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Robert J. Farrauto

Robert J. Farrauto

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
20590
World Ranking
7174
National Ranking
2134

Overview

Robert J. Farrauto is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and chemical engineering, with specific subfields that include mechanical engineering, catalysis, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and process chemistry and technology.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics such as carbon dioxide capture technologies, catalysts for methane reforming, chemical looping and thermochemical processes, catalytic processes in materials science, membrane separation and gas transport, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, and ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Robert J. Farrauto include Monica Abdallah, Chae Jeong-Potter, Soosan Kim, Xiao Lin, and Yuanchunyu Lin.

Publications from Farrauto have appeared most often in certain venues, including:

  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Applied Catalysis A General
  • Applied Surface Science

Representative recent papers illustrate their research focus:

  • Feasibility Study of Combining Direct Air Capture of CO2 and Methanation at Isothermal Conditions with Dual Function Materials, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Mechanistic assessment of dual function materials, composed of Ru-Ni, Na2O/Al2O3 and Pt-Ni, Na2O/Al2O3, for CO2 capture and methanation by in-situ DRIFTS, 2020, Applied Surface Science
  • Ru-Ba synergistic effect in dual functioning materials for cyclic CO2 capture and methanation, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Dual function materials (Ru+Na2O/Al2O3) for direct air capture of CO2 and in situ catalytic methanation: The impact of realistic ambient conditions, 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Aging study of low Ru loading dual function materials (DFM) for combined power plant effluent CO2 capture and methanation, 2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals of Industrial Catalytic Processes

    Robert J. Farrauto

  • Catalytic Air Pollution Control: Commercial Technology

    Ronald M. Heck;Robert J. Farrauto

  • Automobile exhaust catalysts

    Ronald M. Heck;Robert J. Farrauto

  • Catalytic chemistry of supported palladium for combustion of methane

    R.J. Farrauto;M.C. Hobson;T. Kennelly;E.M. Waterman

  • The application of monoliths for gas phase catalytic reactions

    Ronald M. Heck;Suresh Gulati;Robert J. Farrauto

  • Catalytic converters: state of the art and perspectives

    Robert J. Farrauto;Ronald M. Heck

  • Palladium catalyst performance for methane emissions abatement from lean burn natural gas vehicles

    J Lampert;M Kazi;R Farrauto

  • Selective catalytic oxidation of CO in H2: fuel cell applications

    Olga Korotkikh;Robert Farrauto

  • Selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide by hydrocarbons

    Michael D. Amiridis;Tiejun Zhang;Robert J. Farrauto

  • Thermal decomposition and reformation of PdO catalysts; support effects

    Robert J. Farrauto;Jordan K. Lampert;Melvin C. Hobson;Earl M. Waterman

  • New material needs for hydrocarbon fuel processing: Generating hydrogen for the PEM fuel cell

    R. Farrauto;S. Hwang;L. Shore;W. Ruettinger

  • Fundamentals of Industrial Catalytic Processes: Bartholomew/Fundamentals

    Calvin H. Bartholomew;Robert J. Farrauto

  • Dual function materials for CO2 capture and conversion using renewable H2

    Melis S. Duyar;Martha A. Arellano Treviño;Robert J. Farrauto

  • Determination of kinetic parameters for the water–gas shift reaction on copper catalysts under realistic conditions for fuel cell applications

    N.A. Koryabkina;A.A. Phatak;W.F. Ruettinger;R.J. Farrauto

  • Selective catalytic oxidation of CO in H2: structural study of Fe oxide-promoted Pt/alumina catalyst

    Xinsheng Liu;Olga Korotkikh;Robert Farrauto

  • Environmental catalysis into the 21st century

    R.J. Farrauto;R.M. Heck

  • CO₂ utilization with a novel dual function material (DFM) for capture and catalytic conversion to synthetic natural gas: An update

    Melis S. Duyar;Shuoxun Wang;Martha A. Arellano-Treviño;Robert J. Farrauto

  • A new generation of water gas shift catalysts for fuel cell applications

    Wolfgang Ruettinger;Oleg Ilinich;Robert J. Farrauto

  • Catalytic Air Pollution Control: Heck/Catalytic

    Ronald M. Heck;Robert J. Farrauto;Suresh T. Gulati

  • Monolithic diesel oxidation catalysts

    Robert J. Farrauto;Kenneth E. Voss

  • Low-Temperature H2S Removal from Steam-Containing Gas Mixtures with ZnO for Fuel Cell Application. 1. ZnO Particles and Extrudates

    Ivan I. Novochinskii;Chunshan Song;Xiaoliang Ma;Xinsheng Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Calvin H. Bartholomew
Calvin H. Bartholomew Brigham Young University
Marco J. Castaldi
Marco J. Castaldi City College of New York
Katayun Barmak
Katayun Barmak Columbia University
Xiaoliang Ma
Xiaoliang Ma Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
Chunshan Song
Chunshan Song Chinese University of Hong Kong
Fabio B. Noronha
Fabio B. Noronha Military Institute of Engineering
Lisiane V. Mattos
Lisiane V. Mattos Fluminense Federal University
Michael North
Michael North University of York
Michael D. Amiridis
Michael D. Amiridis University of Illinois at Chicago
Alessandro Trovarelli
Alessandro Trovarelli University of Udine

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