Prof. Ahmet Erhan AKSOYLU
 

 

CONTACT DETAILS

Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Bebek 34342, Istanbul-TURKEY

Phone:

+90-212-359 73 36

Fax:

+90-212-287 24 60

e-mail:

aksoylu@boun.edu.tr

EDUCATION

1992-1997 – Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

1990-1992 – M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

1985-1990 – B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Heterogeneous Catalysis

Catalytic Hydrogen Production

Theoretical Surface Science

Chemical Reaction Engineering and Kinetics

Sustainable Energy Production

WORK EXPERIENCE

October 2009-present: Boğaziçi University Senate Member, Boğaziçi University

July 2009-present: Director, Fuel and Energy Technologies M.S. Program, Boğaziçi University

September 2001-November 2004; September 2008-present: Director, Advanced Technologies R&D Center, Boğaziçi University

October 2006-October 2008: Head of Department, Department of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

July 2006-present: Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

December 2001-July 2006: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

February 2000-December 2001: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

September 1999-February 2000: Post Doctoral researcher, Texas A&M University, Department of Chemistry, College Station, TX, USA (in Prof. D. Wayne Goodman’s group)

March 1998-September 1999: Post Doctoral researcher, University of Porto, Department of Chemical Engineering, Porto, Portugal (in Prof. Jose L. Figueiredo’s group) 

October 1997-February 1998: Part time faculty, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey 

October 1997-March 1998: Specialist Researcher, Turkish National Science and Research Council, TUBITAK (Turkish NSF), Marmara Research Center, Gebze, Turkey 

Spring 1995: Joint research with Prof. David L. Trimm (visiting Prof. at Boğaziçi University) 

September 1990-September 1997: Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

AWARDS

Incentive Award, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey-TUBITAK (2008)

Distinguished Young Scientist Award, Turkish Academy of Sciences (2005)

Young Researcher Award, Boğaziçi University (2005)

NATO Postdoctoral Scholarship (1998)

Boğaziçi University Research Fund Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (1997)

COURSES

ChE 211    Chemical Engineering Calculations

ChE 342    Chemical Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Design

ChE 440    Heterogeneous Catalysis

ChE 492    Project

ChE 579    Graduate Seminar 

ChE 581    Catalysis for Sustainable Development 

ChE 584    Applicability Analysis of Sustainable Technologies for Turkey 

ChE 592    Characterization Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis 

ChE 691    Special Studies in Advanced Chemical Engineering: Advanced Heterogeneous Catalysis

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Turkish Catalysis Society

American Chemical Society

PUBLICATIONS

Papers in International Journals (Times Cited (WoS): 1224; h-factor (WoS): 20)

 

1.  Başar, M. S., Bedir, H., Aksoylu, A. E., “Steady state performance analysis of OSR and serial OSR-WGS reactors”, Fuel Processing Technology 152 (2016) 240-249.

2.  Paksoy, A. I., Cağlayan, B. S., Aksoylu, A. E., “A Study on Characterization and Methane Dry Reforming Performance of Co-Ce/ZrO2 Catalyst”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 168 (2015) 164-174.

3.  Gökaliler, F., Onsan. Z.İ., Aksoylu, A.E., “Power-law type rate expression for WGS reaction over Au–Re/CeO2 catalyst under realistic fuel processor conditions”, Catalysis Communications, 39 (2013) 70-73.

4.  Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A.E., “CO2 adsorption on chemically modified activated carbon”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 252-253 (2013) 19-28.

5.  Özkara-Aydınoğlu, Ş., Aksoylu, A.E., “A comparative study on the kinetics of carbon dioxide reforming of methane over Pt–Ni/Al2O3 catalyst: Effect of Pt/Ni Ratio”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 215-216 (2013) 542-549.

6.  Sümer, A., Aksoylu, A.E., “Effect of Pt incorporation on the energetics and oxygen chemisorption properties of Ni(111) surface”, CHEMCATCHEM, 4 (2012) 2005-2012.

7.  Gökaliler, F., Onsan. Z.İ., Aksoylu, A.E., “Power-law type rate equation for propane ATR over Pt-Ni/Al2O3 catalyst”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37 (2012) 10425-10429.

