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Babcock &Wilcox have entered into a cooperation agreement to develop B&W’s SNRB process in an advanced air pollution control system for the combined removal of SOz, NO, and particulates in combustion flue gases. All three removal processes are combined in a single high-temperature baghouse. SO2 is removed by injecting either calcium or sodium based sorbent intothe hot flue gas. The sorbent and flyash particulates are collected onto high-temperature filter bags, NO, is removed by selective catalytic reduction with ammonia using NC-300 catalyst. The NC-300 catalyst is said to offer many benefits for the SNRS process. These include the ability to operate at high temperatures (up to 9OO”F), very low conversion of SOa to SOS and resistance to poisoning by flue gas components. An added benefit is that the zeolite-based formulation is essentially non-hazardous as compared to other vanadium-based catalysts. Following successful pilot-scale testing at B&W’s Alliance, OH, research facility, the U.S. Department of Energy have apparently selected a 5MW demonstration project for negotiation of funding under the Clean Coal Technology programme. Norton will provide significant cost sharing to the project of NC-300 catalyst and technical support. The project will demonstrate the cost effectiveness in removing high levels of pollutants. Upon the demonstration of the project objectives, Norton and B&W plan to cooperate in the commercialization ofthe SNRE process using the NC-380 catalyst. They anticipate that the process will be of significant benefit to electric utilities in meeting new standards for acid rain emissions. Initial capital cost estimates are said to show the cost of the SNRB process will be about
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one-third less than equivalent conventional equipment. U.S. Catalysis Society Awards W. Keith Hall, Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Pittsburgh has been named as the F.G. Ciapetta Lecturer in Catalysis for 1999. The lectureship is co-sponsored by the Davison Chemical Division of W.R. Grace & Company and The Catalysis Society. Professor Hall received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and for 15 years was a senior Fellow in catalysis research at the Mellon Institute. In 1970, he joined Gulf Research and Development Company as a Senior Scientist and in 1973 became Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He assumed his present position in 1986. He has served as Chairman of the Gordon Conference, as a trustee of the conferences and, in 1986, chairman of that body. From 1976 to 1988 he was Editor of the Journal of Catalysis and from 1981 to 1985 was President of the Catalysis Society. Professor Hall has received many awards including at least three honourary degrees. The Milwaukee and Pittsburgh sections of the ACS have given him their awards and most recently he was honoured with the ACS Petroleum Award in 1987. Other honours include the Kendall Award, AlChE Distinguished Lecturer and Langmuir Lecturer. The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia has presented its 1989 award to Dr. Maurice M. Mitchell, Jr., Vice President for Research and Development at Ashland Petroleum Co. The award is for outstanding contribution to the advancement of catalysis through scientific, technologicai and organizational leadership. Mitchell joined Ashland in 1981. Prior to that, he was em-
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ployed by Atlantic Richfield and later by the Houdry Division of Air Products and Chemicals where he led their successful development of automobile exhaust catalyst technology. He is presently the outgoing President of the Catalysis Society. The Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society Award for 1989 has been given to Dr. Udaya Rao of the U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center. The award, which is sponsored by Nalco Chemical Company, was given to Dr. Rao for studies which have led to an understanding of the ways in which metal and zeolite components can interact in bifunctional catalysis. Secondary reactions that occur on such catalysts have also been identified and studies made on possible ways by which liquid hydrocarbon yield could be increased in syngas conversion over these systems. Dr. Rao has authored 72 scientific papers and has received three patents. Rao joined PETC in 1978and is currently project manager for the program in indirect coal liquefaction. Prior to that time he was faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Chemistry The Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York has presented its Award for Excellence in Catalysis to Professor Bruce C. Gates, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at the University of Delaware. The award is sponsored by Exxon Research and Engineering Company. Professor Gates was cited for his numerous contributions to the science of engineering and catalysis. Especially mentioned was his research into the nature of interaction between small clusters and support surfaces This work has provided a deeper understanding of the molecular aspects of surface catalysis and served as a basis for
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the investigations of other researchers in the field. Some tions
Recent
Chemical
Communica-
Solid Lewis acids prepared by the hightemperature chlorination of y-alumina have been described by Ayame and lzumizawa of the Muroran Institute of Technology in Japan. Low-temperature activation and catalytic reactions of alkanes have been studied (J. Chem. Sot., Chem. Commun., (1989)645). Claims of the first observation of oscillations in temperature in the catalytic coupling of methane to C,-hydrocarbons over a La,03-BaO-MgO catalyst have been presented by Choudhary et al. from the NCL in Pune, India. It appears that both the C2-selectivity and &-productivity found with this catalyst are superior to those reported for other systems (J. Chem. Sot., Chem. Commun., (1989)605). The synthesis of a novel aluminoarsenate with an open framework has been reported by Yang, Chen and Xu (J. Chem. Sot., Chem. Commun., (1989)810). In another publication, Olivera Pastor et al. have reported the synthesis of a pillared layer phosphate of high specific surface area; this has a narrow pore size distribution centred at a radius of2.2 nm (J. Chem. Sot., Chem. Commun., (1989)751). The introduction of divalent cations into the structure by ion-exchange has been demonstrated. Some New Books It is some time since I last provided a list of new books for which I have received brochures and I now have a substantial collection of the latter on my desk.
