high cost, scarcity, poor long-term durabil [....] » Read More
The Haber –Bosch process is very successful development, and great achievements in the twentieth century for the production of ammonia. The process involves combining pure H2 and N2 directly over a promoted iron catalysts at temperatures of 450-500 ºC and reaction pres [....] » Read More
Herein we report on the synthesis, characterization and catalytic evaluation of cobalt (Co) and tin (Sn) oxide catalysts synthesized via the sol-gel approach. Preliminary characterization using nitrogen sorption measurements show the materials as mesoporous with relatively high s [....] » Read More
Due to increasingly strict environmental regulations, further reduction of sulfur content in transportation fuels is a challenging task. Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) is the most widely used technology for removing sulfur from diesel fuels, which is usually operated at high temperat [....] » Read More
Single atom catalysts (SAC) have been investigated extensively for CO oxidation, and penta-graphene (PG) as a new allotrope of carbon has been studied due to its excellent physical and chemical properties. In order to explore the mechanism of CO oxidation and develop the applicat [....] » Read More
Hydrosilylation, which usually refers to addition of silanes to double or triple C-C bounds, is one of the most powerful synthetic methods of production organosilicon compounds. This reaction gives possibility for simple functionalization of many organic compounds and for synthes [....] » Read More
Lignocellulose is attractive as carbon resource for substituting fossil resource because of their carbon neutrality. In utilizing lignocellulose, fractionation of its components, such as cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, is necessary to accomplish high valuable use of them. C [....] » Read More
A new approach was employed for the synthesis of Hydroxylated pillar[5]arene-based amphiphiles by a co-cyclization strategy followed by catalytic hydrogenation to remove the pillar[5]arene-bearing benzyl group(s). Conformational mobilities of the units and host–guest comple [....] » Read More
Global environmental pollution and energy shortage are becoming increasingly prominent and have a significant impact on the living space of human beings. At present, the researches on photocatalytic semiconductor materials in photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in wa [....] » Read More
Developing efficient, low-cost and environmental-friendly catalysts is of great significance for heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) degradation of organic pollutants in environmental remediation and protection field [....] » Read More
A novel magnetically separable Pd/Fe3O4 catalyst was synthesized, either through the postgrafting or immobilization of phosphine ligands which is a highly efficient catalyst for the alylation of aldehyde and conversion to alcohol. The prepared catalysts are easily recovered by si [....] » Read More
Bacteria are very useful in protecting the environment. The lipolytic activities of physiologically diverse bacteria have great potential to degrade oil spills in the environment. Fatty acids are the major components of lipids; and the physical, chemical and physiological propert [....] » Read More
The promotional effect of Co on Cr-Ce catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NH3 to N2 was investigated. The catalytic activity and SO2 tolerance of Cr-Ce catalyst were greatly enhanced by the addition of 5wt% Co, in the temperature range of 250oC-350oC. And the N2 sel [....] » Read More
An advanced coupled simulation has been performed in order to analyze the performance of re-boiling process of crude petroleum flowing inside reboilers. This work includes analysis of fire heater and crude boiling process. The proposed model is composed from Heptane fire heater a [....] » Read More
The catalytic hydrogenation of nitro compounds is one of the most important chemical reactions as the product amines are forceful intermediates for the synthesis of various natural and industrial products like agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, dyes, and polymers.1 Through the Multi [....] » Read More
The catalytic hydrogenation of nitro compounds is one of the most important chemical reactions as the product amines are forceful intermediates for the synthesis of various natural and industrial products like agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, dyes, and polymers.1 Through the Multi [....] » Read More
The contribution of biocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis is of great importance. Biocatalysts show high chemo-, regio- and stereo- selectivity and are active under mild reaction conditions. Asymmetric biocatalytic reduction of ketones is particularly important, since chir [....] » Read More
Filament winding process is a traditional composite fabrication technique, which is mainly produced for open or close end structures such as vessels, pipes, tanks and domes. Filament winding technique has three winding patterns: hoop, helical and polar winding. Compared to other [....] » Read More
This paper's aim is improvement and imparting new properties to polymeric complexes in order to obtain fundamentally new materials based on them - polymer-silicate composite materials. In this case, the polymer-silicate composite has properties that differ from the properties [....] » Read More
