Ammo\u00adnia has one of the largest gravi\u00admet\u00adric hydro\u00adgen stor\u00adage capac\u00adi\u00adties and is an excel\u00adlent COx-free fuel. We willd\u00adis\u00adcuss the chem\u00adistry on Ru, the effect of par\u00adti\u00adcle size and shape on activ\u00adi\u00adty, and meth\u00adod\u00adsto find opti\u00admal cat\u00ada\u00adlysts. The oth\u00ader process\u00ades are par\u00adtial oxi\u00adda\u00adtion and steam reform\u00ading ofmethane on Rh, a pro\u00adto\u00adtype exam\u00adple of hydro\u00adcar\u00adbon or bio\u00admass to syn\u00adgas con\u00adver\u00adsion\u00adwith inher\u00adent\u00adly more com\u00adplex chem\u00adistry. Steam reform\u00ading of methane to syn\u00adgas has been\u00adtra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly thought to be very slow and unsuit\u00adable for onboard appli\u00adca\u00adtion. We showthat all these process\u00ades can run at sub\u00admil\u00adlisec\u00adond con\u00adtact times. The debate about directand indi\u00adrect path\u00adways of par\u00adtial oxi\u00adda\u00adtion is resolved by study\u00ading the under\u00adly\u00ading reac\u00adtion\u00admech\u00ada\u00adnisms via mul\u00adti\u00adscale mod\u00adel\u00ading and com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson to micro\u00adprobe mass spec\u00adex\u00adper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal data. 2008 Spring Sym\u00adpo\u00adsium Dion G. Vla\u00adchos Depart\u00adment of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading Cen\u00adter for Cat\u00adalyt\u00adic Sci\u00adence and Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy (CCST) Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware Newark, DE 19716\u20133110 Abstract \u2014 Future portable and dis\u00adtrib\u00aduted ener\u00adgy pro\u00adduc\u00adtion will hap\u00adpen at much small\u00ader\u00adscales than the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal econ\u00ado\u00admy of scales encoun\u00adtered in oil and petro\u00adchem\u00adi\u00adcalin\u00addus\u00adtry. Reac\u00adtors have to be much more com\u00adpact [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstracts","tag-symposium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660\/revisions\/2483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDion G. Vla\u00adchos<\/strong>
\nDepart\u00adment of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading
\nCen\u00adter for Cat\u00adalyt\u00adic Sci\u00adence and Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy (CCST)
\nUni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware
\nNewark, DE 19716\u20133110<\/em>
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\nAbstract<\/strong> \u2014 Future portable and dis\u00adtrib\u00aduted ener\u00adgy pro\u00adduc\u00adtion will hap\u00adpen at much small\u00ader\u00adscales than the tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal econ\u00ado\u00admy of scales encoun\u00adtered in oil and petro\u00adchem\u00adi\u00adcalin\u00addus\u00adtry. Reac\u00adtors have to be much more com\u00adpact and effi\u00adcient and cat\u00ada\u00adlysts more active\u00adand selec\u00adtive. In this talk, three process\u00ades of small\u00ader scale hydro\u00adgen pro\u00adduc\u00adtion will bep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded. The first is ammo\u00adnia decom\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion on Ru.<\/p>\n
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\nSpeaker\u2019s Biog\u00adra\u00adphy<\/strong> \u2014 Dr. Vla\u00adchos is Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at the Depart\u00adment of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading atthe Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware. He is cur\u00adrent\u00adly the Drec\u00adtor of the Cen\u00adter for Cat\u00adalyt\u00adic\u00adScience and Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy. His main research thrust is mul\u00adti\u00adscale mod\u00adel\u00ading and sim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion\u00ada\u00adlong with their appli\u00adca\u00adtion to catal\u00ady\u00adsis and portable micro\u00adchem\u00adi\u00adcal devices for pow\u00ader\u00adgen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion, reform\u00ading of renew\u00adables and alter\u00adna\u00adtive fuels, cat\u00ada\u00adlyst informatics,microreactors, and process inten\u00adsi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"