8.  Selen Caglayan, B., Soykal, İ.I., Aksoylu, A.E., “Preferential oxidation of CO over Pt–Sn/AC catalyst: Adsorption, performance and DRIFTS studies”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 106 (2011) 540-549.

9.  Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A.E., “Water-gas shift activity of ceria supported Au-Re catalysts”, Catalysis Communications, 12 (2011) 1206-1211.

10.  Özkara-Aydınoğlu, Ş., Aksoylu, A.E., "CO2 reforming of methane over Pt-Ni/Al2O3 catalysts: Effects of catalyst composition, and water and oxygen addition to the feed", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36 (2011) 2950-2959.

11.  Özkara-Aydınoğlu, Ş., Aksoylu, A.E., "Carbon dioxide reforming of methane over Co-X/ZrO2 catalysts (X=La, Ce, Mn, Mg, K)", Catalysis Communications 11 (2010) 1165-1170.

12.  Özkara-Aydınoğlu, Ş., Özensoy, E., Aksoylu, A.E., "The effect of impregnation strategy on methane dry reforming activity of Ce promoted Pt/ZrO2", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34 (2009) 9711-9722.

13.  Gülyüz, B., Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z. İ., "Kinetics of CO Oxidation over Pt-CeOx Supported on Air-oxidized Activated Carbon", Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 33 (2009) 589-598.

14.  Sümer, A., Aksoylu, A.E., "Adsorption Induced Surface Electronic Reconstruction of Pt and Pt-Sn Alloys during CO Adsorption", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113 (2009) 14329-14334.

15.  Davran-Candan, T., Aksoylu, A.E., Yıldırım, R., “Reaction Pathway Analysis for CO Oxidation over Anionic Gold Hexamers using DFT”, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 306 (2009) 118-122.

16.  Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A.E., “Water-Gas Shift Reaction Over Bimetallic Pt-Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts”, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 33(2009)249-256.

17.  Karakaya, M., Avcı, A.K., Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z.İ., “Steady State and Dynamic Modeling of Indirect Partial Oxidation of Methane in a Wall-coated Microchannel”, Catalysis Today, 139 (2009) 312-321.

18.  Soyal-Baltacıoğlu, F., Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z.İ., “Steam Reforming of Ethanol over Pt-Ni Catalysts”, Catalysis Today, 138 (2008) 183-186.

19.  Gökaliler, F., Göçmen, B.A., Aksoylu, A.E., “The Effect of Ni:Pt Ratio on Autothermal Reforming Performance of Pt-Ni/Al2O3 Catalyst”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33 (2008) 4358-4366.

20.  Sümer, A., Aksoylu, A.E., “CO and O coadsorption on Pt3Sn studied by DFT: Changes in the adsorptive properties of the surface with alloying and coverage”, Surface Science, 602 (2008) 1636-1642.

21.  Gökaliler, F., Selen Çağlayan, B., Önsan, Z.İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Hydrogen production by autothermal reforming of LPG for PEM fuel cell applications”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(4) (2008) 1383-1391.

22.  Örücü, E., Gökaliler, F., Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Ethanol steam reforming for hydrogen production over bimetallic Pt-Ni/Al2O3”, Catalysis Letters, 120 (2008) 198-203.

23.  Soyal-Baltacıoğlu, F., Gülyüz, B., Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Low-temperature CO oxidation kinetics over activated carbon supported Pt-SnOx catalysts”, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 31 (2007) 455-464.

24.  Şimşek, E., Özkara, Ş., Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z.İ., “Preferential CO Oxidation over Activated Carbon Supported Catalysts in H2-Rich Gas Streams Containing CO2 and H2O”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 316 (2007) 169-174.

25.  Gülmen, M. A., Sümer, A., Aksoylu, A. E., “Adsorption Properties of CO on Low-Index Pt3Sn Surfaces”, Surface Science, 600 (2006) 4909-4921.

26.  Sümer, A., Gülmen, M. A., Aksoylu, A. E., “A Theoretical Investigation on Pt3Sn (102) Surface Alloy and CO-Pt3Sn(102) System”, Surface Science, 600 (2006) 2026-2039.

