Recent Advances In Basic and Applied Aspects of Industrial Catalysis, Proceedings of 13th National Symposium and Silver Jubilee Symposium of Catalysis of India

Content: 
Preface
Page v
TSR Prasada Rao, G Murali Dhar

Acknowledgments
Page vii

National organizing committee
Page ix

The organizing committee expresses sincere thanks to the Sponsors
Page x

Modification of catalytic functions of ZSM-5 with special reference to aromatization and NTGG process Original Research Article
Pages 3-26
T.S.R. Prasada Rao

Where is the metal in metallosilicate molecular sieves ? An examination of some vanadosilicates Original Research Article
Pages 27-38
S. Sivasanker

Catalytic isomerization over metal, acid and hybridsites Original Research Article
Pages 41-54
Wolfgang M.H. Sachtler

Design and characterization of active structures at oxide surfaces at high resolutions Original Research Article
Pages 55-67
Yasuhiro Iwasawa

Some problems on environmental catalysis Original Research Article
Pages 69-80
L. Guczi, L. Borkó, Z. Schay

Steam reforming of liquid hydrocarbons Original Research Article
Pages 81-95
Jens R. Rostrup-Nielsen, Thomas S. Christensen, Ib Dybkjaer

Catalytic combustion for pollution abatement and cleaner thermal power generation Original Research Article
Pages 97-109
P.G. Menon, M.F.M. Zwinkels, S.G. Järs

Kinetic study of the HDN of quinoline over NiMo(P)/Al2O3 catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 111-123
M. Jian, R. Prins

Integrating the molecular modell1ing methods to conventional catalysis research Original Research Article
Pages 127-138
Rajappan Vetrivel

Modifications in supported metal catalysts: effect of promoters Original Research Article
Pages 139-150
K.R. Krishnamurthy

Recent trends in the applications of zeolites and molecular sieves for the synthesis of speciality and fine chemicals Original Research Article
Pages 151-161
S.J. Kulkarni

Recent advance in shape-Selective catalysis over zeolites for synthesis of specialty chemicals Original Research Article
Pages 163-186
Chunshan Song

Design of stable catalysts for methane — carbon dioxide reforming Original Research Article
Pages 187-191
K. Seshan, J.H. Bitter, J.A. Lercher

Synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties of titanium containing mordenite Original Research Article
Pages 195-200
A.A. Belhekar, T.K. Das, K. Chaudhari, S.G. Hegde, A.J. Chandwadkar

A novel titanium analog of NU-1 framework zeolites (TS-NU-1) Original Research Article
Pages 201-209
R.K Ahedi, S.S. Shevade, A.N. Kotasthane

Synthesis, characterization and activity of Mo-MCM-41 Original Research Article
Pages 211-217
Rohit K. Rana, Alex C. Pulikottil, B. Viswanathan

Synthesis and characterization of zirconium silicate molecular sieves of MEL type using two different zirconium sources Original Research Article
Pages 219-224
Bhavana Rakshe, Veda Ramaswamy

Catalyzing the preparation of zeolite catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 225-232
Asim Bhaumik, Subramanian Ganapathy, Rajiv Kumar

Alkylation of toluene with methanol on heteropoly compounds: p-xylene selectivity Original Research Article
Pages 233-240
K. Johnson, B. Viswanathan, T.K. Varadarajan

Selective dehydration of ethyl alcohol to ethylene by vapour phase catalytic process Original Research Article
Pages 241-245
A.K. Banerjee, A.R.K. Sarma, P.K. Mukherjee, Dina Nath, N. Singh, H. Mahapatra, D.S. Majumdar

SO42−/ZrO2: An efficient catalyst for nitration of chlorobenzene to chloronitrobenzene Original Research Article
Pages 247-250
K.M. Parida, P.K. Pattnayak

Thermal spreading of vanadium oxide over titania-silica binary oxide support Original Research Article
Pages 251-257
Benjaram M. Reddy, Biswajit Chowdhury

Solid acid catalysed acylation of 2-Methoxy- naphthalene : Role of intraparticle diffusion limitation Original Research Article
Pages 259-265
G.D. Yadav, M.S. Krishnan

Synergism of iron and ruthenium in ammonia synthesis catalyst at low temperature Original Research Article
Pages 267-270
H. Mahapatra, E.S. Kalyuzhnaya, S.M. Yunusov, V.B. Shur

Catalyst pore size engineering and its effects on FCC catalyst properties Original Research Article
Pages 271-276
S. Ghosh, S. Makhija, M. Santra, V. Krishnan, K Mohan Prabhu, V.L.N. Murthy, M. Rama Rao, S.K. Ray

The role of silica in the conversion of syngas to middle distillate Original Research Article
Pages 277-283
P.K. Basu, S.B. Basu, S.K. Mitra, Y.C. Dasandhi, S.S. Bhattacherjee, P. Samuel