High resolution magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR is a powerful technique for studying structure and dynamics in a heterogeneous system containing a mixture of e.g., solid, semi-solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Due to its intrinsic advantage of probing local structure at mol [....] » Read More
In recent years, much attention has been paid to the use of renewable biomass as an alternative raw material for the production of fuel components, hydrogen and syngas, as well as important monomers. In this direction, a special role is given to catalytic processes using nanoscal [....] » Read More
Converting a RA into a poster is a highly complex, recursive reading-writing activity involving constraints that can impose an overwhelming cognitive load on academic poster designers, thereby adversely affecting their production. This study contributes to a growing, but still re [....] » Read More
Enzymatic reactions are typically perceived, and sometimes claimed, as being greener than the corresponding chemical conversions. The use of water as reaction medium, the selectivity of enzymes to avoid protection/deprotection steps, and the renewable aspect of enzymes are just a [....] » Read More
Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV), is a highly contagious virus due to its ease of transmission. FMDV has seven genetically distinguished serotypes with many subtypes within each serotype. The traditional diagnostic methods of FMDV have demonstrated many drawbacks related to se [....] » Read More
Pd-catalyzed C−H functionalization of weak-coordinating substrates remained challenging and limited.1 Traditionally, nitrogen-based, strong coordinating groups have been most widely used as directing groups for C(sp3)−H activation, presumably because of the facile cyc [....] » Read More
A Novel and revolutionary way of Energy harvesting from the IR-Emission by Greenhouse gases to the earth is presented. On Earth a detector layer is used having sub-micro-meter thickness from a Nano-granular deposit from Platinum crystals with 800 atoms, which are totally embedded [....] » Read More
In recent studies, Nomura and his coworkers found a good relationship between the catalytic activity and the vanadium chemical shift (51V-NMR) for the (imido) vanadium complex in ethylene polymerization. They deduced that the high catalytic reactivity originates from stabilizatio [....] » Read More
Cu-chabazites (CHA) are widely used as catalysts for NOx abatement using NH3-SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) technology within the aftertreatment systems (ATS) of the diesel engines. The design and calibration of ATS are usually accomplished with the help of engine dynamomete [....] » Read More
Treatment of accumulated radioactive liquid waste in laboratories is urgent task not only for the storage space but also for safety management of the facilities. Liquid wastes generated by R&D activities often contain various reactive reagents. Since the liquid waste has to b [....] » Read More
In the present study, we addressed the palladium (Pd) decoration of multiwalled carbon nanotube (CNT)/activated carbon (AC) hybrid composites (MWCNT/AC), and ex [....] » Read More
A concise and catalytic preparation of multi-functionalized scaffolds in a stereoselective manner is highly desired in organic synthesis. This can be achieved via one-pot multicomponent reactions or domino reactions. The most of the success in this arena has come using toxic and [....] » Read More
The development of nanomaterials and nanotechnology makes it possible to create new catalysts, which in turn can be successfully used to solve various problems, in particular, for the reductive dechlorination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and the production of valuable [....] » Read More
Title : Design of metal single-site zeolite catalysts for application in industrial and environmental catalysis
S Dzwigaj, Sorbonne Universite-CNRS, France
The metal ions well dispersed at zeolite framework are considered to be active sites of catalytic processes. However, the incorporation of these metals into the zeolite materials as well dispersed metal species appears to be the important challenge. We have earlier shown that the [....] » Read More
Title : In Situ TEM studies of chemically complex alloy catalysts
Reza Shahbazian Yassar, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States
The field of catalytic science has emerged toward new nanoparticulate materials with novel chemical compositions. This presentation will encompass the PI's efforts on in-situ transmission electron microscopy of novel nanoparticle alloys with applications in catalysts. For the [....] » Read More
Title : From sequential chemo enzymatic approach to integrated hybrid catalysis: Concept and examples
Renato Froidevauxa, Institut Charles Viollette – University of Lille, France
Efficient and eco-responsible valorization routes for renewable carbon source are highly desirable, and every field of catalysis should be mobilized as the key to success for a selective valorization of such a polyfunctional substrate. Biocatalytic processes are already or about [....] » Read More
Title : Catalysis in segmented flow from lab scale to production
Claude de Bellefon, University of Lyon, France
