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Gas hydrate dissociation linked to contemporary ocean warming in the southern hemisphere by Ketzer, Marcelo, Praeg, Daniel, Rodrigues, Luiz F., Augustin, Adolpho, Pivel, Maria A. G., Rahmati-Abkenar, Mahboubeh, Miller, Dennis J., Viana, Adriano R., Cupertino, José A.

“…Ocean warming related to climate change has been proposed to cause the dissociation of gas hydrate deposits and methane leakage on the seafloor. This process…”
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Aqueous electrocatalytic hydrogenation of furfural using a sacrificial anode by Li, Zhenglong, Kelkar, Shantanu, Lam, Chun Ho, Luczek, Kathryn, Jackson, James E., Miller, Dennis J., Saffron, Christopher M.

“…Electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) of furfural to furfuryl alcohol and 2-methylfuran was studied. Experiments were run in an undivided cell in aqueous…”
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A novel process for recovery of fermentation-derived succinic acid: Process design and economic analysis by Orjuela, Alvaro, Orjuela, Andrea, Lira, Carl T., Miller, Dennis J.

“…•Design of a novel succinic acid recovery process is described.•Process gives pure diethyl succinate via reactive distillation as primary product.•Raw material…”
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Butyric acid esterification kinetics over Amberlyst solid acid catalysts: The effect of alcohol carbon chain length by Pappu, Venkata K.S., Kanyi, Victor, Santhanakrishnan, Arati, Lira, Carl T., Miller, Dennis J.

“…► Rates of butyric acid esterification are characterized for linear alcohols. ► Alcohol steric effect, polarity, and hydroxyl concentration affect…”
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Natural gas hydrates in the Rio Grande Cone (Brazil): A new province in the western South Atlantic by Miller, Dennis J., Ketzer, João Marcelo, Viana, Adriano R., Kowsmann, Renato O., Freire, Antonio Fernando M., Oreiro, Sergio G., Augustin, Adolpho H., Lourega, Rogerio V., Rodrigues, Luiz F., Heemann, Roberto, Preissler, Adriane G., Machado, Claudia X., Sbrissa, Gesiane F.

“…The Rio Grande Cone is a large-scale fanlike feature in the continental slope of the Pelotas Basin, Southern Brazil, where ubiquitous world-class bottom…”
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Effect of biogenic fermentation impurities on lactic acid hydrogenation to propylene glycol by Zhang, Zhigang, Jackson, James E., Miller, Dennis J.

“…The effect of residual impurities from glucose fermentation to lactic acid (LA) on subsequent ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogenation of LA to propylene glycol (PG)…”
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Continuous condensed-phase ethanol conversion to higher alcohols: Experimental results and techno-economic analysis by Nezam, Iman, Peereboom, Lars, Miller, Dennis J.

“…The conversion of ethanol to n-butanol and higher alcohols is carried out in a continuous fixed bed reactor over a Ni/La2O3/γ-Al2O3 catalyst at 210–250 °C and…”
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Condensed-Phase Ethanol Conversion to Higher Alcohols over Bimetallic Catalysts by Nezam, Iman, Zak, Jason, Miller, Dennis J

“…The catalytic condensation of ethanol to n-butanol and higher alcohols, known collectively as Guerbet reactions, has attracted attention in recent years as…”
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Characterizing Lactic Acid Hydrogenolysis Rates in Laboratory Trickle Bed Reactors by Xi, Yaoyan, Jackson, James E, Miller, Dennis J

“…Representative reaction kinetics are difficult to obtain in multiphase laboratory trickle bed reactors, particularly when the gaseous reactant is…”
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A survey of catalysts for aromatics from fast pyrolysis of biomass by Kelkar, Shantanu, Saffron, Christopher M., Andreassi, Kevin, Li, Zhenglong, Murkute, Ambareesh, Miller, Dennis J., Pinnavaia, Thomas J., Kriegel, Robert M.