Oxidation of cyclohexene and styrene catalysed by ruthenium(II) complexes under homogeneous conditions Original Research Article
Pages 285-292
A.S. Kanmani, S. Vancheesan

Oxidation of toluene using polymer supported palladium (II) complex as catalyst Original Research Article
Pages 293-299
Dilip R. Patel, Mahesh K. Dalai, R.N. Ram

Homogeneous oxidation of alkylbenzene catalysed by heteropoly compounds Original Research Article
Pages 301-308
Athilakshmi, B. Viswanathan

Tellurium-Koh mediated rapid pinacolization of carbonyl compounds Original Research Article
Pages 309-311
Rahat H Khan, T S R Prasada Rao

New approach to acid catalysis and hydrocarbon - zeolite interactions Original Research Article
Pages 313-319
Lalji Dixit, T.S.R. Prasada Rao

The influence of the nature and size of the cluster models on the electronic properties of zeolites in molecular modelling studies Original Research Article
Pages 321-327
S. Krishnamurty, S. Pal, R. Vetrivel

Photocatalytic degradation of textile dye commonly used in cotton fabrics Original Research Article
Pages 329-335
B. Neppolian, S. Sakthivel, Banumathi Arabindoo, M. Palanichamy, V. Murugesan

Photocatalytic H2 production of CdS-ZnS over MgO and Al2O3 supported oxides Original Research Article
Pages 337-340
Supriya V. Tambwekar, G. Santosh Reddy, V. Durga Kumari, M. Subrahmanyam

Growth of surface alloy films and chemisorption behavior of CO on Sm/Ru(001): XPS and TPD studies Original Research Article
Pages 341-347
G. Ranga Rao

Supported Ni and Ru catalysts for hydrogenation of p-Isobutyl acetophenone : a catalyst comparison study Original Research Article
Pages 349-358
S.P. Mathew, M.V. Rajashekharam, R.V. Chaudhari

Palladium mixed hydroxide catalysts for phenol hydrogenation Original Research Article
Pages 359-363
S. Narayanan, K. Krishna

Relationship between acidity and catalytic activity of chlorided alumina supported Pt-Sn catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 365-373
Sunita R. Bajaj, Prem Pal, J.K. Gupta, L.D. Sharma, G. Murali Dhar, T.S.R. Prasada Rao

The enthalpy change and the activity measurements for the adsorption of CO+H2 over Polycrystalline Ru metal and a Ru/TiO2 catalyst Original Research Article
Pages 375-381
V.P. Londhe, N.M. Gupta

NOX abatement catalyst with low SO2 oxidation activity Original Research Article
Pages 383-389
Uma Parameswaran, Amiya kumar Nandi, D.S. Sawant, D. Venkateswaran, Sumit Bhaduri, R.M. Cursetji

Hydrodechlorination of 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2 trifluoroethane (CFC-113) over Pd supported on modified AL2O3 Original Research Article
Pages 391-397
S. Chandra Shekar, A. Venugopal, K.S. Rama Rao, P.S. Sai Prasad, R. Srinivas, P. Kanta Rao

Deactivation of HDS catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 399-404
R. Marinkoviae^Neduein, E. Kis, M. Duriae, G. Boskoviae, J. Kiurski, R. Miatiae

Effect of method of preparation on the dismutation activity of CCl2F2 over Cr2O3-MgO-Al2O3 catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 405-417
A. Venu Gopal, K.S.Rama Rao, P.S.Sai Prasad, P. KantaRao

Selective chlorination of various aromatics over zeolite catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 419-423
A.P. Singh

Effect of silica binder on acidity, catalytic activity and deactivation due to coking in propane aromatization over H-gallosilicate (MFI) Original Research Article
Pages 425-432
P. Devadas, A.K. Kinage, V.R. Choudhary

Role of extra-lattice aluminum types in activity and deactivation patterns of the ZSM-5 catalyst in n-Heptane aromatization reaction Original Research Article
Pages 433-445
N. Viswanadham, N. Ray, T.S.R. Prasada Rao

Aromatization of C4-C6 hydrocarbons to benzene, toluene and para xylene over pore size controlled ZnO-HZSM-5 zeolite Original Research Article
Pages 447-453
J. Das, Y.S. Bhat, A.B. Halgeri

Aromatization of n-hexane over platinum alkaline ETS-10 Original Research Article
Pages 455-462
Tapan Kr. Das, A.J. Chandwadkar, S. Sivasanker

Acidity studies on titanium silicalites-1 (TS-1) by ammonia adsorption using microcalorimetry Original Research Article
Pages 463-472
Prashant Kumar, J.K. Gupta, G. Muralidhar, T.S.R. Prasada Rao

