Fluid Catalytic Cracking
Catalyst Manufacturing Science and Engineering Consortium (CMSEC)
Rutgers University New Jersey, U.S.A.
Rutgers Catalyst Manufacturing Science and Engineering Consortium (CMSEC)
Rutgers Catalyst Consortium since 2003 While a large segment of the US industry, including the petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical, automotive, and energy industries makes and/or uses catalysts, there has been no academic program focusing on the operations required to make catalytic materials. Thus, catalyst manufacturing processes are often designed relying on empiricism, leading to uncertain/suboptimal processes, decreased quality, and increased cost. By combining the substantial level of expertise in particle technology, optimization, multi-scale simulation, catalysis and molecular modeling available at Rutgers, we are developing and promoting science-based methods for designing and optimizing catalyst manufacturing methods and processes such as impregnation, drying, slurry mixing, extrusion, calcination, etc. This is integrated with a number of educational activities including research training of undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the area of Catalyst Manufacturing. A combination of experiments and computer models has been used to improve the understanding and performance of the unit operations used to make catalysts. This knowledge, and the resulting methods and practices, have been transferred to Industrial partners to help transform this important segment of the global economy into a science-driven enterprise. The specific goals of the consortium are: • To create a world-wide prime Center of Excellence in catalyst manufacturing research. • To enhance fundamental understanding of catalyst manufacturing operations. • To develop new technology for efficient catalyst manufacturing. • To provide a research, development, and education resource for industry. The consortium was founded on October 1, 2003. The Rutgers faculty that are currently
Rutgers University New Jersey, U.S.A.
Rutgers Catalyst Manufacturing Science and Engineering Consortium (CMSEC)
Rutgers Catalyst Consortium since 2003 While a large segment of the US industry, including the petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical, automotive, and energy industries makes and/or uses catalysts, there has been no academic program focusing on the operations required to make catalytic materials. Thus, catalyst manufacturing processes are often designed relying on empiricism, leading to uncertain/suboptimal processes, decreased quality, and increased cost. By combining the substantial level of expertise in particle technology, optimization, multi-scale simulation, catalysis and molecular modeling available at Rutgers, we are developing and promoting science-based methods for designing and optimizing catalyst manufacturing methods and processes such as impregnation, drying, slurry mixing, extrusion, calcination, etc. This is integrated with a number of educational activities including research training of undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the area of Catalyst Manufacturing. A combination of experiments and computer models has been used to improve the understanding and performance of the unit operations used to make catalysts. This knowledge, and the resulting methods and practices, have been transferred to Industrial partners to help transform this important segment of the global economy into a science-driven enterprise. The specific goals of the consortium are: • To create a world-wide prime Center of Excellence in catalyst manufacturing research. • To enhance fundamental understanding of catalyst manufacturing operations. • To develop new technology for efficient catalyst manufacturing. • To provide a research, development, and education resource for industry. The consortium was founded on October 1, 2003. The Rutgers faculty that are currently