Saturday, August 15, 2009

Rich Source of Information: Annual Saudi-Japan Symposium

Every once in a while we stumble on a gold mine … like the 18th Annual Saudi-Japan Symposium: Catalysts in Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals, held by the KFUPM Research Institute, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, November 16-17, 2008.

The papers constituting the proceedings of the symposium are available for download at http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/catsymp/Proceedings-18th.htm. Most are full text, although some are abstracts or PPT presentations.

Much of the material presented pertains directly to desulfurization.

And if you collect contact information of experts in various fields, (as we do) you will find that kind of information here, as well.

Eureka!

Here are the titles of the papers presented at the symposium …



Keynote Paper: "Hydrocracking on Nanoporous Zeolite Catalysts"
Dr. Sachio Asaoka, University of Kitakyushu, Japan

HDS Screening Capabilities Using Avantium’s Parallel Fixed Bed Technology
Dr. Peter Mangnus, Avantium Technologies, The Netherlands

Development of HDS Catalyst Using Comparative Studies of Model Feed Experiments & Quantum Chemical Studies
Mr. Hiroyuki Nakamura, Japan Energy Corporation

Advances in Unicracking for Maximum Distillate Production
Dr. Suheil Abdo, UOP, USA

Engineering Fixed Bed Hydrocarbon Conversion Reactors to Control Pressure Drop Increases
Dr. Ken J. Mills, Saint-Gobain NorPro, USA

Keynote Paper: “Using Additives for Real Time FCC Catalyst Optimization
Mr. Martin Evans, INTERCAT Inc., USA

More Propylene in FCC Uni
Dr. Rei Hamada, JGC Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd.

Activity & Selectivity Factors that Limit Light Olefins Production: Some Proposed Solutions
Dr. Yiu Lau Lam, Petrobras, Brazil

Anti-coking attributes of Ce-promoted Co-Ni/Al2O3 catalyst during propane dry reforming
Dr. Adesoji A. Adesina, University of New South Wales, Australia

Development of Themoneutral Reforming Catalyst for Hydrogen Production from Liquid Hydrocarbons
Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, KFUPM, Dhahran

Forced Composition Cycling of Propane Steam Reforming Using CO2 as Carbon Gasifying Agent
Dr. Adesoji A. Adesina, University of New South Wales, Australia

Keynote Paper: “Novel Zeolites in Transformation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons”
Dr. Jiri Čejka, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic

Enhancement of Conversion & Selectivity by Unsteady-state Operation in Shape-Selective Synthesis of 2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene with ZSM-5
Dr. Toshio Tsutsui, Kagoshima University

Keynote Paper: “Three Dimensional Cage Type Mesoporous Catalysts for Acylation & Alkylation
Dr. Ajayan Vinu, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan

Development of New Isomerization Process for Petrochemical By-products
Mr. K. Watanabe, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd, Japan

Preparation of Mono-dispersed MFI-type Zeolite Nanocrystals in Water-surfactant-oil Solution & their Application to Synthesis of Olefins from Oxygen-containing Compounds
Dr. Takao Masuda, Hokkaido University, Japan

Keynote Paper: "Development of Propylene Polymerization Catalysts & PP Manufacturing Processes
Dr. Akinobu Shiga, LUMMOX Research Lab, Japan

Albemarle's Role in Polyolefin Catalysts
Dr. Jiang Bian, Albemarle, Netherlands

Synthesis of Bisphenol-A from Phenol & Acetone using Organic-Inorganic Modified Heteropolyacid Catalyst
Dr. Atsushi Satsuma, Nagoya University; Japan

Synthesis of Stable PMMA against Irradiation & Thermal Degradation Using Cobalt Tetraphenyl Porphyrin Catalyst
Dr. Hany Abdel Dayem, KFU, Al-Hofuf

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