Preliminary Program subject to change
09007 Adsorption in Desulfurization
OverviewThis session will deal with experimental studies, analytical and computatonal models as well as pilot and case studies that focus adsorption methods in desulfurization.
Primary SponsorEnvironmental Division (09)

Chair

Santi Kulprathipanja
R&D Fellow
UOP LLC
50 East Algonquin Road
Des Plaines, 60017-5016

Phone Number: (847) 391-3138
Fax Number: (847) 391-1274
Email: santi.kulprathipanja@uop.com

CoChair

Yoram Cohen
Professor
University of California at Los Angeles
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
5331 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1590
Phone Number: 310-825-8766
Email: yoram@ucla.edu
Welcoming Remarks
Modeling the Kinetics of the Sulfation Reaction of a Copper-Based Regenerable Sorbent Used in Flue Gas Desulfurization
Vasudeo Gavaskar, Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W 33rd Street,, Chicago, IL 60616 and Javad Abbasian, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W. 33rd Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Mass Transfer Study on Glass Fiber Entrapped H2s Sorbents for Regenerable Continuous Batch Fuel Processing in Pemfc Applications
Hongyun Yang1, Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh1, Yong Lu2 and Bruce J. Tatarchuk1, (1)Center for Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 230 Ross Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Chemistry, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
Biological Sulfate Reduction of Reverse Osmosis Brine Concentrate:
Masoud Samee1, Jaeyong Jung2, Atosa Vahdati1, Varadarajan Ravindran3, Mark D. Williams4 and Massoud Pirbazari3, (1)Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531, (2)Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90089-2531, (3)University of Southern California, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531, (4)Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 700 Moreno Avenue, La Verne, CA 91750
Formula to Calculate the Rate of Biooxidation of Elemental Sulfur (Rbes) by Thiobacillus Thiooxidans Bacteria
Salma Saddawi, Special, Profess1, Abha Saddawi2 and Colleen Elizabeth Stacy2, (1)Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5637, (2)Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5637
Interactions of Thiophene Molecules with Alkaline-Y Zeolites
Cédric Laborde-Boutet1, Guy Joly1, Patrick Magnoux1, Alexandre Nicolaos2 and Michel Thomas2, (1)Chimie 7a, Laboratoire de Catalyse en Chimie Organique - Université de Poitiers, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, Poitiers, France, (2)Division Catalyse & Séparations, Institut Français du Pétrole, Vernaison, France
Removal of Trace Hydrogen Sulfide Contamination from Natural Gas by Pressure Swing Sorption
Li Zhou, Tianjin University, High Pressure Adsorption Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin, 300072, China

Environmental Division