Huamin Wang

Characterization and Development of a Cu/ZrO2/SiO2 Catalyst for the Conversion of Bio-Derived Ethanol to Linear Butenes

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Dagle

Project type

Contracted Time

The overall objective of this study is to further investigate our recent catalyst innovation enabling the selective, single-step conversion of bio-derived ethanol to 1- and 2-butene (linear butenes)…

Characterization and Development of a Ag/ZrO2/SiO2 Catalyst for the Conversion of Bio-Derived Ethanol to Linear Butenes

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Dagle

The overall objective of this study is to further investigate our recent catalyst innovation enabling the selective, single-step conversion of bio-derived ethanol to 1- and 2-butene (linear butenes)…

Characterization and Development of a Ag/ZrO2/SiO2 Catalyst for the Conversion of Bio-Derived Ethanol to Linear Butenes

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Dagle

The overall objective of this study is to further investigate our recent catalyst innovation enabling the selective, single-step conversion of bio-derived ethanol to 1- and 2-butene (linear butenes)…

Characterization and Development of a Ag/ZrO2/SiO2 Catalyst for the Conversion of Bio-Derived Ethanol to Linear Butenes

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Dagle

The overall objective of this study is to further investigate our recent catalyst innovation enabling the selective, single-step conversion of bio-derived ethanol to 1- and 2-butene (linear butenes)…

Investigation of role of lanthanum oxide in cobalt/cobalt carbide active cobalt-based catalyst for higher alcohol synthesis from biomass derived syngas

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Vanessa Dagle

Project type

Exploratory Research

With the depletion of petroleum reserves and increasing concern about the global climate change, catalytic conversion of coal and biomass derived syngas into mixed alcohols may play an important role…

Well-defined Metal-Oxide Catalysts to Understand Fundamental Chemical Transformations

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Peden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Catalytic materials for the full and complex range of chemical transformations being considered for upgrading biomass-derived molecules to fuels and chemicals include metals dispersed on oxide- and…

Characterization of the bio-oil hydrotreating catalysts

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mark Engelhard

PNNL is working on an EERE international collaboration project to exchange scientific and technical information on biomass feedstock production and conversion to biofuels with China and additionally…

Well-defined metal-oxide catalysts to understand fundamental chemical transformations

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Peden

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Catalytic materials for the full and complex range of chemical transformations being considered for upgrading biomass-derived molecules to fuels and chemicals include metals dispersed on oxide- and…

Characterization of the bio-oil hydrotreating catalysts

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mark Engelhard

PNNL is working on an EERE international collaboration project to exchange scientific and technical information on biomass feedstock production and conversion to biofuels with China and additionally…

Well-defined metal-oxide catalysts to understand fundamental chemical transformations of biomass-derived molecules

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Yong Wang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Detailed, accurate and unambiguous structure/function relationships in metal-oxide catalyzed reactions are essential in the design of efficient catalysts for the conversion of biomass-derived…

Zeolite catalyzed conversion of oxygenates to fuels: Influence of water concentration on pore environment and kinetics of cyclohexanol dehydration

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Oliver Gutierrez-Tinoco

The PNNL’s Chemical Transformations Initiative (CTI) is developing carbon-neutral chemical conversion processes to effectively transform oxygenated renewable carbon sources as feedstock to energy…

Fundamentals of (Mixed) Transition Metal Oxides for Chemical Transformations

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Yong Wang

The main objective of the proposal is to tackle the fundamental issues associated with molecular transformations of biomass derived oxygenates (e.g., alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic …

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