27.  Çağlayan, B. S., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Production of Hydrogen over Bimetallic Pt-Ni/δAl2O3: II. Indirect Partial Oxidation of LPG”, Catalysis Letters, 102 (2005) 63-67.

28.  Özkara, S., Akın, A. N., Mısırlı, Z., Aksoylu, A. E., “The Effect of Metal Loading on Structural Characteristics and Low Temperature CO Oxidation Activity of Coprecipitated Co/Al2O3”, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 29 (2005) 219-224.

29.  Çağlayan, B. S., Avcı, A. K., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Production of Hydrogen over Bimetallic Pt-Ni/δAl2O3: I. Indirect Partial Oxidation of Propane”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 280 (2) (2005) 181-188.

30.  Avcı, A.K., Trimm, D. L., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Hydrogen production by steam reforming of n-butane over supported Ni and Pt-Ni catalysts”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 258 (2004) 235-240.

31.  Özkara, S., Aksoylu, A. E., “Selective Low Temperature Carbon Monoxide Oxidation in H2-rich Streams over Activated Carbon Supported Catalysts” Applied Catalysis A: General, 251 (2003) 75-83.

32.  Avcı, A. K., Trimm, D. L., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ, “Ignition Characteristics of Pt, Ni and Pt-Ni catalysts used for autothermal fuel processing”, Catalysis Letters, 88 (1-2) (2003) 17-22.

33.  Aksoylu, A.E., Faria, J.L., Pereira, M. F., Figueiredo, J.L., Serp, Ph., Hierso, J.-C., Feurer, R., Kihn, Y., Kalck, Ph., “Highly Dispersed Activated Carbon Supported Platinum Catalysts Prepared by OMCVD: A Comparison with Wet Impregnated Catalysts ”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 243 (2003) 357-365.

34.  Choudhary, T.V., Aksoylu, A. E., Goodman, D. W., “Non-Oxidative Activation of Methane”, Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering, 45 (2003) 151-203.

35.  Akın, A. N., Ataman, M., Aksoylu. A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “CO2 Fixation by Hydrogenation over Coprecipitated Co/Al2O3”, Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, 76(2) (2002) 265-270.

36.  Aksoylu, A. E., Freitas, M. M. A, Pereira, M. F. R., Figueiredo, J. L., “The Effects of Different Activated Carbon Supports and Support Modifications on Catalytic Properties of Pt/AC Catalysts”, Carbon, 39(2) (2001) 175-185.

37.  Aksoylu, A. E., Freitas, M. M. A, Figueiredo, J. L., “Bimetallic Pt-Sn Catalysts Supported on Activated Carbon: I. The Effects of Support Modification and Impregnation Strategy”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 192 (2000) 29-42.

38.  Karaselçuk, R., İşli, A. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “ CO Hydrogenation on Nickel-Vanadium Catalysts”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 192 (2000) 263-271.

39.  Bülbül, T., İşli, A. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Investigation of Alternative Support Materials for Monometallic and Bimetallic Catalysts of CO Hydrogenation”, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 130 (2000) 3723-3728.

40.  Serp, Ph., Hierso, J-C., Feurer, R., Corratge, R., Kihn, Y., Kalck, Ph., Aksoylu, A. E., Faria, J. L, Pacheco, A. M. T., Figueiredo, J. L., “Characterization and Reactivity of Activated Carbon Supported Platinum Catalysts Prepared by Fluidised Bed Organometallic Chemical Vapour Deposition (FBOMCVD)”, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 130 (2000) 1001-1006.

41.  Aksoylu, A. E., Freitas, M. M. A, Figueiredo, J. L., “Bimetallic Pt-Sn Catalysts Supported on Activated Carbon: II. CO Oxidation”, Catalysis Today, 62 (2000) 337-346.

42.  Serp, Ph., Hierso, J-C., Feurer, R., Kihn, Y., Kalck, Ph., Faria, J. L., Aksoylu, A. E., Pacheco, A. M. T., Figueiredo, J. L. “Single-Step Preparation of Activated Carbon Supported Platinum Catalysts by Fluidized Bed Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (FBMOCVD)”, Carbon 37(3) (1999) 527-530.

43.  Akın, A.N., Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z.İ., “Adsorption and Reaction Studies on Cobalt/Alumina Catalysts Prepared by Changing pH Coprecipitation”, Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, 66(2) (1999) 393-399.