Alkylation of meta-diisopropylbenzene with isopropanol as a test reaction for large pore zeolites Original Research Article
Pages 473-478
Puyam S Singh, R.A. Shaikh, Rajib Bandyopadhyay, B.S. Rao

Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol over binary oxides of Sn and Mo Original Research Article
Pages 479-485
V.R. Chumbhale, A.Y. Sonsale, P.A. Awasarkar

Dehydrogenative coupling of CH4: Nature of interaction over CaO surface Original Research Article
Pages 487-495
G.C. Maiti

Support effect studies on Tio2-Al2O3 mixed oxide hydroprocessing catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 497-506
B.N. Srinivas, S.K. Maity, V.V.D.N. Prasad, M.S. Rana, Manoj Kumar, G. Murali Dhar, T.S.R.Prasada Rao

Studies of structural, electrical and catalytic properties of the spinel system Cu1-XZnXMnCrO4 Original Research Article
Pages 507-512
P.S. Parulekar, S.B. Kulkarni

Synthesis of an active zinc oxide and evaluation of catalytic activity towards decomposition of propan-2-ol. Original Research Article
Pages 513-517
Sajo P. Naik, Julio B. Fernandes

Electrocatalytic activation and reduction of N bonds; N bonds in aqueous solution Original Research Article
Pages 519-527
Raju Prakash, Gadde Ramachandraiah

Kinetics in biphasic catalysis using ethylene glycol as a co-solvent in the hydroformylation of 1-hexene Original Research Article
Pages 529-539
V.S. Nair, B.M. Bhanage, R.M. Deshpande, R.V. Chaudhari

Biotransformations of 4-Methyl umbelliferone derivatives - Fungal mediated O-dealkylations Original Research Article
Pages 541-546
K. Anil Kumar, B.S.Vijay Kumar, B. Laxminarayana, S. Ananthanarayanan

Catalytic Air-Blowing process for bitumen-kinetic Aspects Original Research Article
Pages 547-556
P.K. Jain, A.K. Saxena, Himmat Singh

Kaolinite supported metal chlorides as Friedel-Crafts alkylation catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 557-562
Rugmini Sukumar, K.R. Sabu, L.V. Bindu, M. Lalithambika

Tert-butylation of phenol with isobutanol over magnesium- aluminium hydrotalcites Original Research Article
Pages 563-571
A.H. Padmasri, V. Durga Kumari, P. Kanta Rao

Enhancing the mesoporosity of pillared clay catalyst - a study of pillar aggregates and deactivation in alkylation reaction Original Research Article
Pages 573-578
S. Selvaraj, B.V. Mohan, K.N. Krishna, B.S.Jai Prakash

Studies on sepiolite supported hydrotreating catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 579-590
S.K. Maity, B.N. Srinivas, V.V.D.N. Prasad, Anand Singh, G. Murali Dhar, T.S.R.Prasada Rao

Alumina through sol-gel route : Influence of preparation parameters Original Research Article
Pages 591-598
Rajan Bosco, B.V. Kamath, K.V. Rao, G.S. Rao, K.R. Krishnamurthy

Manufacturing of raw materials for the catalyst industry Original Research Article
Pages 599-611
Klaus Diblitz, Tilo Feldbaum, Thomas Ludemann

Modification of texture and surface basicity of γ-alumina by chemical treatment Original Research Article
Pages 613-622
R.P. Vijayalakshmi, R.V. Jasra, S.G.T. Bhat

A novel route, using zeolites as the precursors, for the preparation of electronic ceramics, cordierite and β-spodumene and their characterization Original Research Article
Pages 623-630
K. Selvaraj, Veda Ramaswamy, A.V. Ramaswamy

Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous silicoaluminophosphate Original Research Article
Pages 631-636
Basab Chakraborty, Alex C. Pulikotti, S. Das, B. Viswanathan

Aniline methylation over molecular sieves Original Research Article
Pages 637-642
R.A. Shaikh, Puyam S Singh, Rajib Bandyopadhyay, C.V. Kavedia, S.P. Mirajkar, B.S. Rao

Adsorption and diffusion characteristics of p-isobutylethylbenzene in large pore zeolites as derived from molecular modelling methods Original Research Article
Pages 643-649
Ramesh Ch. Deka, Rajappan Vetrivel

n-DBA-VPI-5 : Synthesis and characterization Original Research Article
Pages 651-658
K. Chaudhari, T.K. Das, H.S. Soni, P.R. Rajmohanan, N.E. Jacob, A.J. Chandwadkar

Synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties of SAPO-31 molecular sieve Original Research Article
Pages 659-666
A.K. Sinha, K.R. Kamble, S. Sivasanker

Acidity dependence of isopropylation activity over zeolites of different structures and si/al ratios Original Research Article
Pages 667-673
S. Narayanan, Asima Sultana

