Preliminary Program subject to change
T6001 Coal and Gas to Liquids I
OverviewThis session will focus on the fundamentals and processes for the conversion of coal, natural gas and other carbon-bearing materials to fuels and chemicals, and product upgrading.
Primary SponsorTopical 6: 7th Natural Gas Utilization (T6)
Co-Sponsor(s)Fuels and Petrochemicals Division (16), Gas (16c), Alternate Fuels and New Technology (16d)

Chair

Belma Demirel
Fuels and Petrochemicals Division/Group 16
Rentech, Inc.
12401 East 37th Avenue
Denver, CO 80239-3404
Phone Number: 303-307-9881
Email: bdemirel@rentk.com

CoChair

Burtron H. Davis
Catalysis
University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research
2540 Research Park Drive
Lexington, KY 40511
Phone Number: 859-257-0302
Fax Number: 859-257-0302
Email: davis@caer.uky.edu
Introductory Remarks
A Graphical Approach to Assess Gasification: Novel Routes for F T Synthesis
Lwazi Ngubevana, Diane Hildebrandt and David Glasser, School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Characterization of Active Species in Rb Promoted Iron Catalyst during Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: an Exafs, Xanes and Mossbauer Study
Amitava Sarkar, Gary Jacobs, Mingsheng Luo and Burtron H. Davis, Catalysis, University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511
Evaluation of a Long-Term Fischer-Tropsch Test and the Resulting Spent Iron Catalyst
Santosh K. Gangwal1, Velu Subramani2 and David A Green2, (1)Center for Energy Technology, RTI International, 3040Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, (2)RTI International, 3040Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Break
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Investigation of the Metal-Support Interaction of Cobalt-Based Catalysts by Standard Tpr and Synchrotron-Based Tpr-Xanes/Tpr-Exafs Techniques
Gary Jacobs1, Yaying Ji1, Burtron H. Davis1, Donald Cronauer2, Christopher L. Marshall2 and A. Jeremy Kropf2, (1)Catalysis, University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, (2)Chemical Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439
Minimizing Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fuel Plants by Integrating Processes
Bilal Patel, David Glasser, Diane Hildebrandt and Brendon Hausberger, Centre of Material and Process Synthesis, School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1 Jan Smut Avenue, Johannesburg, South Africa
Synchrotron Computed Microtomography (Cmt) and Micro X-Ray Fluorescence (ìXrf) as Tools to Map Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts
Devinder Mahajan, Energy Sciences & Technology, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University, Building 815, Upton, NY 11973, Mouzhgun Anjom, Materials Science & Technology Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 and Keith Jones, Environmental Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 815, Upton, NY 11973

Topical 6: 7th Natural Gas Utilization