44.  Aksoylu, A. E., İşli, A. İ., Önsan, Z.İ.,” Interaction between Nickel and Molybdenum in Ni-Mo/Al2O3 catalysts: III. Effect of Impregnation Strategy”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 183(2) (1999) 357-364.

45.  Aksoylu, A.E., Mısırlı, Z., Önsan, Z.İ., “Interaction between Nickel and Molybdenum in Bimetallic Ni-Mo/Al2O3 Catalysts: I. CO2 Methanation and SEM-TEM Studies“, Applied Catalysis A: General 168(2) (1998) 385-397.

46.  Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z.İ., “Interaction between Nickel and Molybdenum in Bimetallic Ni-Mo/Al2O3 Catalysts: II. CO Hydrogenation“, Applied Catalysis A: General 168(2) (1998) 399-407.

47.  Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z.İ., “Kinetics of CO hydrogenation over Ni-Mo/Al2O3 Catalysts with and without K Promoter“, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 37 (1998) 2397-2403.

48.  İşli, A. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “ The effect of Lanthanum and Barium Additives on the Thermal Stabilization of γ-Alumina“, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 22 (1998) 253-260.

49.  Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z.İ., “Hydrogenation of Carbon Oxides using Coprecipitated and Impregnated Nickel/Al2O3 Catalysts“, Applied Catalysis A: General 164 (1997) 1-11.

50.  Aksoylu, A.E., Akın, A.N., Önsan, Z.İ., Trimm, D.L., "Structure/Activity Relationships in Coprecipitated Nickel/Alumina Catalysts using CO2 Adsorption and Methanation”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 145 (1996) 185-193.

51.  Aksoylu, A.E., Akın, A.N., Sunol, S.G., Önsan, Z.İ., "The Effect of Metal Loading on the Adsorption Parameters of Carbon Dioxide on Coprecipitated Nickel-Alumina Catalysts", Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 20 (1996) 88-94.

 

Published Proceedings

 

1. Akin, A. N., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Role of Catalysis in Development of Cleaner Processes: Fixation of Carbon Oxides via Hydrogenation” in Proceedings of the Workshop on Catalytic Processes for Clean Chemistry and Water and Air Depollution by UNIDO in Tunisia, (eds: A. Ghorbel and S. Miertus), 105-110, 2000.

 

Papers in International Meetings

 

1. Basar, M. S., Aksoylu, A. E., “Transient and Steady State Performance Tests on a Lab Scale Fuel Processor Prototype”, 11th European Congress on Catalysis – EuropaCat-XI, 1-6 September 2013, Lyon, France.

2. Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A. E., “WGS over Au-Re/Ceria catalyst: performance tests with real feed and DRIFTS studies”, 11th European Congress on Catalysis – EuropaCat-XI, 1-6 September 2013, Lyon, France.

3. Paksoy, A. I., Aksoylu, A. E., “Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane (CDRM) Performance of Co-Ce/ZrO2 Catalyst”, 11th European Congress on Catalysis – EuropaCat-XI, 1-6 September 2013, Lyon, France.

4. Çimenoğlu, V., Aksoylu, A. E., “A theoretical study on carbon dioxide reforming of methane over cobalt metal”, 15th International Congress on Catalysis, 1-6 July 2012, Munich, Germany.

5. Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A. E., “CO2 Adsorption on Chemically Modified Activated Carbon Samples”, EuropaCat X, 28 August-2 September 2011, Glasgow, Scotland.

6. Selen Çağlayan, B., Soykal, İ. I., Aksoylu, A. E., “Preferential Oxidation of CO over Pt-Sn/AC Catalyst: Adsorption, Performance and DRIFTS Studies”, EuropaCat X, 28 August-2 September 2011, Glasgow, Scotland.

7. Gökaliler, F., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “The Oxidative Steam Reforming (OSR) performance of Pt-Ni/Al2O3 system with mixed propane-methane feed”, AICHE 2011 Spring Meeting, 13-17 March 2011, Chicago, IL, USA.

