copiride

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University of NAples:
A scientific route trough COPIRIDE Project
- Soybean Oil Epoxidation
- Hydrogen Peroxide Decomposition
- Biodiesel Production
- WP1: Catalysts Optimization
- WP2: Intensifying Process Windows and
Reactor Engineering
- WP5: Industrial Demonstration Activities by
Field Trials
- WP7: Dissemination, Exploitation, IPR and
Networking
Soybean Oil Epoxidation
Collaborations
1) Kinetic study of Epoxidation
reaction in Batch Reactor;
2) Verify of Kinetic Model in
tubular reactor
3) Use of Heterogeneous
Catalysts for Epoxidation
Publications in the Field
- E. Santacesaria, R. Tesser, M. Di Serio, R. Turco, V.
Russo, D. Verde. A biphasic model describing soybean oil
epoxidation with H2O2 in a fed-batch reactor. Chemical
Engineering Journal 2011, 173, 198– 209.
- E. Santacesaria, A. Renken, V. Russo, R. Turco, R.
Tesser, M. Di Serio. Biphasic Model Describing Soybean
Oil Epoxidation with H2O2 in Continuous Reactors. Ind.
Eng. Chem. Res. 2012, 51, 8760–8767.
- M. Di Serio, R. Turco, P. Pernice, A. Aronne, F. Sannino,
E. Santacearia. Valuation of Nb2O5-SiO2 in Soybean oil
Epoxidation. Catalysis Today 2012, 192(1), 112-115
Hydrogen Peroxide Decomposition
Collaborations
Publications in the Field
- E. Santacesaria, R. Tesser, M. Di Serio, V. Russo, R.
Turco. A New Simple Microchannel Device To Test Process
Intensification. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2011, 50, 2569–2575.
- V. Russo, L. Protasova, R. Turco, M.H.J.M. de Croon, V.
Hessel, E. Santacesaria. Hydrogen peroxide decomposition
with manganese oxide catalyst supported on γ-alumina:
from batch reactor to continuous micro-reactor. Submitted
to Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013.
- R. Turco, J. Haber, I. Yuranov, V. Russo, E. Santacesaria,
L. Kiwi-Minsker. Sintered Metal Fibers Coated with
Transition Metals as Catalysts for Hydrogen Peroxide
Decomposition. Submitted to Chemical Engineering and
Processing: Process Intensification 2013.
1) Catalysis and kinetic study for
hydrogen peroxide decomposition;
2) Use of microreactor for
hydrogen peroxide decomposition
New heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production
Collaborations
1) Hydrotalcite for neutral oils
2)Nb/Al2O3 or Nb/SiO2 for acid
oils
Publications in the Field
M. Di Serio, S. Mallardo, G. Carotenuto, R.Tesser, E.
Santacesaria. Mg/Al hydrotalcite catalysts for biodiesel
production in continuous packed bed reactors.
Catalysis Today .2012, 195 , 54– 58
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme
[FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement no. CP-IP 228853-2