“…[Display omitted] •Aromatics from renewable feedstock using pyrolysis and catalysis.•Synthesis of mesoporous form of sulfated zirconia.•Comparison of sulfated…”
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A Kinetic Model for the Esterification of Lactic Acid and Its Oligomers by Asthana, Navinchandra S, Kolah, Aspi K, Vu, Dung T, Lira, Carl T, Miller, Dennis J

“…The kinetics of esterifying lactic acid and its oligomers with ethanol over Amberlyst 15 cation-exchange resin have been determined via batch reaction studies…”
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Condensed-Phase Ethanol Conversion to Higher Alcohols by Jordison, Tyler L, Lira, Carl T, Miller, Dennis J

“…Higher alcohols (C4+) can be formed from ethanol via condensation pathways collectively known as Guerbet reactions. Most prior Guerbet reaction studies involve…”
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Catalytic epoxidation of propylene glycol and its acetates by Santhanakrishnan, Arati, Peereboom, Lars, Miller, Dennis J.

“…[Display omitted] •The active form of potassium salt catalysts for epoxidation of propylene glycol acetates to propylene oxide is described.•K2CO3 is the…”
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Impact of Water on Condensed Phase Ethanol Guerbet Reactions by Jordison, Tyler L, Peereboom, Lars, Miller, Dennis J

“…The effect of water on higher alcohol and noncondensable gas formation in condensed-phase ethanol Guerbet chemistry over Ni/La2O3/γ-Al2O3 catalysts is…”
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Catalytic Upgrading of Fermentation-Derived Organic Acids by Varadarajan, Sriram, Miller, Dennis J.

“…The production of organic acids in low‐cost, high‐efficiency fermentation processes makes available a new route to chemical production from biomass. Because of…”
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Enhanced Acrylate Production from 2‑Acetoxypropanoic Acid Esters by Nezam, Iman, Peereboom, Lars, Miller, Dennis J

“…Reaction conditions and reactor geometry for producing acrylates in high yield from lactic acid-derived 2-acetoxypropanoic acid (APA) esters are presented. An…”
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Propylene glycol and ethylene glycol recovery from aqueous solution via reactive distillation by Dhale, Atul D., Myrant, Laurie K., Chopade, Shubham P., Jackson, James E., Miller, Dennis J.

“…Propylene glycol (PG) and ethylene glycol (EG) are recovered from aqueous solution via reaction with acetaldehyde to form acetals in a reactive distillation…”
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Efficient ethanol production from brown macroalgae sugars by a synthetic yeast platform by Enquist-Newman, Maria, Faust, Ann Marie E., Bravo, Daniel D., Santos, Christine Nicole S., Raisner, Ryan M., Hanel, Arthur, Sarvabhowman, Preethi, Le, Chi, Regitsky, Drew D., Cooper, Susan R., Peereboom, Lars, Clark, Alana, Martinez, Yessica, Goldsmith, Joshua, Cho, Min Y., Donohoue, Paul D., Luo, Lily, Lamberson, Brigit, Tamrakar, Pramila, Kim, Edward J., Villari, Jeffrey L., Gill, Avinash, Tripathi, Shital A., Karamchedu, Padma, Paredes, Carlos J., Rajgarhia, Vineet, Kotlar, Hans Kristian, Bailey, Richard B., Miller, Dennis J., Ohler, Nicholas L., Swimmer, Candace, Yoshikuni, Yasuo

“…Saccharomyces cerevisiae bearing engineered alginate and mannitol catabolic pathways can ferment sugars from brown macroalgae to produce ethanol, potentially…”
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Stereoretentive C−H Bond Activation in the Aqueous Phase Catalytic Hydrogenation of Amino Acids to Amino Alcohols by Jere, Frank T, Miller, Dennis J, Jackson, James E

“…At 100 °C and 1000 psi of hydrogen, aqueous l-alanine undergoes facile hydrogenation to l-alaninol over a 5% Ru/C catalyst. In the presence of added acid to…”
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Supported mesoporous solid base catalysts for condensation of carboxylic acids by Murkute, Ambareesh D., Jackson, James E., Miller, Dennis J.

“…New mesoporous solid base catalysts, abbreviated as CM-HMS and CM-MCM-41, were synthesized by incorporating active base centers of MnO x /CeO 2 into two…”
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