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Desulfurization Library

Publications

Chi, M. Y.; Sun, X. N.; Sujan, A.; Davis, Z.; Tatarchuk, B. J., A quantitative XPS examination of UV induced surface modification of TiO2 sorbents for the increased saturation capacity of sulfur heterocycles. Fuel 2019, 238, 454-461.

Xueni Sun, A.H.M. Shahadat Hussain, Mingyang Chi, Xinquan Cheng, Bruce J. Tatarchuk, Persistent adsorptive desulfurization enhancement of TiO2 after one-time ex-situ UV-treatment, Fuel, Volume 193, 1 April 2017, Pages 95-100, ISSN 0016-236

Achintya Sujan, Hongyun Yang, Paul Dimick and Bruce J. Tatarchuk, A fiber optics system for monitoring utilization of ZnO adsorbent beds during desulfurization for logistic fuel cell applications, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 315, 31 May 2016, Pages 242-253, ISSN 0378-7753

Xueni Sun and Bruce J. Tatarchuk, Photo-assisted adsorptive desulfurization of hydrocarbon fuels over TiO2 and Ag/TiO2, Fuel, Volume 183, 1 November 2016, Pages 550-556, ISSN 0016-2361

Davis, Z. D.; Tatarchuk, B. J., Understanding the dispersion of Ag on high surface area TiO2 supports using XPS intensity ratios. Surf. Sci. 2015, 353, 679-685. ISSN 0169-4332

Duggirala, R. K.; Roy, C. J.; Dhage, P.; Tatarchuk, B. J., Joint numerical-experimental investigation of enhanced chemical reactivity in microfibrous materials for desulfurization. Fluids Eng. 2015, 137 (3), 1-10

Yang H Y, Tatarchuk B. Novel-Doped Zinc Oxide Sorbents for Low Temperature Regenerable Desulfurization Applications. Aiche Journal 56 (2010) 2898.

Yang H Y, et al. Breakthrough Characteristics of Reformate Desulfurization Using ZnO Sorbents for Logistic Fuel Cell Power Systems. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 47 (2008) 10064.

Yang H Y, et al. A study of kinetic effects due to using microfibrous entrapped zinc oxide sorbents for hydrogen sulfide removal. Chemical Engineering Science 63 (2008) 2707.

Yang H, et al. Glass fiber entrapped sorbent for reformates desulfurization for logistic PEM fuel cell power systems. Journal of Power Sources 174 (2007) 302.

Chang B-K, et al. Microfibrous entrapment of small catalyst or sorbent particulates for high contacting-efficiency removal of trace contaminants including CO and H2S from practical reformates for PEM H2-O2 fuel cells. Chemical Engineering Journal 115 (2006) 195.

Lu Y, et al. Microfibrous entrapped ZnO-support sorbents for high contacting efficiency H2S removal from reformate streams in PEMFC applications. Microreactor Technology and Process Intensification 914 (2005) 406.

Duggirala, R. K., Roy, C. J., Dhage, P., & Tatarchuk, B. J. (2014). Joint Numerical–Experimental Investigation of Enhanced Chemical Reactivity in Microfibrous Materials for Desulfurization. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 137(3), 031204-031204

Shahadat Hussain, A. H. M., & Tatarchuk, B. J. (2014). Mechanism of hydrocarbon fuel desulfurization using Ag/TiO2–Al2O3 adsorbent. Fuel Processing Technology, 126(0), 233-242

Hussain, A. H. M. S.; Tatarchuk, B. J., Adsorptive desulfurization of jet and diesel fuels using Ag/TiOx–Al2O3 and Ag/TiOx–SiO2 adsorbents, Fuel, Volume 107, May 2013, Pages 465-473, ISSN 0016-2361

Hussain, A. H. M. S.; Yang, H.; Tatarchuk, B. J., " Investigation of Organosulfur Adsorption Pathways from Liquid Fuels onto Ag/TiOx–Al2O3 Adsorbents at Ambient Conditions." Energy & Fuels, (Web): May 1, 2013

Hussain, A. H. M. S.; Yang, H.; Tatarchuk, B. J. Desulfurization of JP5 and JP8 using Mixed Oxide supported Silver Adsorbents at Room Temperature for Fuel Cell Applications. Preprints – American Chemical Society, Division of Energy & Fuels, 2012, 57(2), 814-815.

