DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY

E-Mail

chemtech@chula.ac.th

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prasert Reubroycharoen

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prasert Reubroycharoen

รองศาสตราจารย์ ดร. ประเสริฐ เรียบร้อยเจริญ

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prasert Reubroycharoen

B.Eng. (Chem.Eng.), Srinakharinwirote University, Thailand

M.Eng. (Chem.Eng.), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Ph.D. (Chem.Eng.) Toyama Univ, Japan
E-mail : prasert.r@chula.ac.th
Tel : (662) 218 7458

Research Interests

Gas-To-Liquid technology, Fischer-Trospch synthesis, Methanol synthesis, DME synthesis, Reforming

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

The highly active Co/SiO2 catalysts for FT synthesis were successively prepared by microwave irradiation. The main two advantages were the rapid preparation and the uniform distribution of Co particles which resulted in the high catalytic activity on FT synthesis as ashown in Figure

Methanol synthesis

Methanol is being produced by 30-40 million ton per year from CO/CO2/H2. It is commercially produced by ICI process at high temperature and pressure (523-573 K, 50-100 bar), using Cu/ZnO. However, at high temperature, the exothermic reactions thermodynamically limit theoretic CO conversion to about 10% at 573 K and 50 bar. Therefore, developing a low-temperature process will greatly reduce the production cost. A new low-temperature methanol synthesis from CO/H2 containing CO2 was proposed via reactions (1) – (3) where ROH acts as a catalytic solvent. This new process showed the high activity and selectivity of MeOH synthesis (CO conversion of 50% and MeOH selectivity of 98%) as shown in Figure.


Publications

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Prasert Reubroycharoen*, Yong Liu, Guohui Yang, Noritatsu Tsubaki , “Highly Active Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Co/SiO2 Catalysts Prepared from Microwave Irradiation”, Catalysis Communications, 8(3),375-378, (2007).

Prasert Reubroycharoen and Noritatsu Tsubaki, “Methanol Synthesis in Inert or Catalytic Supercritical Fluid”, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 163, 367-378, (2007).

Prasert, R., Yoneyama, Y., Tharapong, V., Tsubaki, N., Development of A New Low-Temperature Methanol Synthesis Process, Catalysis Today, 89, 447-454, (2004).

Prasert, R., Yamagami, T., Yoneyama, Y., Ito, M., Tharapong, V., Tsubaki, N., A New Low-Temperature Methanol Synthesis Process from Low-Grade Syngas, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 147, 409-414, (2004).

Prasert, R., Yamagami, T., Tharapong, V., Yoneyama, Y., Ito, M., Tsubaki, N. , Continuous Low-Temperature Methanol Synthesis from Syngas using Alcohol Promoters, Energy and Fuels, 17, 817-821, (2003).

Prasert, R., Yoneyama, Y., Tharapong, V., Tsubaki, N., Catalytically-Active Supercritical Fluid to Accelerate Methanol Synthesis, Fuel, 82, 2255-2257, (2003).

Prasert, R., Tharapong, V., Asami, K., Yoneyama, Y. Tsubaki, N., Accelerated Methanol Synthesis in Catalytically Active Supercritical Fluid, Catalysis Communications, 4, 461-464, (2003).