Reaction Kinetics and the Development and Operation of Catalytic Processes: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium, Oostende (Belgium), April 22-25, 2001 Book

	Introduction
	Adventures in catalytic nanospace: 'seeing' spillover in-situ for the first time	3
	From first-principles to catalytic turnovers: ethylene hydrogenation over palladium	19
	Development of microkinetic expressions by instationary methods	41
	Self sustained oscillations over copper in the catalytic oxidation of methanol	57
	Novel reactor configurations and modes of operation	71
	New methodologies and reactors for catalytic process development	87
	Hysteresis kinetics of propene oxidation characterized by a Ag-Re supported membrane reactor	105
	Kinetics of oxidative dehydrogenation of LPG to olefins on Dy-Li-Cl-Zr-O catalyst	113
	De Donder relations and the theory of reaction routes	123
	A kinetic study of NO reduction by CO over a NlO/Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] catalyst	131
	Reaction kinetics of the hydrodenitrogenation of methylcyclohexylamine over fluorinated NiMoS/Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] catalysts	139
	Use of the "dusty-gas" model for the analysis of ethylbenzene oxidehydrogenation process	147
	Using low melting point alloy intrusion to quantify pore structure: Studies on an alumina catalyst support	155
	Mass and heat transfer effects in the kinetic modelling of catalytic cracking	165
	Kinetics of ethylene polymerisation over CrY zeolites	173
	Investigations of the selective partial oxidation of methanol and the oxidative coupling of methane over copper catalysts	181
	A new kinetic model for hydrodesulfurization of oil products	189
	Low-temperature, carbon-catalyzed, solvent-washed, trickle-bed sulfuric acid process	195
	Butane oxidation to maleic anhydride over a VPO catalyst following the riser regenerator approach	205
	Effects of particle size and modified SAPO-34 on conversion of methanol to light olefins and dimethyl ether	211
	From DFT calculations to dynamic Monte Carlo simulations. The reactivity of CH[subscript x] on the RU(0001) surface	221
	Non-steady state operation of trickle-bed reactors	231
	Performance enhancement of a microchannel reactor under periodic operation	239
	A dynamic study of steam-methane reforming	247
	Model-based optimization of the periodic operation of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis	255
	Direct determination of periodic states of cyclically operated packed bed reactors	263
	Dynamics and control of a radial-flow synthesis reactor	271
	Mass transfer through the gas-liquid interface at the presence of adsorbed active phospholipid monolayer	283
	Oxygenates and olefins from catalytic partial oxidation of cyclohexane and n-hexane in single-gauze chemical reactors	289
	Mechanistic studies of hydroxy radical-induced catalytic wet oxidation of dyehouse effluents at atmospheric pressure	297
	Reaction pathways of photocatalytic oxidation of PCE in water with the TiO[subscript 2] film on glass	303
	Liquid phase hydrogenation of naphthalene on Ni/Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3]	309
	Effect of NO and oxygen upon the deactivation of Cu-ZSM-5 in NO decomposition	317
	Non steady-state production of hydrogen from natural gas: Experiments and modeling	327
	Dynamic study of methane interaction with active sites involved in the total oxidation of methane over Pd/Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] catalyst	333
	A non-stationary kinetics approach for the determination of the kinetic parameters of the protolytic cracking of methylcyclohexane	341
	Kinetic modelling of transient NO reduction by CO in the presence of O[subscript 2] over an automotive exhaust gas catalyst	349
	Transient kinetics of [superscript 15]NO-decomposition on Pt/Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3]	357
	Transient kinetics of the propene oxidation over silver catalysts	365
	[superscript 129]Xe NMR of absorbed xenon and [superscript 1]H NMR imaging: new methods to study the diffusion of gaseous hydrocarbons in a fixed bed of zeolite	375
	Catalytic activity of carbon nanotubes and other carbon materials for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to stryrene	383
	Heterogenous catalysis at high temperature for space applications	391
	Catalyst design for reactions with synthesis gas	399
	Enhancement of non isothermal autocatalytic reactions by intraparticle diffusion	411
	An absorptive reactor for operation of exothermic series reactions	419
	Catalytic activity and characterization of quaternary ammonium-(methylstyrene-co-styrene) resin in an organ solvent/alkaline solution	429
	Catalyst development for methanol and dimethyl ether production from blast furnace off gas	435
	Heterogeneous photo- and thermal catalytic oxidation of CO: effects of metal deposition	445
	Harmonization of the empirical information on the de-NO[subscript x] catalysts for the comparison of the catalyst performance through reaction	453
	Synthesis of cumene (isopropylbenzene) from diisopropylbenzenes in the presence of benzene using triflic acid as catalyst at room temperature	459
	Diffusion analysis of cumene cracking over ZSM5 using a jetloop reactor	465
	Simulation of the effect of mass transfer limitations in complex gas-liquid reactions	471
	Evaluation of external diffusional effects in a microreactor for SRGO hydrotreating	477
	A study of a phase transfer catalytic reaction between N-butyl bromide and sodium phenolate in an oscillatory baffled reactor	481
	Kinetics of the main and side reactions of the methanol oxidation over iron molybdates	489
	Mechanistic investigations of oxidation of purine and pyrimidine base components of nucleic acids by bromamine-B in aqueous alkaline medium: a kinetic approach	495
	Activity-acidity relationships in solid acid catalysis - a quantum chemical study	501
	Catalytic reactions mechanisms with some nonlinear conservation laws	507
	Modelling diffusion, cracking reactions and deactivation in FCC catalysts	509
	Oxidehyrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene on P-O-Ni-Mn/alumina catalysts	515
	Hydrodechlorination of chlorobenzene-tetrachloroethylene mixtures over a Pd/Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] catalyst	521
	Kinetic study of the liquid-phase hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene and n-butenes on a commercial Pd/Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] catalyst	527
	Kinetics and mechanism of ruthenium(III) and osmium(VIII) catalyzed oxidation of dopamine with bromamine-B in acid and alkaline media	535
	Kinetic models for esterification of methacrylic acid using n-propanol and isopropanol	541
	Kinetics models for esterification of levulinic acid with 2-ethylhexanol using different catalysts	547
	Time resolution of the TAP reactor	553
	A novel catalyst preparation and kinetic study on the dechlorination of chlorinated hydracarbons	559
	Kinetics of copolyesters of poly(butylene terephthalate), hydroquinone diacetate and terephthalic acid: a simple rate model for catalysed synthesis in melt	565
	Catalytic oxidation of sulfite/bisulfite in a falling-film absorption column	575
	Influence of fluorination on the kinetics of the HDN of o-toluidine over tungsten sulfide catalysts ex ammonium tetrathiotungstate	581
	Kinetics of the hydrodenitrogenation of cyclohexylamine over sulfided NiMo/y-Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3]	587
	H[subscript 2]-TPR kinetics; case study on the reduction of a CrO[subscript x]Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] catalyst	593
	Kinetic study of methane combustion over La[subscript 0.9]Ce[subscript 0.1]CoO[subscript 3]	599
	Theoretical determination of the kinetic parameters of a reaction intermediate by degeneration of the precursor process	605
	An easy methodology for estimating kinetic constants in complex kinetic models	611
	Experimental validation of a kinetic model for naphtha reforming	615
	Kinetic analysis of enzymatic esterification of fatty acids and ethanol	619
	Catalytic combustion of methane over Pd/y-Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] in a monolithic reactor: kinetic study	625
	Software functionality assessment for kinetic reaction model development, model discrimination, parameter estimation and design of experiments	631
	Authors' index	637