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Research Group n. 3
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II
Catalysis for Biorefinery
Martino Di Serio, Riccardo Tesser
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples, via Cintia Comp. Univ. Monte S.
Angelo, I-80126 Napoli; [email protected]
The Research group of Catalysis for Industrial Chemistry has competencies in catalysis, kinetics and
chemical reactor engineering . In the sector of catalysis, acid, basic and redox catalysts both
homogeneous and heterogeneous have been studied. For what concern these catalysts the Group studied:
the preparation, characterisation and performance of the catalysts in reactions of industrial interest.
Currently, the main theme of research is the study of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts for
the biorefinery. In particular the following processes are studying: biodiesel production,
epychlorohydrin from glycerol, soybean oil epoxidation, dehydrogenation of ethanol.
Key words: Kinetics, Catalysis, Chemical reactor engineering, Biorefinery
Pubblications:
Main technologies in biodiesel production: State of the art and future challenges. E. Santacesaria, G. Martinez
Vicente, M. Di Serio, R. Tesser. Catalysis Today 195 (2012) 2– 13
Mg/Al hydrotalcite catalyst for biodiesel production in continuous packed bed reactors. M. Di Serio, S. Mallardo, G.
Carotenuto, R.Tesser, E. Santacesaria. Catalysis Today 195 (2012) 54– 58
Valuation of Nb2O5-SiO2 catalysts in soybean oil epoxidation. M. Di Serio, R. Turco, P. Pernice, A. Aronne, F. Sannino,
E. Santacesaria. Cat. Today, 2012, 192, 112-116.
Biodiesel Process Intensification by Using Static Mixers Tubular Reactors. E. Santacesaria, R. Turco, M. Tortorelli, V.
Russo, M. Di Serio, and R. Tesser. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2012, 51 (26), 8777–8787.
Glycerol Chlorination in GasLiquid Semibatch Reactor: An Alternative Route for Chlorohydrins Production. R. Tesser,
M. Di Serio, R. Vitiello, V. Russo, E. Ranieri, E. Speranza, E. Santacesaria. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. (2012) 51, 8768–8776.
Biphasic Model Describing Soybean Oil Epoxidation with H2O2 in Continuous Reactors. E. Santacesaria, A. Renken,
V. Russo, R. Turco, R. Tesser, M. Di Serio. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. (2012) 51, 8760–8767.
Biodiesel process intensification in a very simple microchannel device. Santacesaria, E.; Di Serio, M.; Tesser, R.;
Turco, R.; Tortorelli, M.; Russo, V. Chemical Engineering and Processing (2012), 52, 47-54.
Transfer of the Epoxidation of Soybean Oil from Batch to Flow Chemistry Guided by Cost and Environmental Issues
D. Kralisch, I. Streckmann, D. Ott, U. Krtschil, E. Santacesaria, M. Di Serio, V. Russo, L. De Carlo, W. Linhart, C.
Engelbert, B. Cortese, M. H.J.M. de Croon, V. Hessel, ChemSusChem (2012), 5(2), 300-311.
Ethanol dehydrogenation to ethyl acetate by using copper and copper chromite catalysts E. Santacesaria, G.
Carotenuto, R. Tesser, M. Di Serio, Chemical Engineering Journal (2012), 179, 209-220
Shiff base complexes of zinc(II) as catalysts for biodiesel production
M. Di Serio, G. Carotenuto, M.E. Cucciolito, M. Lega, F. Ruffo, R. Tesser, M. Trifuoggi, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A:
Chemical (2012), 353-354, 106-110.
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Position of the components of the Research Groups
Name
Martino
Riccardo
Rosa
Vincenzo
Rosa
Salvatore
Surname
Di Serio
Tesser
Turco
Russo
Vitiello
Mallardo
Position *
PA
RU
PoD
S
S
T
Affiliation
Univ. Federico II
Univ. Federico II
Univ. Federico II
Univ. Federico II
Univ. Federico II
Univ. Federico II
*: PO = Full professor; PA = Associate professor; RU = University researcher; CO = contract; PoD
= Postdoctoral fellows; RC = CNR staff or other Institutions Research; T = technician, VR =
visiting researcher, S = student
Equipment
Type
Producer
Year of acquisition
FT-IR (DRIFT) AVATAR 360
UV/VIS Spect. (DRIFT) V-550
TPDRO
GC
HPLC – UV - LS
NICOLET
JASCO
THERMO
PERKIN-ELMER
PERKIN-ELMER
1999
1999
2001
2010
2010
Technical skills
 Catalysts preparation;
 Catalysts characterization;
 Catalytic tests in continuous and batch reactors;
 Kinetics and modeling;