8. Aksoylu, A. E., “The Use of Theoretical Surface Science in Understanding The Activities of The Catalysts used in Hydrogen Production from Hydrocarbons”, Invited Speaker (Keynote Lecture) , 6th EFCATS Summer School, 13-19 September 2010, Izmir, Turkey.

9. Kırçın, R. M. Karakaya, M., Avcı, A. K., Aksoylu, A. E., Z. I. Önsan, Z. İ.,  Modeling of A Catalytic Plate Reactor Producing Hydrogen for Fuel Processor Systems”, CHEMREACTOR-19 – 19th International Conference on Chemical Reactors, 5-9 September 2010, Vienna, Austria.

10. Gökaliler, F., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Power Type Rate Law of Propane ATR over Pt-Ni/Al2O3 Catalyst”, ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting, 22-26 August 2010, Boston (MA)-USA.

11. Ercan, E., Sümer, A., Aksoylu, A. E., “Oxygen Adsorption on Pt/Ni Overlayers with Density Functional Theory”, EuropaCat 2009-Catalysis for a Sustainable World, 30.08.2009-04.09.2009, Salamanca-Spain. 

12. Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A. E., “Carbon dioxide adsorption on chemically modified activated carbon”, EuropaCat 2009-Catalysis for a Sustainable World, 30.08.2009-04.09.2009, Salamanca- Spain. 

13. Özkara-Aydınoğlu,Ş., Özensoy,E.,  Aksoylu, A. E.,  “Ce promoted Pt/ZrO2 Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane”, EuropaCat 2009-Catalysis for a Sustainable World, 30.08.2009-04.09.2009, Salamanca- Spain.

14. Sümer, A., Ercan, E., Aksoylu, A.E., “Oxidation  Properties of Pt-Ni surface Alloys” 2009 AICHE National Meeting, Nashville, TN - USA

15. Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A. E., “Water-Gas Shift Reaction Over Bimetallic Pt-Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts” AICHE 2008 Annual Meeting, 16-21 November 2008, Philadelphia-USA.

16. Gökaliler, F., Selen-Çağlayan, B., Göçmen, B. A., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Oxidative steam reforming performance of Pt-Ni catalysts”, Fuel Cells Science & Technology 2008: Scientific Advances in Fuel Cell Systems,  8-9 October 2008, Denmark.

17. Sümer, A., Aksoylu, A.E., “A Theoretical Study of CO and O Coadsorption on Pt-Sn Alloy”, 14th International Conference on Catalysis, 13-18 July 2008, Seul, Korea.

18. Sümer, A., Aksoylu, A.E., “Effects of Surface Concentration on The Rate of CO Oxidation Reaction: An Ab-initio All Electron Relativistic Calculation” 12th International Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Catalysis, June 2008, Varna, Bulgaria.

19. Göçmen, B. A., Gökaliler, F., Aksoylu, A. E., “The Effect of Ni:Pt ratio on Autothermal Reforming Performance of Pt-Ni/Al2O3 Catalyst”, AIChE 2007, 4-9 November 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah-USA.

20. Sümer, A., Aksoylu, A. E., “Ab initio All Electron Relativistic Calculations for CO-Pt3Sn(111) System for Preferential Oxidation of CO”,  AIChE 2007, 4-9 November 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah-USA.

21. Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A. E., “The Effect of Surface Chemical Properties of Activated Carbon on CO2 Adsorption”, EuropaCat-8, 26-31 August 2007, Turku-Finland.

22. Başaran, D., Aksoylu, A. E., “Carbon Dioxide Adsorption on Flat Pt3Sn Surfaces”, EuropaCat-8, 26-31 August 2007, Turku-Finland.

23. Göçmen, B. A., Gökaliler, F., Aksoylu, A. E., “The effect of Pt:Ni ratio on ATR activity of Pt-Ni/δ-Al2O3”, EuropaCat-8, 26-31 August 2007, Turku-Finland.

24. Özkara-Aydınoğlu, Ş., Aksoylu, A. E., “Dry Reforming of Methane on Ce promoted Pt/ZrO2 Catalysts”, EuropaCat-8, 26-31 August 2007, Turku-Finland.

25. Soyal Baltacıoğlu, F., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Steam Reforming of Ethanol over Pt-Ni/d-Al2O3 Catalysts”, EuropaCat-8, 26-31 August 2007, Turku-Finland.

