Location：Conference Room of Basic Energy Sciences Building
Time：2015.05.04（Monday）09:30 a.m.
Lecturer：Prof. Hans Niemantsverdriet
SynCat@Beijing and Eindhoven University of Technology
Abstract：
Although the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis is 90 years old, and a key process in the conversion of coal, gas or even forms of renewable energy into liquid fuels, its mechanism remains the subject of extensive research. One can safely say that it is among the most complicated mechanisms in heterogeneous catalysis.
In addition, the catalysts used for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, in particular iron, show complex behavior as well, because iron is converted in a mixture of carbides and oxides during reaction.
This presentation reviews some of our recent mechanistic studies of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and addresses the changes in catalysts accompanying deactivation and regeneration, as revealed by surface science and microscopy studies of supported model catalysts.
Introduction：
Hans Niemantsverdriet is Professor Physical Chemistry of Surfaces of the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, Honorary Distinguished Professor at the Cardiff Catalysis Institute at Cardiff University. In addition he is Director of the research company Syngaschem BV.
Since 2015 he serves as Director of the SynCat@Beijing Research Institute of Synfuels China Technology Co. Ltd. In Beijing-Huairou, with a branch at Syngaschem BV in Eindhoven. Information is available at www.syngaschem.com
Hans has a MSc in Physics from the Free University, Amsterdam (1978), and a PhD in from the Delft University of Technology (1983). After postdocs in München and Berlin, he was appointed Associated Professor at Eindhoven in 1989, and Full Professor in 1999. He has been Editor of the Journal of Catalysis since 1996. He is (co)author of over 280 articles and two text books. His research interests are surface science and catalysis, in particular in relation to Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and syngas chemistry.
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Contacts：Group 505 Jia Mao（9307）