CFFS 2008 meeting presentations

Presentations made at the 2008 Annual Technical Meeting of the

Consortium for Fossil Fuel Science

August 3-5, 2008

Hyatt Regency hotel at the Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, PA

Monday, August 4:

8:25 am: Introductory remarks - Gerald P. Huffman, CFFS & Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

8:30 am: Invited Presentation: “Applications of computational science for fossil fuel systems with carbon capture”, Madhava Syamlal, National Energy Technology Laboratory.

9:45 am: “Novel Fe-based alloy nanoparticle catalysts for the production of CO- and CO₂-free H₂ and carbon nanotubes by dehydrogenation of alkanes,” Wenqin Shen, Frank E. Huggins, Naresh Shah, Gary Jacobs, Yuguo Wang, Xuebei Shi, and Gerald P. Huffman, CFFS & Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

10:15 am: Break

10:30 am: “Incorporation of catalytic dehydrogenation into Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis to lower carbon dioxide emissions”, Gerald P. Huffman, CFFS & Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

11:00 am: "Supercritical water based conversion of biomass into hydrogen for use in FT synthesis", Adam Byrd, Ram B. Gupta, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

11:30 pm: "Reactor construction and performance for a tandem FT and n- to iso-paraffin isomerization process", Gregory C. Turpin, Richard D. Ernst, Ronald J. Pugmire, and Edward M. Eyring, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah

12:00 pm: Lunch

1:30 pm: "Process technology for tunable FT synthesis towards middle distillate fuel fractions," by Ed Durham and Christopher B. Roberts, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

2:00 pm: "Transportation fuels from coal + biomass using a gas-to-liquids approach," by Ed Durham, Sihe Zhang, Rui Xu, and Christopher B. Roberts, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

2:30 pm: “Temperature and time controlled pyrolysis of waste plastic”, Naresh Shah, Nick Cprek, and Gerald Huffman, CFFS & Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

3:00 pm: Break

3:15 pm: “Swelling characteristics of elastomers on exposure to toluene”, Mohindar Seehra, Department of Physics, West Virginia University.

3:45 pm: “Investigation of structural changes in elastomers produced by exposure to jet fuel”, Naresh Shah, Frank Huggins, and Gerald Huffman, CFFS & Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

4:15 pm: “Surface chemical and physical properties of various activated carbon supports and their role in FT synthesis”, Wenping Ma, Edwin L. Kugler, Dady B. Dadyburjor, Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University

4:45 pm: “Role of copper in multicomponent iron-based FT catalysts: a preliminary study”, Wenping Ma, Edwin L. Kugler, Dady B. Dadyburjor, Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University

Tuesday, August 5:

8:30 am: “The oligomerization of 1-butene; a new approach to full performance jet fuels”, Benjamin G. Harvey, ASEE/NRL Inorganic Polymers/Biofuels, China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, CA, 93555

9:00 am: “Simulation and optimization of CFFS military fuels production methods”, Mario Eden, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

9:30 am: “Performance evaluation of coal and biomass based fuel production strategies”, Mario Eden, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

10:00 am: “Characterization of Consortium catalysts and other materials”, Frank Huggins, Naresh Shah, and Gerald P. Huffman, CFFS and Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

10:30 am: “Characterization of Pd and Fe-based nanoparticle catalysts and biomass samples”, Mohindar Seehra, Department of Physics, West Virginia University.