December 1989
Babcock &Wilcox have entered into a cooperation agreement to develop B&W’s SNRB process in an advanced air pollution control system for the combined removal of SOz, NO, and particulates in combustion flue gases. All three removal processes are combined in a single high-temperature baghouse. SO2 is removed by injecting either calcium or sodium based sorbent intothe hot flue gas. The sorbent and flyash particulates are collected onto high-temperature filter bags, NO, is removed by selective catalytic reduction with ammonia using NC-300 catalyst. The NC-300 catalyst is said to offer many benefits for the SNRS process. These include the ability to operate at high temperatures (up to 9OO”F), very low conversion of SOa to SOS and resistance to poisoning by flue gas components. An added benefit is that the zeolite-based formulation is essentially non-hazardous as compared to other vanadium-based catalysts. Following successful pilot-scale testing at B&W’s Alliance, OH, research facility, the U.S. Department of Energy have apparently selected a 5MW demonstration project for negotiation of funding under the Clean Coal Technology programme. Norton will provide significant cost sharing to the project of NC-300 catalyst and technical support. The project will demonstrate the cost effectiveness in removing high levels of pollutants. Upon the demonstration of the project objectives, Norton and B&W plan to cooperate in the commercialization ofthe SNRE process using the NC-380 catalyst. They anticipate that the process will be of significant benefit to electric utilities in meeting new standards for acid rain emissions. Initial capital cost estimates are said to show the cost of the SNRB process will be about
applied catalysis -
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one-third less than equivalent conventional equipment. U.S. Catalysis Society Awards W. Keith Hall, Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Pittsburgh has been named as the F.G. Ciapetta Lecturer in Catalysis for 1999. The lectureship is co-sponsored by the Davison Chemical Division of W.R. Grace & Company and The Catalysis Society. Professor Hall received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and for 15 years was a senior Fellow in catalysis research at the Mellon Institute. In 1970, he joined Gulf Research and Development Company as a Senior Scientist and in 1973 became Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He assumed his present position in 1986. He has served as Chairman of the Gordon Conference, as a trustee of the conferences and, in 1986, chairman of that body. From 1976 to 1988 he was Editor of the Journal of Catalysis and from 1981 to 1985 was President of the Catalysis Society. Professor Hall has received many awards including at least three honourary degrees. The Milwaukee and Pittsburgh sections of the ACS have given him their awards and most recently he was honoured with the ACS Petroleum Award in 1987. Other honours include the Kendall Award, AlChE Distinguished Lecturer and Langmuir Lecturer. The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia has presented its 1989 award to Dr. Maurice M. Mitchell, Jr., Vice President for Research and Development at Ashland Petroleum Co. The award is for outstanding contribution to the advancement of catalysis through scientific, technologicai and organizational leadership. Mitchell joined Ashland in 1981. Prior to that, he was em-
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ployed by Atlantic Richfield and later by the Houdry Division of Air Products and Chemicals where he led their successful development of automobile exhaust catalyst technology. He is presently the outgoing President of the Catalysis Society. The Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society Award for 1989 has been given to Dr. Udaya Rao of the U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center. The award, which is sponsored by Nalco Chemical Company, was given to Dr. Rao for studies which have led to an understanding of the ways in which metal and zeolite components can interact in bifunctional catalysis. Secondary reactions that occur on such catalysts have also been identified and studies made on possible ways by which liquid hydrocarbon yield could be increased in syngas conversion over these systems. Dr. Rao has authored 72 scientific papers and has received three patents. Rao joined PETC in 1978and is currently project manager for the program in indirect coal liquefaction. Prior to that time he was faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Chemistry The Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York has presented its Award for Excellence in Catalysis to Professor Bruce C. Gates, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at the University of Delaware. The award is sponsored by Exxon Research and Engineering Company. Professor Gates was cited for his numerous contributions to the science of engineering and catalysis. Especially mentioned was his research into the nature of interaction between small clusters and support surfaces This work has provided a deeper understanding of the molecular aspects of surface catalysis and served as a basis for
applied catalysts -
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the investigations of other researchers in the field. Some tions
Recent
Chemical
Communica-
Solid Lewis acids prepared by the hightemperature chlorination of y-alumina have been described by Ayame and lzumizawa of the Muroran Institute of Technology in Japan. Low-temperature activation and catalytic reactions of alkanes have been studied (J. Chem. Sot., Chem. Commun., (1989)645). Claims of the first observation of oscillations in temperature in the catalytic coupling of methane to C,-hydrocarbons over a La,03-BaO-MgO catalyst have been presented by Choudhary et al. from the NCL in Pune, India. It appears that both the C2-selectivity and &-productivity found with this catalyst are superior to those reported for other systems (J. Chem. Sot., Chem. Commun., (1989)605). The synthesis of a novel aluminoarsenate with an open framework has been reported by Yang, Chen and Xu (J. Chem. Sot., Chem. Commun., (1989)810). In another publication, Olivera Pastor et al. have reported the synthesis of a pillared layer phosphate of high specific surface area; this has a narrow pore size distribution centred at a radius of2.2 nm (J. Chem. Sot., Chem. Commun., (1989)751). The introduction of divalent cations into the structure by ion-exchange has been demonstrated. Some New Books It is some time since I last provided a list of new books for which I have received brochures and I now have a substantial collection of the latter on my desk.
December 1989