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program "Catalysis by HPA and Related Systems) at the Delft University of
Technnology, the Netherlands.
KRIVORUCHKO Oleg Petrovich, doctor of chemical sciences (1990)
Head of the Laboratory for Catalysts Preparation.
Oleg P. Krivoruchko develops theoretical principles of heterogeneous oxide catalysts
preparation and related technologies. He has also developed nontraditional methods
for preparing supports and catalysts via thermochemical, mechanochemical and
electron-beam activation of solids under coniditions far from equilibrium. He has
discovered and studied experimentally the phenomenon of unusual liquid metalcarbon
particles formation during the solid -phase interaction between Fe, Co, Ni
and amorphous carbon at the temperatures by 500-900oC lower than the melting
point of metals and their carbon eutectics. These particles constitute carbon
solutions that exhibit an abnormally low saturation towards carbon (to 50 at.%) and
extremely high flowing into the carbon support. When moving, these metal-carbon
particles catalyze the transformation of amorphous carbon to graphite.
KRYUKOVA Galina Nikolaevna, candidate of chemical sciences (1989)
senior researcher of the Laboratory of Structural Methods
Head of the Electron Microscopy Group.
Kryukova Galina Nikolaevna. Candidate of Chemical Sciences (1989), Senior researcher
of the Laboratory of Structural Methods, Head of the Electron Microscopy Group
KUNDO Nikolai Nikolaevich, doctor of chemical sciences (1991)
Head of the Laboratory of Catalytic Processes of Desulfurization.
Nikolay N. Kundo successfully develops catalytic processes in the gas phase and solutions
for detoxicating wastes containing sulfur compounds, searches for catalysts
resistant to sulfur compounds, and studies catalytic reaction mechanisms. He has
developed the processes for the liquid phase catalytic purification of gases from
hydrogen sulfide, yielding elementary sulfur. He pioneered the use of catalysts
based on cobalt phthalocyanines for this purpose. Test experiments provided a 95%
yield of sulfur and practically complete gas purification from hydrogen sulfide.
Heterogeneous catalysts on the basis of cobalt phthalocyanine allow to detoxicate
wastes from hydrogen sulfide and mercaptanes. Studies of H2S+SO2 reaction in
aqueous solutions produced efficient catalysts for sulfur generation. The process of
sulfur removal from the effluent gases containing sulfur dioxide was designed
using the data obtained.
KUVSHINOV Gennadiy Georgievich, doctor of technical sciences (1992)
Head of the Group of Catalytic Processes in Dynamic Beds
The field of his research activities unites the engineering of chemical, mechanical and
thermal processes. Gennadiy G. Kuvshinov results come from the mathematical
simulation and design of chemical reactors, hydrodynamics and heat- and mass
transfer in dynamic dispersed systems (fluidized-, circulating-, moving, vibrant
beds), as well as from catalysis application to ecology, power engineering and
processing of new carbon materials.
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