Nair, Sachin; Tatarchuk, Bruce J. " Characteristics of sulfur removal by silver-titania adsorbents at ambient conditions." Adsorption 2011, 17(4), 663-673. Language: English, Database: CAPLUS

Shahadat Hussain, A. H. M.; Nair, Sachin; Tatarachuk, Bruce J. "Adsorptive desulfurization of transportation fuel using silver based regenerable adsorbents at room temperature: relationship with surface acidity." Preprints of Symposia – American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry 2011, 56(1), 317-319. Language: English, Database: CAPLUS

Samokhvalov, A. and Tatarchuk, B.J. "Review of experimental characterization of active sites and determination of molecular mechanisms of adsorption, desorption and regeneration of the deep and ultradeep desulfurization sorbents for liquid fuels." Catalysis Reviews – Science and Engineering, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp 381-410, 2010.

Nair, S. and Tatarchuk, B.J. "Supported silver adsorbents for selective removal of sulfur species from hydrocarbon fuels." Fuel Vol. 89 No. 11, pp 3218-3225, 2010.

Yang, H.Y., and Tatarchuk, B.J. "Novel-Doped Zinc Oxide Sorbents for Low-Temperature Regenerable Desulfurization Applications" AIChE J Vol. 56, No. 11, 2010.

Ryan A. Sothen and Bruce J. Tatarchuk. "A Semi-Empirical Pressure Drop Model: Part 2 Multi-Element Pleated Filter Bank" March 2009; HVAC & R Research, 15 (2): 269-286.

Yang, Hongyun; Sothen, Ryan; Cahela, Donald R.; Tatarchuk, Bruce J. Breakthrough Characteristics of Reformate Desulfurization Using ZnO Sorbents for Logistic Fuel Cell Power Systems. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2008), 47(24), 10064-10070.

Presentations

Mingyang Chi and Bruce Tatarchuk, XPS Characterization of TiO2 Photo-catalytic Adsorptive Desulfurization, AIChE Annual Meeting, Oct 29 – Nov 3, 2017, Minneapolis, MN.

Chi, Mingyang; Sun, Xueni, Achintya Sujan; and Tatarchuk, B. J. XPS Characterization of TiO2 for Photo-assisted Adsorptive Desulfurization Applications in: Proceedings of the 47th Power Sources Conference, Paper #20.4, Orlando, FL, June 13-16, 2016

Sujan, A., Yang, H and Tatarchuk, B. Carbonyl Sulfide Formation Characteristics during Wide Temperature Reformate Desulfurization on ZnO/SiO2 and Cu Promoted ZnO/SiO2 Sorbents, 249th ACS Spring National Meeting, Denver, CO, 2015

Sujan, A and Tatarchuk, B., Carbonyl Sulfide Hydrolysis over Alkali Promoted CeO2-Al2O3 Mixed Oxide Catalysts for Wide Temperature Desulfurization Applications, 24th North American Catalysis Society meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2015

Yantz Jr., W. R.; Gonzalez, C.; Sheng, M.; Yang, H.; Dimick, P.; Cahela, D.; Tatarchuk, B. J., Novel catalyst support structure for use in large diameter highly exothermic biomass-to-liquid processes. Poster Presentation, Sun Grant Initiative 2015 Sun Grant Regional Conference. February 2-4th, 2015.

