To carry on the pathway of this research, it is recommended to improve the activity of CoMo/MCM-41 catalyst by modifying its structure due to its significant performance in HDO process. Furthermore, the effects of different copolymers on synthesizing of nano- structured catalyst can be studied. Other bimetallic catalysts such as NiMo-based catalysts on HDO process can be examined to investigate the effect of the type of metals.
Studying the effects of other solvents in supercritical conditions on reducing polymerization reaction during upgrading process, needs more investigation. In this study, the type of solvents, solvent to bio-oil ratio, amount of catalysts, and metal dispersion over supports were not studied which should be performed in future work. Moreover, a continuous flow setup can be developed to replace the batch setup and promote feasibility of scaling up process.
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Name: Shima Ahmadi
Post-secondary Olom va Tahghighat University
Education and Tehran, Iran
Degrees: 2000-2004 BSc.
Tarbiat Modares University Tehran, Iran
2005-2007 MSc.
Tarbiat Modares University Tehran, Iran
2008-2012 PhD.
The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada
2012-2014 MESc. Publications (Journals):
S. Ahmadi, M. Manteghian, H. Kazemian, S. Rohani, J. Towfighi Darian, Synthesis of silver nano catalyst by gel-casting using response surface methodology, 228 (2012) p 163-170.
Mehrdad Manteghian, Shima Ahmadi, Preventing the formation of sodium chloride crystal in the route where gas has been injected in oil wells, Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, In press.
Publications (Conferences):
S. Ahmadi, C. Xu, S. Rohani, Hydro-treatment of fast pyrolysis oil in supercritical ethanol using nano-structured catalysts, Advanced Biofuels Symposium Program, Ottawa, Canada.
S. Ahmadi, E. Reyhanitash, Z. Yuan, G. Van Rossum, S. Rohani, C. Xu, Hydrodeoxigenation of fast pyrolysis oil using Ru/C catalyst - Effects of solvents, GPE - 4th International Congress on Green Process Engineering, Sevilla, Spain.
S. Ahmadi, C. Xu, S. Rohani, Upgrading of bio-oil via hydro-treatment using new nano- structured catalysts, Advanced Biofuels Symposium Program, Montreal, Canada. S. Ahmadi, H. Kazemian, S. Rohani, Production of nano catalysts using a gel casting
Shima Ahmadi, Hossein Kazemian, Sohrab Rohani and Mehrdad Manteghian, Synthesis of supported silver nano particles as a catalyst for CO oxidation reaction using gel casting technique, Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering, London, Canada.
Shima Ahmadi, Sohrab Rohani, Hossein Kazemian and Mehrdad Manteghian, Fabrication of Supported Silver Nanoparticles as a CO Oxidation Catalyst by Means of Gel Casting Technique, Canadian Materials Science Conference, London, Canada.
Shima Ahmadi, Sohrab Rohani, Hossein Kazemian and Mehrdad Manteghian, Optimized synthesis of ceria supported silver nanocatalyst by means of gel casting technique using central composite experimental design, 9th Annual Earth Day Colloquium Shima Ahmadi, Mehrdad Manteghian, Studying of different nanocatalysts for CO
oxidation at low temperature, The 13th National Iranian Chemical Engineering
Congress & The 1st Regional Oil & Chemical Engineering Congress, Kermanshah, Iran.