26. Gülyüz, B., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Kinetics of Low Temperature CO Oxidation over Activated Carbon Supported Pt-ceria”, EuropaCat-8, 26-31 August 2007, Turku-Finland.

27. Davran Candan, T., Aksoylu, A. E., Yıldırım, R., “Quantum Mechanical Modeling of CO Oxidation over Anionic Gold Hexamers”, EuropaCat-8, 26-31 August 2007, Turku-Finland.

28. Sümer, A., Gülmen, M. A., Aksoylu, A. E., “ A Theoretical Investigation of CO Adsorption on Pt3Sn Alloy”, AICHE 2006 Annual Meeting, 12-17 November 2006, San Francisco, USA.

29. Gökaliler, F., Selen Çağlayan, B., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Auto Thermal Reforming of LPG on Bimetallic Pt-Ni”, AICHE 2006 Annual Meeting, 12-17 November 2006, San Francisco, ABD.

30. Gökaliler,F., Selen  Çağlayan, B., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E. “Fuel flexibility of bimetallic Pt-Ni system: Hydrogen production from LPG having different C3:C4 ratios”, The Fuel Cells Science & Technology 2006, 13-14 September 2006, Torino(Turin)-Italy.

31. Karakaya, M., Avcı, A. K., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Dynamic Simulation of an Indirect Partial Oxidation Reactor for Methane Conversion to Hydrogen”, The Fuel Cells Science & Technology 2006, 13-14 September 2006, Torino(Turin)-Italy.

32. Yıldız, M., Özkara, Ş., Aksoylu, A. E., Akın, A. N., “Activity and Selectivity of Coprecipitated Au Catalysts for CO Oxidation”, World Gold Counsil-Gold 2006: New Industrial Applications for Gold, 3-6 September 2006, Limerick, Ireland,.

33. Selen Çağlayan, B., Gökaliler, F., Örücü, E., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Hydrogen production from propane, LPG and ethanol over Bimetallic Catalysts”, 2nd European Hydrogen Energy Conference, 22-25 November 2005, Zaragoza-Spain.  

34. Çağlayan, B. S., Gökaliler, F., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E. “Hydrogen production from LPG via Indirect Partial Oxidation”, European Catalysis Congress-EUROPACAT-VII Catalysis: a key to a richer and cleaner society, 28 August-1 September 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria.

35. Örücü, E., Gökaliler, F., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ. “Hydrogen Production by Ethanol Steam Reforming over Bimetallic Catalysts”, European Catalysis Congress-EUROPACAT-VII. Catalysis: a key to a richer and cleaner society, 28 August-1 September 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria.

36. Çağlayan, B. S., Gökaliler, F., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E.  “Indirect Partial Oxidation over Bimetallic Pt-Ni Catalyst: Production of Hydrogen from LPG”, Hydrogen Energy Congress & Exhibition (IHEC-2005), 13-15 July 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.

37. Örücü, E., Gökaliler, F., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ. “Hydrogen Production by Ethanol Steam Reforming”, Hydrogen Energy Congress & Exhibition (IHEC-2005), 13-15 July 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.

38. Sümer, A., Gülmen, M. A., Aksoylu, A. E., “An Investigation on The Properties of Pt-Sn Surface Alloys via Computational QM Methods” The Sixth International Conference on Chemical Physics (Chemical Physics VI), 15-17 November  2004, Sile, Istanbul, Turkey.

39. Gülmen, M. A., Sümer, A., Aksoylu, A. E., “A QM Study on the Interactions of CO with Low-Index Crystal Planes of Pt3Sn” The Sixth International Conference on Chemical Physics (Chemical Physics VI), 15-17 November  2004, Sile, Istanbul, Turkey.

40. Davran, T., Aksoylu, A. E., Yıldırım, Y., “Quantum Mechanical Modeling of CO Oxidation over Anionic Gold Hexamer, Sixth International Conference on Chemical Physics (Chemical Physics VI), 15-17 November 2004, Sile, Istanbul, Turkey.

