Presentations at 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting

Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Gas Flow through Microfibrous Materials: Analysis of Dilution in Packed Beds

Design Characteristics of Pleated Filters and Their Corresponding Effect on Pressure Resistance

In Situ Electrical Characterization of PEM Fuel Cells at Load

Minimizing Intra-bed Flow Maldistributions Using Microfibrous Entrapped Catalysts/Sorbents: Analysis via Computational Fluid Dynamics

Modeling and Analysis of Transport and Reaction Rates in Microfibrous Entrapped Catalysts/Sorbents

Residence Time Distribution Analysis From CFD Simulations Of Microscale Flows In Microfibrous Entrapped Adsorbents/Catalysts

Presentations at 2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Design and Construction of a Novel Air Filter Media for Semiconductor Clean Rooms

Doped ZnO Sorbents for H2S Removal with High Capacity and Wide Temperature Characteristics

Equivalent Circuit Models for PEFC Stacks in Parallel at Operational Loads

Fuel Cell Cathode Air Filters: Methodologies for Design and Optimization

Measurement of the Performance of a 47 Cell PEM Stack with Impurities in the Anode Feed Stream

Microfibrous Entrapment of Zeolites for High Duty Cycle Oxygen Enrichment from Air

Microfibrous Entrapped Catalysts and Sorbents: Novel Heterogeneous Contacting Systems with Enhanced Reaction Rates

Microfibrous Media Supported K2CO3 for room temperature CO2 Capture

Organic Sulfur Removal from Logistic Fuels Using Microfibrous Entrapped Adsorbents at Room Temperature

Process Intensification Using Novel Microstructured Heterogeneous Contacting Systems
(Microfibrous Entrapped Catalysts and Sorbents)

The Influence of Vibration on PEMFC Operating Performance

POSTER - CO2 Adsorption Utilizing Porous Microfibrous Media Entrapped Liquid K2CO3 as an Apparent Solid

Presentations at 6th Annual Logistics Fuel Processing Conference

Microstructured Reaction Media for Logistic Fuel Processing: Methodologies to Achieve Miniaturization and Process Intensification

Presentations at 232nd National ACS Meeting

Simulation of Heterogeneous H 2 S Removal in Micro-Scale Gas Flows

Process Intensification Using Novel Micro-structured Heterogeneous Contacting Systems

Presentations at 2005 AIChE Annual Meeting

Frontiers in Chemical Engineering: Materials for BioSecurity (Student Conference)

Adsorptive Filtration of Carbon Dioxide from Wet Gases Utilizing Microfibrous Filter Media Entrapped K2CO3

Improvement of Adsorption Applications Using High Contacting Efficiency Microfibrous Entrapped Materials

Design and Construction of a Dual Purpose Air Filter for Semiconductor Clean Rooms

AC Impedance on PEM Fuel Cell Stacks Powereing a Pulse Load

Design of Cathode Air Filter for PEM Fuel Cell Applications

Moderate Temperature H2S Removal over High Specific Surface Area SiO2 Supported ZnO Sorbent: Preparation and Characterization

Microfibrous Supported Sorbents/Catalysts - Mocro-Structured Systems with Enhanced Contacting Efficiency

Mass Transfer Study of H2S Removal from Reformates with Microfiber Entrapped ZnO/SiO2 Sorbents for Fuel Cell Application (II)

Microfibrous Supported Catalysts/Sorbents – Micro Structured Systems with Enhanced Contacting Efficiency

Frontiers In Chemical Engineering – Materials for Biosecurity (Annual Student Conference)

Refereed Journal Articles Published 2006

B. Chang , Y. Lu, B. J. Tatarchuk “Microfibrous Entrapment of Small Catalyst or Sorbent Particulates for High Contacting Efficiency Removal of Trace Contaminants Including CO and/or H 2 S from Practical Reformates for PEM H 2 -O 2 Fuel Cells” Chemical Engineering Journal, January 15, 2006, 115(3) , 195-202.

B. Chang and B. J. Tatarchuk, “Microfibrous Entrapment of Small Catalyst Particulates for High Contacting Efficiency Removal of Trace CO from Practical Reformates for PEM H2O2 Fuel Cells,” Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 15(4), 453-456 (2006).

Ryan A. Nickell, Wenhua H. Zhu, Robert U. Payne, Donald R. Cahela, and Bruce J. Tatarchuk, “Numerical Analysis of Hg/HgO Reference Electrode and Hydrogen Evolution Potentials for Use in Aqueous Sodium Hydroxide,” submitted to Electrochimica Acta , January 2006

W.H. Zhu, R.U. Payne, D.R. Cahela, R.M. Nelms and B. J. Tatarchuk, “ Performance Analysis of PEM Stacks at Operational Loads Using Equivalent Circuit Models ,” submitted to the Journal of Power Sources .

H-Y. Yang, N. Sathitsuksanoh , D. Cahela, R. Kalluri and B.J. Tatarchuk, “Kinetic Study of Hydrogen Sulfide Removal from Model Reformate by Zinc Oxide,” submitted to the Journal of Power Sources .

N. Sathitsuksanoh, H-Y. Yang, D. Cahela, Yong Lu and B.J. Tatarchuk, “Room Temperature CO2 Removal Over Porous Microfibrous Media Entrapped Liquid K2CO3 as an Apparent Solid,” submitted to the Journal of Power Sources .

Ryan A. Nickell, Wenhua H. Zhu, Robert U. Payne, Donald R. Cahela, Bruce J. Tatarchuk , “ Hg/HgO electrode and hydrogen evolution potentials in aqueous sodium hydroxide ," Journal of Power Sources , 161 , 1217–1224 (2006) .

Wenhua H. Zhu, Robert U. Payne, Bruce J. Tatarchuk , “ Critical flow rate of anode fuel exhaust in a PEM fuel cell system ," J. Power Sources, 1 56 , 512–519 (2006) .

B.K. Chang, Yong Lu, and Bruce J. Tatarchuk, “Facile Regeneration Vitreous Microfibrous Entrapped Supported ZnO Sorbent with High Contacting Efficiency for Bulk H2S Removal from Reformate Streams in Fuel Cell Applications,”Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 15(4), 439-441 (2006).

Various Posters

Heterogeneneous Contacting is Central to Many Chemically Reacting Systems

Microfibrous and Microstructured Materials: Benefits and Attributes