Preliminary Program subject to change
20016 Chemical Reactor Dynamics
OverviewThis session highlights recent research in unsteady-state chemical reacting systems.
Primary SponsorCatalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)

Chair

Jason M. Keith
Assistant Professor
Michigan Technological University
Department of Chemical Engineering
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Phone Number: 906-487-2106
Fax Number: 906-487-3213
Email: jmkeith@mtu.edu

CoChair

Vemuri Balakotaiah
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun Ave.
Houston, TX 77204-4004
Phone Number: 713-743-4318
Fax Number: 713-743-4323
Email: bala@uh.edu
Determination of the Effect of Water and Carbon Dioxide Addition into the Reactor Feed in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Debby Brink1, Diane Hildebrandt2 and David Glasser2, (1)School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Ave, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa, (2)Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Ave, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa
Reformer Performance for Co-Current and Counter Current Flow Mode
Keyur Patel, Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620 and Aydin Sunol, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620
Dynamics of Ignition and Front Propagation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
Jay B. Benziger, I.G. Kevrekidis and E.-S. J. Chia, Princeton University, A215 Engineering Quadrangle, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
Transversal Hot Zone Formation in Adiabatic Packed Bed Reactors
Ganesh Viswanathan1, Aditya Bindal2, Johannes Khinast2 and Dan Luss1, (1)University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Chemical Engineering Department, Building D, Room S 222, Houston, TX 77204, (2)Rutgers University, 98 Brett Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854
Optimization of Periodically Operated Reactor
Yue Chen and Vasilios Manousiouthakis, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 5531 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Nonlinear Dynamics of Forced Catalytic Converters
Milos A. Marek1, Petr Koci2, Vladimir Nevoral2, Matyas Schejbal2 and Milan Kubicek2, (1)Chemical Engineering, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Technicka 5, Prague, 16628, Czech Republic, (2)Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Technicka 5, Prague, 16628, Czech Republic
Periodic Nox Storage and Reduction (Nsr) for Lean Burn Engines
Manish Sharma, Michael P. Harold and Vemuri Balakotaiah, University of Houston, Department of Chemical Engineering, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division