41. Selen, B., Gürdağ, S., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “The Modification and Characterization of Activated Carbon and its use as The Support in Pt-Cu CO Oxidation Catalysts”, International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis (CarboCat 2004), 18-20 July 2004, Luzern, Switzerland.

42. Özkara, S., Aksoylu, A. E., “The Use of Activated Carbon Supported Catalysts for Selective Low Temperature Carbon Monoxide Oxidation in Hydrogen Rich Streams”, presented at AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting, 16-21 November 2003, San Francisco-USA.

43. Avcı, A.K.,  Trimm, D. L., Aksoylu, A. E.,  Önsan, Z. İ.,“Catalytic Combustion of Light Hydrocarbons under Fuel Rich Conditions”, AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting, 16-21 November 2003, San Francisco-USA.

44. Selen, B., Avcı, A. K., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E. “Autothermal Reforming of Propane over Pt-Ni Bimetallic System”, The European Catalysis Forum-EUROPACAT-VI, 30 August- 5 September 2003, Innsbruck , Austria.

45.  Selen, B., Avcı, A. K., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E.,  “Production of Hydrogen from Light Hydrocarbons via Indirect Partial Oxidation on Bimetallic Catalysts”, The Third Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean (EMCC-3), 12-16 May 2003, Selanik, Greece.

46. Avcı, A. K., Trimm,  D. L., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Butane Steam Reforming over Monometallic and Bimetallic Catalysts”, The Third Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean (EMCC-3), 12-16 May 2003, Selanik, Greece.

47. Yıldız, M., Aytaç, A., Özkara, S, Aksoylu, A. E., Akın, A. N. “Preparation and Characterization of Supported Gold Catalysts Prepared by Varying pH Coprecipitation” The Third Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean (EMCC-3), 12-16 May 2003, Selanik, Greece.

48. Avcı, A. K., Aksoylu , A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Ignition Characteristics of Catalytic Propane and n-butane Oxidation”, Fuel Cells Science & Technology 2002: Scientific Advances in Fuel Cell Systems, 25-26 September 2002, Amsterdam, Holland.

49. Özkara, S., Aksoylu, A. E., “The Use of  Pt and Au based Catalysts for Selective Low Temperature CO Oxidation in Hydrogen-Rich Streams”, Fuel Cells Science & Technology 2002: Scientific Advances in Fuel Cell Systems, 25-26 September 2002, Amsterdam, Holland.

50. Özkara, S., Uğuz, A. K., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A.E., “Removal of CO in Hydrogen Streams by Low Temperature Catalytic Oxidation”, 224th American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, 18-22 August 2002, Boston, USA.

51. Avcı, A. K., Trimm, D. L., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ. “Catalytic Oxidation and Steam Reforming of Propane and n-butane for Hydrogen Production”, 224th American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, 18-22 August 2002, Boston, USA.

52. Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z. İ.., “CO Hydrogenation by Ni-based Monometallic and Bimetallic Catalysts Supported on Al2O3 and Activated Carbon”, ICS-UNIDO Workshop on Catalysis for Environmentally Friendly Processes and Products, 24-27 September 2001, Istanbul, Turkey.

53. Özkara, S., Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z. İ., Akın, A.N., “The Use of Coprecipitated Co/Al2O3 Supported Pt Catalysts in Low Temperature CO Oxidation”, ICS-UNIDO Workshop on Catalysis for Environmentally Friendly Processes and Products, 24-27 September 2001, Istanbul, Turkey.

54. İşli, A. İ., Avcı, A. K., Gürdağ, S., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Activated carbon as a Support for Ni-Mo Catalyst Used in CO Hydrogenation”, EuropaCat V, Fifth European Congress on Catalysis, 2-7 September 2001, Limerick, Ireland.

55. Özkara, S., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., Akın, A. N., “Low-Temperature CO Oxidation Activity of Pt Supported on Coprecipitated Co/Al2O3”, EuropaCat V, Fifth European Congress on Catalysis, 2-7 September 2001, Limerick, Ireland.

56. Özkara, S., Aksoylu A. E., Önsan, Z. İ.,  Akın, A. N., “Low Temperature CO Oxidation Activity of Pt Supported on Coprecipitated Co/Al2O3”, Second Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean, 20-24 May 2001, Ankara, Turkey.

