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<item><title><![CDATA[Supported Cesium Heteropoly Acid Solid Acid Catalysts]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=278</link><description><![CDATA[Cesium (Cs) heteropoly acid solid acid catalysts show high aromatic alkylation activity with non-polar reactants, but are micron-sized particles that cannot be used in fixed bed or slurry type reactors due to pressure drop and filtration problems.&nbsp;Also, as these salts are insoluble, catalyst preparation via impregnation is not possible.&nbsp;Presented here is a mesoporous silica supported Cs heteropoly acid catalyst.&nbsp; In this synthetic preparation, mesoporous silica is first impregnated with aqueous Cs2CO3 via the incipient wetness method, dried, and calcined.&nbsp;Following this, tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) was impregnated also using the incipient wetness method with organic solvents.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:03:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fluorine Abatement: Non-thermal Plasma for the Destruction of Fluorine in Semiconductor Operations]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=277</link><description><![CDATA[Fluorine containing gases (e.g. F2, NF3, SiF4, CF4, etc.) are environmental hazards and must be remo]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:57:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oxidized and Reduced Derivatives of Hydroxymethyl Furfural (HMF)]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=246</link><description><![CDATA[Reduced and oxidized hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) derivatives have potential applications as adhesives, sealants, composites, coatings, binders, casting agents, foams, curatives, monomers, and resins.&nbsp;HMF Reduction&nbsp;Reduction of HMF to furan dimethanol (FDM) is readily accomplished in high yield via the catalytic hydrogenation of aqueous solutions of HMF at 500 psi hydrogen and 70 C.&nbsp;Several catalysts have been shown to be effective:&nbsp;Raney Co, 5% Pt/Al2O3, and Cu/Cr.&nbsp;HMF is converted to the fully reduced tetrahydrofuran dimethanol (THFDM) under similar conditions using a Co/SiO2 or Ni catalyst.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:49:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversion of Lactose (milk sugar) to Polyols]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=244</link><description><![CDATA[Lactose, commonly referred to as milk sugar, may be readily obtained from cheese whey, the by-produc]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:09:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Textured Metal Catalysts for Heterogeneous Catalysis]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=243</link><description><![CDATA[It is generally acknowledged that metal oxide supports can be used to maintain catalytically active metals in a highly dispersed state in traditional heterogeneous catalysis.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:08:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversion of Levulinic Acid to Methyl Tetrahydrofuran]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=242</link><description><![CDATA[Methyl tetrahydrofuran (Me-THF) has shown potential as a component of P-series fuels.&nbsp;In additi]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:20:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biorenewable Process to Acrylic Acid]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=241</link><description><![CDATA[Biomass derived sugars provide opportunities for new, potentially low cost routes to chemical intermediates.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:06:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hydrogenation of Glutamic Acid to Pyroglutaminol and Prolinol]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=237</link><description><![CDATA[Glutamic acid is a ready platform for conversion to value added products.&nbsp; Among those are pyro]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:18:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carbon Nanotube Nano-Electrode Arrays]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=236</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers at Pacific&nbsp;Northwest National Laboratory&nbsp;have developed a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition method that allows the fabrication of low-site density-aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with an interspacing of more than several micrometers.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:29:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improved Processes for the Production of Proteins and Chemicals in Fungus Utilizing Bioprocessing]]></title><link>http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/technology.asp?id=232</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers at PNNL have developed an improved process for the production of proteins and chemicals in fungal bioprocesses.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:46:46 GMT</pubDate></item>  
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