Glycerol solutions were vaporized and reacted over ceria catalysts with different morphologies to investigate the relationship of product distribution surface facets exposed, particularly, yield bio-renewable methanol. Ceria was prepared cubic, rodlike, polyhedral via hydrothermal synthesis by altering concentration precipitating agent or temperature. conversion found be low a cubic morphology,...

This work presents a two-level methodology for the optimal design and MINLP synthesis of flexible chemical processes with known probability distributions of uncertain parameters. This methodology comprises synthesis at 1) nominal level and 2) approximate stochastic level. Both levels rely on considerable reduction of discrete points. The first level provides good starting and flexible structure...

Homogeneous catalysis is relevant for biodiesel fuel synthesis; however, it has the disadvantage of difficult separation catalyst. In present work, heterogeneous was applied rapeseed oil transesterification with methanol, while snail shells were used as a CaO content in catalyst investigated. Transesterification reactions carried out laboratory reactor, ester yield analyzed using gas chromatogr...

The synthesis and characterization of the first Cr(V) complexes with non-sulfur-containing peptides, which may mimic the chemistry of the intermediates in the formation of Cr-induced peptide-DNA cross-links in vivo, are reported. The reduction of Cr(VI) with methanol in the presence of a number of non-sulfur-containing peptides produced relatively stable Cr(V)-peptide complexes, which were char...

The methanol to hydrocarbon process, discovered about 40 years ago, uses zeolites to catalyze the shape selective conversion of methanol to a mixture of hydrocarbons. It has recently gained very much interest, as it allows the conversion of fossil and renewable carbon sources, via synthesis gas and methanol, to a mixture of hydrocarbons. The composition of this hydrocarbon mixture may range fro...

Using (13)C-NMR, methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (MeG) was characterized as a major compound in the leaves of the alpine herb Geum montanum L. MeG continuously accumulated during the life span of G. montanum leaves, and accounted for up to 20% of the soluble carbohydrates in aged overwintering leaves, without being reallocated during senescence. Incubating intact plant tissues, culture cells, and...

Two process models are used to convert carbon dioxide into methanol. These processes have been extended and improved using Aspen Plus simulator software. Both processes are found in the CO2 correction system. In this machine, the desired synthesis gas is produced in a flexible configuration. At the same time, the conversion of CO2 to hydrogen via a copper-based catalyst ha...

Due to the high price of virgin vegetable oils and the drawbacks of the homogeneous catalytic transesterification, in this work an economically profitable alternative process was proposed for biodiesel synthesis in which transesterification of the low-cost waste cooking oil (WCO) with methanol in a heterogeneous system was done. Alumina impregnated with sodium hydroxide was utilized as a solid ...

Submitted for the MAR11 Meeting of The American Physical Society DNA-Templated Synthesis of Pt Nanoparticles on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and their Electrocatalytic Properties QIANQIAN LIU, LIFENG DONG1, Missouri State University — Platinum (Pt) supported on singlewalled carbon nanotubes is one of the most efficient catalysts for both methanol and ethanol electroxidations. However, there i...

Methanol synthesis is one of the landmarks of heterogeneous catalysis due to the great industrial significance of methanol as a clean liquid fuel and as a raw material for industry. Understanding in atomistic detail the properties of the underlying metal/oxide catalyst materials as a function of temperature and composition of the reactive gas phase is of utmost importance in order to eventually...