11^th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis

Catalysis for a Sustainable Future
Catalysis Research in Nordic Countries

May 23.-25. 2004, Oulu, Finland

 

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Scientific Concept

The symposium is a biennial meeting  and the focus of the 11^th Symposium was Catalysis for a Sustainable Future. Oral and poster contributions of fundamental as well as applied scientific topics in the field of catalysis were presented.
The 11^th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis brought together Nordic scientists working in the field of catalysis. The three-day programme included 5 plenary lectures by invited plenary speakers, 21 oral presentations, and a poster session throghout the duration of the symposium. PhD students were encouraged to participate and present their research work. 

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Conference Venue

The Symposium was held in Oulu, a high-tech center of Finland. Oulu is the 6^th largest city of Finland, and is located 200 km south of the Arctic Circle.

The University of Oulu is the second largest university in Finland. The university has an extensive scientific base of nine educational areas, which are organised into six faculties. The mission of our university is to advance the education and material well-being of Northern Finland by being a high level, international science university of state-of-the-art research. The key areas that encompass the entire university's scope are: biotechnology, information technology, northern issues and environment.

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Scientific Program

14:00 – 18:00	Registration
16:00 – 16:10	Opening ceremonies
Session A Session chairs: Prof. Anders Holmen and Prof. Outi Krause
16:10 – 17:10	François Gault lecture by Professor Michel Che, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France Catalyst preparation: The hidden molecular nature of solid inorganic oxide supports
17:10 – 17:50	Catalysis research in Finnish companies - Producing iso-octene instead of MTBE, Juha Jakkula, Fortum Oyj - Catalyst design for automotive applications, Matti Härkönen, Ecocat Oy
18:20	Departure to the Welcome Party*

*Informal attire

Monday, May 24th

8:00 –	Registration at Hotel Lasaretti
Session B Session chairs: Dr. Lars Petterson and Dr. Marina Lindblad
8:30 – 9:20	Plenary lecture 1 Professor Robbie Burch, Queens University of Belfast, UK Using Transient Techniques to Investigate the Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions in Automotive Emission Control
9:20 – 9:40	O1: M. Skoglundh, L. Olsson, J. Dawody, H. Abdulhamid and E. Fridell, Sweden. Storage, regeneration and deactivation phenomena related to NOx storage catalysis
9:40 – 10:00	O2: M. Lomma, K. Rahkamaa-Tolonen, T. Maunula, M. Huuhtanen and R.L. Keiski, Finland. The effect of NO2 on the activity of fresh and aged zeolite catalysts in the NH3-SCR reaction
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 – 10:50	O3: K. Kallinen, A. Suopanki and M. Härkönen, Finland. Laboratory scale simulation of three-way catalyst engine ageing
10:50 – 11:10	O4: K. Arve, E.A. Popov, F. Klingstedt, K. Eränen, L-E. Lindfors, D. Yu. Murzin and J. Eloranta, Finland. HC-SCR of NOx over Ag/alumina: A combination of heterogeneous and homogeneous radical reactions?
11:10 – 11:30	O5: A. Kustov, U. Maymann Hansen and R. Fehrmann, Denmark. Promising supports for the catalytic abatement of NO with ammonia in the presence of alkali poisons
11:30 – 12:30	Lunch break and poster session
Session C Session chairs: Prof. Rasmus Fehrmann and Prof. Tapio Salmi
12:30 – 13:20	Plenary lecture 2 Professor Bjarne Holmbom, Åbo Akademi University, Finland Specialty chemicals from wood – opportunities and challenges
13:20 – 13:40	O6: V.O. Sippola and A.O.I Krause, Finland. Oxidation of lignin model compounds with bis(o-phenanthroline)copper catalyst in the presence and absence of carbohydrate model compound
13:40 – 14:00	O7: E.E. Svensson, M. Nilsson, M. Boutonnet and S.G. Järås, Sweden. Selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia in gasified biomass for catalytic combustion
14:00 – 14:30	Coffee break
Session D Session chairs: Prof. Ed Blekkan and Dr. Marita Niemelä
14:30 – 14:50	O8: J. Sjöblom, D. Creaser, K. Papadakis and C.U.I Odenbrand, Sweden. Use of experimental design in development of a catalyst system
14:50 – 15:10	O9: O. Lytken and I. Chorkendorff, Denmark. Hydrogen assisted CO dissociation on nickel
15:10 – 15:30	O10: B. Hinnemann and J.K. Nørskov, Denmark. A density functional study of the nitrogenase FeMo cofactor for biological ammonia synthesis
15:30 – 15:50	O11: R. Polvinen, M. Vippola, M. Valden, T. Lepistö, A. Suopanki and M. Härkönen, Finland. Pt-Rh bimetallic catalysts: the reducibility of rhodium oxides and the effect of hydrogen treatment
15:50 – 16:10	O12: M. Rønning, F. Huber, H. Meland, H. Venvik, D. Chen and A. Holmen, Norway. Relating catalyst structure and composition to the water-gas shift activity of Cu-Zn based mixed-oxide catalysts
16:10 – 18:20	Main Poster session
19:30	Departure to the Banquet
20:00 –	Symposium Dinner at Oulu University#

