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Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis: Overview September 30, 2004

Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis: Overview September 30, 2004. Designing environmentally responsible molecules, products, and processes – from the molecular scale to the plant scale. Lead Institution : University of Kansas (KU)

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Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis: Overview September 30, 2004

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  1. Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis: Overview September 30, 2004 Designing environmentally responsible molecules, products, and processes – from the molecular scale to the plant scale. Lead Institution: University of Kansas (KU) Core Partners: University of Iowa (UI); Washington University in St. Louis (WUStL); Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Director: Bala Subramaniam (KU); Deputy Director: Daryle Busch (KU) Associate Directors: John Rosazza (UI); Milorad Dudukovic (WUStL); Irvin Osborne-Lee (PVAMU) http://crelonweb.wustl.edu

  2. Developing Environmentally Beneficial Catalytic Processes: A Multiobjective Task

  3. Multiscale Approach & Multidisciplinary Research Thrust Groups Disciplines Represented in TGs • Engineering: Chemical, Civil, Environmental • Sciences: Chemistry, Biology

  4. University of Kansas • High-pressure reaction engineering • Benign reaction media and catalyst supports • Molecular modeling and reaction mechanisms • Transition-metal catalyst design& synthesis Washington University in St. Louis University of Iowa Engineered Catalytic System • Biocatalyst design & synthesis • Biocatalytic processing • Multiphase reactor engineering • Reactor scaleup Prairie View A&M • Environmental Engineering • Bioengineering Multi-University Partnership: A Unique Resource for Catalysis Research

  5. Near-Term (5 Yr) Goals • Develop transformational catalytic technologies using CEBC’s strategic research concept for the following classes of reaction systems (termed as testbeds) • Selective oxidations • Oxidative biocatalysis • Hydroformylations of olefins • Solid acid catalyzed alkylations & acylations

  6. R&D Challenges & Expected Outcomes • Catalyst design for selective, stable and atom-economical reactions • Novel biocatalysts, solid acid catalysts, homogenous and heterogeneous catalysts with nanoscale properties • Design of “green” solvent media and catalyst supports • Water, CO2-based solvents, nanoporous polymeric hosts • Fundamentals of reaction mechanisms and reactor hydrodynamics • Advanced experimental methods for probing reaction mechanisms, transport properties and reactor hydrodynamics • Molecular-scale and CFD models • Reactor selection, design and scaleup • Advanced multifunctional reactors and novel bioreactors based on the use of benign media and catalysts

  7. Strategic Research Plan

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