Flow chemistry is a rapidly developing technology that enables batch-to-continuous synthesis from the lab scale to industrial production. Monophasic flow, including liquid flow through a fixed bed of solid (cartridge), is the dominating contacting motion since most of the chemist [....] » Read More
Title : Room temperature reduction of carbon dioxide using localized surface plasmon energy
Renu Sharma, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States
World’s increasing energy demand can be easily met by the fossil fuel reserves for next several decades without an impact on environments if the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission can be reduced or mitigated. Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to useful chemicals is an attractive [....] » Read More
Title : Catalytic hydrogen release from Amine Boranes
Ashfaq Bengali, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar
The reaction of a bidentate pyrrole based rhenium tetracarbonyl complex (1a) with dimethylamine borane at room temperature results in rapid dehydrogenation. Hydrogen generation was detected at temperatures as low as 238K and NMR spectroscopy provided evidence for the initial form [....] » Read More
Title : Catalyst and support materials in energy storage systems
Annukka Santasalo Aarnio, Aalto University, Finland
In order to provide the human kind energy but simultaneously mitigating the climate change the share of renewable energy production must be increased. To balance the intermittence renewable energy production, various different energy storage systems have been proposed such as lit [....] » Read More
Title : Catalytic CO2 valorisation to building block molecules
Soyeb Pathan, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Qatar
Valorisation of CO2, an abundant C-1 feedstock, to platform chemicals could contribute to support the goals of energy transition, and reduce environmental impact and carbon footprint [1]. Although significant advances have been made in the area of CO2 transformation to valuable o [....] » Read More
Title : Designing photocatalyst nanostructure for enhanced photon-to-conversion efficiency and hydrogen production
Mohamed Nawfal Ghazzal, Université Paris-Sud, France
As well as direct energy conversion in solar cells, sunlight can be used as the energy source for water depollution or hydrogen production. These two are inexorably linked as both use photocatalysis as their energy conversion mechanism. Photocatalytic depollution of water has att [....] » Read More
Title : Chemistry of graphene: Adsorption of CO at pristine, doped and defected supported graphene
Luca Vattuone, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
Due to its electrical properties graphene (G) has been successfully used as a sensing element for the detection of different gases reaching very high sensitivities (ppm or better), which are ascribed to the doping induced by adsorption. The sensitivity depends critically on the c [....] » Read More
Title : Diesel fuel adulteration issues in Nigeria
Oyinkepreye Lucky Bebeteidoh, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
The non-standard refining and sale of adulterated diesel fuel is a major challenge facing the people of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. This problem is associated with engine performance issues, environmental pollution and loss of substantial revenue to the government. A [....] » Read More
Title : Effect of the electronic State of Cu, Ag, and Au on diesel soot abatement
Maria Griselda Corro Hernandez, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico
Noble metals such as Au, Ag and Cu supported over semiconducting ZnO are well-known heterogeneous oxidation catalysts. All of them have been utilized for the oxidation of diesel soot with varied success. However, Au-supported ZnO is seen to be superior among them. Here we present [....] » Read More
Title : Auto thermal reforming of biogas to syngas: Thermodynamic optimization for low CO2 emissions
Xuejing Chen, Tsinghua University, China
The innovative utilization of renewable energy sources, such as biogas, with relatively low carbon emission have drawn increasing attention. Biogas is a mixture of mainly methane and carbon dioxide that is produced by the anaerobic digestion of residual biomass. Biogas reforming [....] » Read More
Title : Rapid, ionic liquid mediated catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic Sunn hemp fibres to biofuel precursors
Saikat Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Lignocelluloses from non-food crops are considered to be the most important feedstock for second generation biofuel production since they do not conflict with food sources. We use non-edible cellulose-rich lignocellulosic Sunn hemp fibres – containing 75.6% cellulose, 10.05 [....] » Read More
Title : Study on biogas dry reforming using Ni catalysts and impurity effects
Yuchen Gao, Tsinghua University, China
Biogas is a typical renewable bio-energy derived from anaerobic digestion process, mainly composed of methane and carbon dioxide. Dry reforming is a promising technology which can utilize biogas and produce syngas. In this study, Ni catalysts using different supports were synthes [....] » Read More
Title : Improving probiotic stability to achieve product maximum efficacy
Davor J Korcok, Abela Pharm, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic
Purpose of work: Probiotics are manufactured as pharmaceutical-dosage forms registered on the marked as: drugs, food supplements, or as medical devices. The main goal of this paper was to set probiotic production stages in order to obtain high quality finished product. Materia [....] » Read More
Title : Anode electrode catalyst for liquid fueled solid alkaline fuel cells (SAFCs)
Gopinathan Nair M Anilkumar, R&D Center, Japan
The R&D center of Noritake Company Ltd. is actively involved in the development of materials for FC application (PEMFC, SOFC and SAFC) with advanced properties. Highly porous, anion conducting, flexible substrates, consisting of an anionic clay (Mg-Al LDH) coated PVDF substra [....] » Read More
Title : The mechanism of the base-free Ru(PTA)4Cl2 catalyzed hydrogenation of CO2 to formic acid
Edward N Brothers, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar
Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to fuels is an ideal strategy that offers solutions to two major concerns of the 21st century: global warming due to anthropogenic CO2 emissions and the rapid depletion of nonrenewable fossil fuel reserves. Of the many possible CO2 products, formic [....] » Read More
Title : Laccase-Electrospun materials as biocatalytic systems for application in environmental protection
Jakub Zdarta, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Over recent years, there has been a significant increase in the use of immobilized biocatalysts in many fields of science, life and industry, mainly due to the improvement of the stability and activity of enzymes at harsh reaction conditions as well possibility of their reuse. Th [....] » Read More
Title : Low temperature synthesis and inkjet printing of photoactive TiO2 on polymeric substrates
Hesam Maleki, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
A low-temperature method was used to prepare and inkjet-print photoactive TiO2 films on polymeric substrates using a commercial inkjet printer. The as-prepared substrates were used in a microfluidic device fabricated with selective transmission laser welding. The catalytic activi [....] » Read More
Title : Pyrazole as a corrosion inhibitor for carbon steel in aqueous media
Mohamed A Abbas, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Egypt
The inhibitory impact of pyrazolin derivative (Pz) on corrosion of carbon steel in 1 M HCl was examined by potentiodynamic polarization method and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The hindrance effectiveness of Pz on corrosion of carbon steel in 1 M HCl arrangement i [....] » Read More
Title : Using polyisobutylene supported sulfur ligands for metal sequestering
Hassan S Bazzi, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar
Whether it is industry, agriculture, research experiments, or just ordinary activities, modern societies in the 21st century produce unwanted waste. In some cases, this waste is concentrated and can be easily dealt with. In other cases, such waste can be minimized; this ha [....] » Read More
Title : Inorganic oxide systems with immobilized laccase as tools for dyes decolorization
Katarzyna Jankowska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Wastewaters containing dyes are toxic pollutants released to environment, which can be dangerous for living organisms and human health. They can cause various diseases, for example cancers, allergies and neurological disorders. Many industries, such as textile and automotive indu [....] » Read More
Title : Optimal design and sensitivity analysis of Gas-solid reactor for efficient H2 storage
Di Wang, Northwest University, China
Metal hydride (MH) has large hydrogen storage capacity and mild operation conditions, which is considered to be a promising method for H_2 utilization. Since the hydrogenation/dehydrogenation is reversible chemical reaction with strong thermal effect, the design and optimization [....] » Read More
Title : The effect of ionic liquids on the photocatalytic activity of BiOX semiconductors in cytostatic drug degradation
Ewa Maria Siedlecka, University of Gdańsk, Poland
The effect of ILs cation type (imidazolium, pyridinium and pyrrolidinium) on the morphology, surface properties and photoactivity of BiOX type semiconductors obtained by solvothermal method, has been systematically investigated. The physicochemical properties of BiOX photocatalys [....] » Read More
Title : Hydrogenation of Dibenzo 18 crown 6 ether using Alpha Al2O supported Ru Pd and Ru Ni bimetallic nanoalloy catalysts
Yogeshwar R Suryawanshi, S.V. National Institute of Technology, India
Ruthenium-palladium (Ru-Pd) and ruthenium-nickel (Ru-Ni) bimetallic nanoalloy particles with various metal compositions were synthesized by microwave irradiated (MWI) solvothermal technique using PVP (poly-N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) as capping agent and ethylene glycol as a solvent a [....] » Read More
Title : Thermodynamic modeling for the carbonate system na k hco3 co3 in alkanolamines solutions: An extended application for CO2 scrubbing
Zhibao Li, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
CO2 is considered as the major contributor to the Earth’s global warming. Though the cause of emission is driven by regional dynamics, the growth of CO2 concentration in atmosphere has been around 40% since the beginning of the 21st century. In recognition that coal-fired p [....] » Read More