Novel Doped Zinc Oxide Sorbents for Regenerable Desulfurization Applications at Low Temperatures - 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT

A Study of Kinetic Effects Using Microfibrous Entrapped ZnO Sorbents for H2S Removal - 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT

Reformate Desulfurization for Logistic SOFC Power Systems - 44th Power Sources Conference, Las Vegas, NV

UV-Assisted Adsorptive Desulfurization (ADS) of Liquid Fuels Using TiO2 Based Adsorbents, Xueni Sun and Bruce J. Tatarchuk, AIChE Annual Meeting, Poster Session 417, Nov 2014, Atlanta, GA.

Sujan, A and Tatarchuk, B. Factors affecting H2S Desulfurization Performance of ZnO based Adsorbents for Wide Temperature Applications (20-400°C): Effect of COS Formation and Moisture Adsorption on H2S Removal Efficiency, AIChE Annual meeting, Atlanta, GA 2014

Ultra-Deep Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels Using TiO2 and Ag-TiO2 Adsorbents Assisted By UV Irradiation, Xueni Sun and Bruce J. Tatarchuk, AIChE Annual Meeting, Paper 380i, Nov 2014, Atlanta, GA.

Promoting Efficient Adsorbent Bed Operation through Direct in-Situ Monitoring for Desulfurization of Distributed Energy Resources, Paul S. Dimick, Hongyun Yang, Travis Williams, Stephen Milton, Kylie Webb, Taylor Neumann and Bruce Tatarchuk, AIChE Annual Meeting, Paper 483f, Nov 2014, Atlanta, GA.

Oxidative Sulfur Removal for Distributed Energy Resources, Hongyun Yang, Paul Dimick, Steven Rath, Travis Williams, Taylor Neumann, Stephen Milton, Kylie Webb and Bruce Tatarchuk, AIChE Annual Meeting, Paper 539f, Nov 2014, Atlanta, GA.

Hussain, A. H. M. S.; Tatarchuk, B. J., Adsorptive Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels using Mixed Oxide supported Silver Adsorbents: Effect of Surface Acidity at Ambient Conditions, 11th International Conference on the Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA), International Adsorption Society, 2013.

Hussain, A. H. M. S.; Tatarchuk, B. J., Desulfurization of Refined Fuels by Mixed Oxide Supported Silver Adsorbents: Sulfur Adsorption Pathways. 23rd North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM), 2013.

Sun, X.; Tatarchuk, B.J. Adsorption Desulfurization (ADS) of Liquid Fuels by Ag/TiO2 and Ag/TiOx–Al2O3 Assisted by Ultraviolet Pre-Treatment, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2013

Hussain, A. H. M. S.; Yang, H.; Tatarchuk, B. J. Desulfurization of Commercial Fuels Using Mixed Oxide Supported Silver Adsorbents At Room Temperature for Fuel Cell Applications. AIChE Annual Meeting, 2012.

Hussain, A. H. M. S.; Tatarchuk, B. J. Adsorptive Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels by Ag/TiOx-Al2O3 Adsorbents: Mechanism of Sulfur Adsorption at Ambient Conditions. AIChE Annual Meeting, 2012.

Hussain, A. H. M. S.; Tatarchuk, B. J. Desulfurization of JP5 and JP8 using Mixed Oxide supported Silver Adsorbents at Room Temperature for Fuel Cell Applications. 244th ACS National Meeting, 2012.

Sujan. A; Tatarchuk. B., UV-Vis Spectroscopy via optical Fiber technology to study the dynamics of adsorbents for desulfurization of gaseous reformates for application in low temperature PEM Fuel Cells, GSC Research Forum Oral Presentation, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (ORAL), February 2012.

Sujan. A; Tatarchuk. B., In-situ spectroscopic analysis of adsorbents for desulfurization of industrial reformate gases for application in low temperature PEM Fuel Cells, Annual AIChE Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA (ORAL), November 2012.

Sujan. A; Tatarchuk. B., Process Dynamics & Characterization of Sulfur Adsorbents via Fiber Optic UV/Vis Spectroscopy, GSC Research Forum Poster Presentation, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (POSTER), February 2013.

