Chemical Reaction Engineering for Clean Energy and Green Chemical Processes

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Chemical reaction engineering plays a significant role in the advancement of clean energies and environmentally friendly chemical processes. The long-term objective of this research is to contribute by developing novel catalysts, mechanistically-based kinetic models and innovative chemical reactors. To accomplish this, the proposed research will take advantage of the prototypes from the applicant’s patented technologies such as the CREC Riser Simulator, the bench scale Photo-CREC Photocatalytic Reactors and the CREC-GS Optiprobes. These are unique devices to establish catalyst performance, kinetic rates and gas-solid reactor fluid dynamics under industrial operating conditions. Studies will be developed using statistically based kinetics and parameter estimation. They will lead to rate equations which will incorporate intrinsic kinetics, adsorption and intraparticle diffusion.