# Formal reception

Tuesday, May 25th

Session E Session chairs: Prof. Magnus Skoglundh and Prof. Jouni Pursiainen
8:30 – 9:20	Plenary lecture 3 Professor Gábor Somorjai, University of California Berkeley, USA High Technology Catalyst Towards 100% Selectivity. Fabrication , Characterization and Reaction Studies
9:20 – 9:40	O13: J. Sainio, J. Lahtinen, S.M.K. Airaksinen and A.O.I. Krause, Finland. Hydrocarbon adsorption on a chromium oxide model catalyst supported on Al2O3/NiAl(110)
9:40 – 10.00	O14: R. Saarinen, O. Jylhä, M. Lindblad and O. Krause, Finland Iridium catalyst prepared by atomic layer deposition
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 – 10:50	O15: M.S. Hamdy, Z. Shan, J.C. Jansen, A. Ebaid and Th. Maschmeyer, The Netherlands. Mesoporous Fe-TUD-1 in the Friedel-Crafts benzylation of benzene
10:50 – 11:10	O16: Z. Yu, D. Chen, B. Tøtdal and A. Holmen, Norway. Effect of catalyst preparation on the carbon nanotube growth rate
11:10 – 12:10	Lunch break and poster session
Session F Session chairs: Dr. Magali Boutonnet and Prof. Dmitry Murzin
12:10 – 13:00	Plenary lecture 4 Professor Daniel Duprez, University of Poitiers, France Green fuels – New ways for hydrogen production
13:00 – 13:20	O17: M. Nokkosmäki, M. Niemelä and M. Reinikainen,  Finland. Activation of carbon dioxide on iron catalysts
13:20 – 13:40	Coffee break
13:40 – 14:00	O18: A. Riisager, R. Fehrmann, R. van Hal and P. Wasserscheid, Denmark. Supported ionic liquid-phase (SILP) organometallic catalysis
14:00 – 14:20	O19: G.V. Isaguliants, I.P. Belomestnykh, G. Vorbeck, J. Nerlov, J. Perregaard and P.E. Hojlund Nielsen, Russia. Improvement of Scheelite-Type Bi-V-Mo-O catalysts in propane selective oxidation. Effect of modifiers and supports on the selectivity to acrolein.
14:20 – 14:40	O20: A. Civera, G. Negro, S. Specchia, G. Saracco and V. Specchia, Italy. Optimal compositional and structural design of a LaMnO3/ZrO2/Pd-based catalyst for methane combustion
14:40 – 15:00	O21: S. Lambert, F. Ferauche, A. Brasseur, J.-P. Pirard and B. Heinrichs, Belgium. Pd-Ag/SiO2 and Pd-Cu/SiO2 cogelled xerogel catalysts for selective hydrodechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane into ethylene
15:00 – 15:15	Closing remarks Symposium closing by Prof. Riitta Keiski, Chairperson of the Finnish Catalysis Society Greetings from the EFCATS by Prof. Outi Krause Invitation to the 12th Nordic Symposium in 2006 to Norway, by Prof. Anders Holmen

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Symposium Organiser

                

The Finnish Catalysis Society

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	Scientific Committee	Organising Committee (University of Oulu)
	Prof. Riitta Keiski, University of Oulu	Chairman: Prof. Riitta Keiski
	R&D Manager Matti Härkönen, Kemira Metalkat Oy
	Prof. Outi Krause, Helsinki University of Technology	Senior researchers: Dr. Ulla Lassi
	Dr. Marina Lindblad, Fortum	Dr. Esa Muurinen, Dr. Eva Pongrácz
	Prof. Dmitry Murzin, Åbo Akademi University	Dr. Katariina Rahkamaa-Tolonen
	Dr. Marita Niemelä, VTT
	Prof. Jouni Pursiainen, University of Oulu	Researchers: Mika Huuhtanen,
	Prof. Tapio Rantala, Tampere University of Technology	Tanja Kolli,   Virpi Kröger,
	Prof. Tapio Salmi, Åbo Akademi University	Satu Ojala, Riitta Raudaskoski,
		Esa Turpeinen, Reeta Ylönen

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Symposium Secretariat

11^th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis
University of Oulu
Department of Process and Environmental Engineering
Mass and Heat Transfer Process Laboratory
P.O. Box 4300
FIN-90014 University of Oulu
FINLAND

fax: +358 8 553 2369
e-mail: nordic2004@oulu.fi

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Last updated 10.12.2004 by eva.pongracz(at)oulu.fi