Catalyst deactivation causes major losses in the chemical industry worldwide every year [...]

Theoretical and experimental studies have resulted in the development of a carbon dioxide reduction reactor capable of continuous operation at a high rate of reaction. The capability for continuous removal of product carbon has been developed. Satisfactory long duration operation (25 days) of the carbon dioxide reduction unit has been demonstrated. Development of an oxygen regeneration unit whi...

Results of electron spectroscopy (XPS and UPS) of platinum black catalyst measured in various states of the catalyst have been summarized. XPS showed up to almost 50% carbon and up to 20% oxygen on a sample stored in air. These, however, had almost no influence on the chemical state of Pt, except for the appearance of minor surface oxide. A Pt purity of ~90% could be reached by regeneration wit...

in this work, the efficiency, generality and applicability of new bronsted acidic ionic liquid (bail) 1-methyl-3-(2-(sulfooxy)ethyl)-1h-imidazol-3-ium chloride {[msei]cl} as heterogeneous and green catalyst for organic transformations are studied. herein, the following one-pot multi-component reactions in the presence of [msei]cl are investigated: (i) the synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives fr...

Hydrated electrons are among the strongest reductants known. Adding the ascorbate dianion as a sacrificial donor turns the photoionization of 9-anthrolate in water into a catalytic cycle for their in situ production with near-UV light (355 nm). The photoionization step is exclusively biphotonic and occurs via the first excited singlet state of the catalyst. Neither triplet formation nor any pho...

As part of the DOE-sponsored liquid phase methanol process development program (Contract No. DE-ACZZ-87PC90005), the present study (Task 3.8) evaluated adsorptive schemes to remove catalyst poisons from coal gas at pilot scale. In addition to a lab test with coal gas from Coolwater. two field tests were performed at Great Plains with live coal gas. In the lab test with Coolwater gas, iron carbo...

accelerated deactivation of co/al2o3 catalysts in fischer-tropsch synthesis and the effect of re and ru as the catalytic promoters are reported. 15wt% co/al2o3 catalyst and 1wt% ru and 1.4wt% re  promoted cobalt catalysts have been formulated and extensively characterized. the deactivation of the unpromoted cobalt catalyst and those promoted with re and ru were studied by accelerated method at ...