Sujan. A; Tatarchuk. B., An embedded sensor approach for monitoring the desulfurization process of industrial reformates on doped supported zinc oxide adsorbents using fiber optic based diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, Pittcon, Philadelphia, PA (ORAL), March 2013.

Davis Z., Tatarchuk B., "Characterization of Ag-TiO2 Sorbents for Liquid-Phase Adsorptive Desulfurization of Logistic Fuels." Advancing Science Award, NOBCChE 38th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. 2011

A. H. M. Shahadat Hussain, Sachin Nair and Bruce J. Tatarchuk; "Adsorptive desulfurization of transportation fuel using silver based regenerable adsorbents at room temperature: Relationship with surface acidity"; Paper ID: 19452, Preprint for 241st ACS meeting, 2011.

A. H. M. Shahadat Hussain, Sachin Nair and Bruce J. Tatarchuk; "Adsorptive Desulfurization of Transportation Fuel using Regenerable Adsorbents at Room Temperature: Relationship with Surface Acidity"; Paper ID: 4427, Preprint for 22nd NACS meeting, 2011.

A. H. M. Shahadat Hussain and Bruce J. Tatarchuk; "Enhancement of Adsorptive Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels by Silver Adsorbents On Titania Dispersed Supports for Fuel Cell Application", AIChE annual meeting, 2011.

A. Samokhvalov, E. C. Duin, A. Hussain, S. Nair, and B. J. Tatarchuk, "Molecular Mechanisms of Adsorption, Desorption and Surface Chemical Reactions of Thiophenes with Deep and Ultradeep Desulfurization Sorbents Based on Doped Metal Oxides, by Multiple Surface and Bulk-Sensitive Temperature-Dependent Spectroscopies", 10th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption, May 23-28, 2010, Hyogo, Japan.

S. Nair and B.J. Tatarchuk. "Mechanism of Sulfur Removal in Adsorptive Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels Using Ag-Titania Sorbents." AIChE 2010, Salt Lake City, UT.

S. Nair, A. Samokhvalov, E. Duin, Z. Davis, J. Heinzel, B. Tatarchuk, "Selective Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels by Ag/TiO2: Preparation, Performance and Characterization," 21st NAM Meeting 2009, San Francisco, CA, USA. June 7-12, 2009. Paper OC19.

A. Samokhvalov, S. Nair, E. Duin, Z. Davis, B. Tatarchuk, "Surface Science and Operando Multiple-Technique Spectroscopic Studies of Chemical Composition and Surface Chemical Reactions of the Silver-doped Titania Sorbent for Selective Desulfurization of Logistic Fuels," ACS Fall National Meeting 2009, Washington, DC, USA. August 16-20, 2009. Paper 148.

Alexander Samokhvalov, Sachin Nair, Zenda Davis, Bruce Tatarchuk, "Preparation and Characterization of Nanodispersed Ag-Based Sorbent for Removal of Sulfur from Logistic Fuels" in: Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, November 16-21, 2008, Paper 189z.

H. Yang, B.J. Tatarchuk, Breakthrough characteristics of reformates desulfurization using ZnO sorbents for PEM fuel cell application, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 19-23, 2007.

H. Yang and B.J. Tatarchuk, Novel Doped Zinc Oxide Sorbents For Regenerable Desulfurization Applications at Low Temperatures, AIChE 2007 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, November 8, 2007.

Nair, Sachin; Yang, Hongyun; Tatarchuk, Bruce. Advanced Adsorbents For Ultra Deep Desulfurization Of Logistic Fuels Using Micro-Fiber Entrapped Particles, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City (2007)

Nair, Sachin; Yang Hongyun; Tatarchuk, Bruce. Selectivity and Reactivity of Ag-Based Adsorbents for Logistic Fuel Desulfurization, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City (2007)

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