The nature of active site and the mechanism of selective chlorination of aromatics by zeolite K-L as predicted by molecular modelling methods Original Research Article
Pages 675-682
S. Sharma, R.C. Deka, A.P. Singh, R. Vetrivel

Problems encountered in powder X-ray diffraction analysis of zeolites and molecular sieves Original Research Article
Pages 683-688
Veda Ramaswamy

Isobutane/1-butene alkylation on dealuminated Y zeolites Original Research Article
Pages 689-698
Debasish Das, Dipak Kumar Chakrabarty

Study of Fe3+ substituted Na Zeolite A : Local short range order Original Research Article
Pages 699-705
S.K. Kulshreshtha, R. Vijayalakshmi, V. Sudarsan

Time-on-stream activity / selectivity in aromatization of C2+ hydro- carbons from natural gas over Ga/H-ZSM-5 and H-GaAlMFI zeolites Original Research Article
Pages 707-712
A.K. Kinage, T.V. Choudhary, V.R. Choudhary

Studies on the synthesis of 2 & 4-picoline-correlation of acidity with the catalytic activity. Original Research Article
Pages 713-719
Sisir K. Roy, Banikar Ghosh, Shyam K. Roy

On the Role of Bronsted Acid Sites in the Reactions of Ethylene Over ZSM-5 and HZSM-5 Zeolites Original Research Article
Pages 721-727
B.S. Shete, A.D. Belapurkar, N.M. Gupta

Catalytic activity of copper Y zeolite towards dehydration of tertiary butyl alcohol Original Research Article
Pages 729-735
Sachin B. Kakodkar, Sajo P. Naik, Krishnaswamy Narasimhan, Julio B. Fernandes

Benzylation of naphthalene over zeolite catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 737-741
D. Bhattacharya, A.K. Pandey, A.P. Singh

29Si Liquid NMR studies of Sn-silicalite-1 molecular sieve during synthesis Original Research Article
Pages 743-747
Nawal K. Mal, Veda Ramaswamy, A.V. Ramaswamy

Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous ferrisilicate (FeMCM-41) molecular sieves Original Research Article
Pages 749-758
S.K. Badamali, P. Selvam

Vapour phase esterification of carboxylic acids with primary and secondary alcohols over Hβ, HZSM-5, HY, DHY, and γ-Al2O3: An eco- friendly route Original Research Article
Pages 759-765
Preeti Srivastava, A.H. Padmasri, Anita Rachel, V. Durga Kumari, P. Kanta Rao

Studies on intercalated transition metal complex as catalyst Original Research Article
Pages 767-772
Dilip Kotkar, N.V. Thakkar

Acid activation of montmorillonite : Effect on structural and catalytic properties Original Research Article
Pages 773-778
S. Narayanan, Kiranmayi Deshpande

Elemental analysis of FCC catalysts by XRF & ICP techniques - A statistical comparison Original Research Article
Pages 779-785
J. Christopher, Saeed Ahmed, M.B. Patel, B. Basu, S.K. Jain, S.P. Srivastava, A.K. Bhatnagar

Electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol on platinum based catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 787-792
R.S.Achyuthlal Babu, S. Srinivasa Murthy, B. Viswanathan

Catalytic hydrogenation of benzene Original Research Article
Pages 793-798
S.N. Chaudhuri, S.K. Nath, D.S. Majumdar

Adsorption properties and acetone hydrogenation activity of co-precipitated Ni, Co and Fe/Al2O3 catalysts Original Research Article
Pages 799-807
S. Narayanan, R. Unnikrishnan

Modeling of n-decane dehydrogenation using Box-Wilson experimental design Original Research Article
Pages 809-814
A.G. Basrur, D. Rajeshwer, D.T. Gokak, G.S. Rao, K.R. Krishnamurthy

Effect of surface morphology on the adsorption states of CO Over Ru/TiO2 and Ru/Al2O3 Catalysts : FTIR study Original Research Article
Pages 815-820
V.S. Kamble, V.P. Londhe, N.M. Gupta

Support effects on Cu-Cr/Al2O3 catalysts for CO oxidation Original Research Article
Pages 821-828
K.O. Xavier, K.K.Abdul Rashid, B. Sen, K.K. Mohammed Yusuff, Jacob Chacko

Pt/Al2O3 catalysts for benzene hydrogenation Original Research Article
Pages 829-834
K.K. Abdul Rashid, K.V. Lakshmi, M. Nandan, K.O. Xavier, B. Sen

Hydrodechlorination of chlorobenzene over MgO MODIFIED Pt/Al2O3 CATALYSTS Original Research Article
Pages 835-839
S.T. Srinivas, P.S.Sai Prasad, S.S. Madhavendra, P. Kanta Rao