Virtual Special Issue: North American Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering 2019

Chemical reaction engineering (CRE) is central to the success of the chemical industry, as well as energy production, clean transportation, and environmental technology and will continue to play a vital role in future economic growth.  This Virtual Special Issue (VSI) of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research is a collection of contributions that were presented at the 4th North American Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (NASCRE-4) in Houston, Texas, in March 2019.

The meeting brought together leading scientists from various fields to share the latest research on some of the most challenging problems in CRE. The participation from the next generation of chemical reaction engineers was a particularly exciting aspect of the meeting and is reflected in the contributions to this special issue.

Read the Editorial by Linda Broadbelt of Northwestern University, Pankaj Gautam of SABIC, and James Bielenberg of ExxonMobile.

Building a Microkinetic Model from First Principles for Higher Amine Synthesis on Pd Catalyst

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 41, 19022-19032
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03577
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Field Demonstration of a Nanophotonics-Enabled Solar Membrane Distillation Reactor for Desalination

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 40, 18829-18835
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03246

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Liquid-Phase Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol on Pt and Pt–Fe Catalysts for the Production of Glycolic Acid: Remarkable Bimetallic Effect and Reaction Mechanism

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 40, 18561-18568
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03419

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Model-Based Design for Inhibition of Thermal Runaway in Free-Radical Polymerization

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 37, 17244-17254
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02007

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Field Testing of a UV Photodecomposition Reactor for Siloxane Removal from Landfill Gas

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 36, 16502-16515
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03507

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Design of an Air-Cooled Sabatier Reactor for Thermocatalytic Hydrogenation of CO₂: Experimental Proof-of-Concept and Model-Based Feasibility Analysis

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 29, 12964-12980
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01426

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Experimental Investigation of the Application of Ionic Liquids to Methanol Synthesis in Membrane Reactors

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 27, 11811-11820
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01178

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Multiscale Dynamics of Hemicellulose Hydrolysis for Biofuel Production

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 21, 8963-8978
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01276

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Novel Working Solvent for the Production of Hydrogen Peroxide

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 16, 6948-6956
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01130

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Influence of Tetrapropylammonium and Ethylenediamine Structure-Directing Agents on the Framework Al Distribution in B–Al–MFI Zeolites

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 27, 11849-11860
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01726

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Wall Temperature Modulates Transversal Spatiotemporal Pattern Selection in Shallow, Nonadiabatic Packed-Bed Reactors

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 27, 11787-11798
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01189

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Impact of Ni and Mg Loadings on Dry Reforming Performance of Pt/Ceria-Zirconia Catalysts

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 22, 9322-9330
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01170

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Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene in an Oxygen-Ion-Transport-Membrane Reactor: A Proposed Design for Process Intensification

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 19, 7989-7997
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00974

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From Laboratory to Industrial Operation: Model-Based Digital Design and Optimization of Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reactors

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 28, 12571-12585
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01314

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The Effect of Prereduction on the Performance of Pd/Al₂O₃ and Pd/CeO₂ Catalysts during Methane Oxidation

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 28, 12561-12570
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01267

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Current Trends in Cellulose Assisted Combustion Synthesis of Catalytically Active Nanoparticles

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 19, 7681-7689
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01007

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Engineering the Hierarchical Pore Structures and Geometries of Hydrodemetallization Catalyst Pellets

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 23, 9829-9837
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01174

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Crystallite-Scale Approach To Predict the Oxygen Storage Capacity of a Three-Way Catalyst for Natural Gas Applications

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 24, 10271-10284
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01599

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Radiation in a Steam Methane Reforming Fixed-Bed Reactor

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 31, 14410-14423
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01265

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Catalytic Hydrogenation of Short Chain Carboxylic Acids Typical of Model Compound Found in Bio-Oils

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 19, 7998-8008
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01093

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Cerium Oxide Catalyzes the Selective Vapor-Phase Hydrodeoxygenation of Anisole to Benzene at Ambient Pressures of Hydrogen

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 31, 14603-14607
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01987

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Process Intensification in a Gas–Solid Vortex Unit: Computational Fluid Dynamics Model Based Analysis and Design

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 28, 12751-12765
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01566

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Accumulation Dynamics as a New Tool for Catalyst Discrimination: An Example from Ammonia Decomposition

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 24, 10238-10248
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01470

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Catalytic Cracking of Biomass-Derived Hydrocarbon Tars or Model Compounds To Form Biobased Benzene, Toluene, and Xylene Isomer Mixtures

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 19, 7690-7705
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01219

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CO₂ Conversion Performance of Perovskite Oxides Designed with Abundant Metals

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 28, 12551-12560
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01153

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Multiscale Modeling of Isobutane Alkylation with Mixed C₄ Olefins Using Sulfuric Acid as Catalyst

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 201958166340-6349
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00874

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Tuning Adsorption and Catalytic Properties of α-Cr₂O₃ and ZnO in Propane Dehydrogenation by Creating Oxygen Vacancy and Doping Single Pt Atom: A Comparative First-Principles Study

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 24, 10199-10209
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01143

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Short Contact Time Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane over Rhodium Supported on Ceria Based 3-D Printed Supports

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 32, 14632-14637
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01169

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Mechanisms of Copper-Based Catalyst Deactivation during CO₂ Reduction to Methanol

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 29, 13021-13029
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01898

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Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane to Propylene over VOx on Mixed θ-Al₂O₃/Alkaline Earth Metal Oxide Supports

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 25, 10785-10792
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01144
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Hydroxyl Group Stabilization for Increased Yields of Low-Molecular-Weight Products in the Copyrolysis of Cellulose and Thermoplastics

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 25, 10776-10784
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01177

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Kinetic Study of the Pyrolytic Treatment of Petroleum-Contaminated Soils

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019, 58, 25, 10829-10843
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01494