Expert Alert: Dr. Abdul-Majeed Azad

"The best tank terrain is that without anti-tank weapons." -- Russian military doctrine

Military funded research produces much that can be applied to civilian life. The following article is a case in point …

A.-M. Azad and S. Desikan, "A novel desulfurizer-reforming catalyst combination for logistic fuel reforming,” AMMTIAC Quarterly: Special Issue on Powering the Future Force, New Power & Energy Technologies for the Warfighters, 4 (#1) (2009) 65-68. (Download).

"Editor’s Note: Many different approaches will be required to provide the warfighter with a full spectrum of power and energy solutions. One of the more promising of these is fuel cell technology. However, some of the major hurdles for fuel cells to clear include developing suitable hydrogen-rich fuels to sustain them and being able to produce these fuels in both an efficient and environmentally-friendly manner. This article is a summary of leading edge research in the development of new catalytic materials to enhance the production of the needed fuels. This state-of-the-art work was performed by Dr. Abdul-Majeed Azad and his graduate student Desikan Sundararajan of the University ofToledo. If you are interested in learning more about this technology or would like to contact the authors, please contact the AMMTIAC Editor."

From the introduction:

"The best way to overcome these challenges would be to develop a new generation of effective desulfurizer and sulfur-tolerant reforming catalysts. Meeting these two objectives, specifically an agile desulfurizer capable of sorbing sulfur in the fuel and a sulfur tolerant catalyst that can tolerate the brunt of a small level of sulfur left uncaptured by the sulfur sorbent, calls for innovative approaches. The research summarized in this article highlights the feasibility of generating clean electric power using desulfurized hydrogen-rich reformates from logistic fuels with reduced environmental impact."

source: http://www.eng.utoledo.edu/~aazad/pdf/AQV4N1-AZAD.pdf

Contact Information
Abdul-Majeed Azad
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Toledo
2801 W. Bancroft St.
Toledo, OH 43606-3390, USA.
Office: 3052 Nitschke Hall
Mail Stop: 305
Phone: (419) 530-8103
Fax: (419) 530-8086
Email: abdul-majeed.azad@utoledo.edu

For more information on Dr. Azad ...
http://www.eng.utoledo.edu/~aazad/
http://www.eng.utoledo.edu/~aazad/allpubl.html

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