57. Özkara, S., Güvelioğlu, G. H., Uğuz, A. K., Akın, A. N., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Low-Temperature CO Oxidation over Pt-SnO2/γ-Al2O3 Prepared by The Sol-Gel Method”, The Third European Workshop on Environmental Catalysis, 2-5 May 2001, Maiori, Italy.

58. Aksoylu, A. E., Freitas, M. M. A., Önsan, Z. İ., Figueiredo, J. L., “An Investigation on The Use of Activated Carbon as a Catalyst Support”, American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AICHE) 2000 Annual Meeting, 12-17 November 2000, Los Angeles, USA.

59. Aksoylu, A. E., Freitas, M. M. A., Pereira, M. F., Figueiredo, J. L., “Preparation and Characterization of Pt and Pt-Sn Catalysts Supported on Activated Carbon”, 17th Ibero-American Symposium on Catalysis, 16-21 July 2000, Porto, Portugal.

60. Bülbül, T., İşli, A. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Investigation of Alternative Support Materials for Monometallic and Bimetallic Catalysts of CO Hydrogenation”, The 12th International Congress on Catalysis, July 2000, Granada, Spain.

61. Serp, Ph., Hierso, J-C., Feurer, R., Corratge, R., Kihn, Y., Kalck, Ph., Aksoylu, A. E., Faria, J. L, Pacheco, A. M. T., Figueiredo, J. L., “Characterization and Reactivity of Activated Carbon Supported Platinum Catalysts Prepared by Fluidized Bed Organometallic Chemical Vapour Deposition (FBOMCVD)”, The 12th International Congress on Catalysis, July 2000, Granada, Spain.

62. Aksoylu, A. E., Freitas, M. M. A., Figuerido, J. L., “ The Effects of Different Activated Carbon Supports and Oxidation Treatments on the Properties of Pt Based Catalysts” 217th American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, 22-26 August 1999, New Orleans, USA.

63. Aksoylu, A. E., Freitas, M. M. A., Pereira, M. F., Figueiredo, J. L., “An Investigation on The Use of Activated Carbon as a Support for Monometallic and Bimetallic Pt-Based Catalysts” NATO-ASI on “Combinatorial Methods for High Throughput Catalyst Design and Testing”, 11-24 July 1999, Algarve-Portugal.

64. Aksoylu, A. E., Freitas, M. M. A., Figueiredo, J. L., “Characterization of Bimetallic Pt-Sn Catalysts Supported on Unmodified and Modified Activated Carbon”, American Carbon Society 24th Biennial Conference on Carbon, 11-16 July 1999, South Caroline, USA.

65. Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Synergetic Interactions in Bimetallic Nickel Catalysts: Hydrogenation of Carbon Oxides”, Turkey-USA-Israel Tri-national Conference in Chemical Engineering, 9-11 March 1999, Technion-Haifa-Israil.

66. Serp, Ph., Hierso, J-C., Feurer, R., Kihn, Y., Kalck, Ph., Faria, J. L., Aksoylu, A. E., Pacheco, A. M. T., Figueiredo, J. L., “Preparation of Pt Catalysts Supported on Activated Carbon by Organo Metallic CVD”, XII Luso-Galego Chemical Congress, 11-13 November 1998, Matosinhos, Portugal.

67. Karaselçuk, R., İşli, İ., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “ CO Hydrogenation on Ni-V/Alumina Catalysts ”, 48th  Canadian  Chemical Engineering Conference, 4-7 October 1998, London- Ontario, Canada.

68. Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., ”A Parametric Study on CO2 Hydrogenation by Ni-based Monometallic and Bimetallic Catalysts”, 215th American Chemical Society Meeting, 29 March-2 April 1998, Dallas-Texas, USA.

69. Aksoylu, A.E., Önsan, Z. İ., “The Effect of Mo on the Structure and Activity of Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts: Hydrogenation of Carbon Oxides”, Third European Congress on Catalysis, 31 August-6 September 1997, Krakow-Poland.

70. Aksoylu, A.E., Akın, A.N., Önsan, Z. İ., “Hydrogenation of Carbon Oxides for the Production of C1-C4 Hydrocarbons using Nickel and Cobalt Based Catalysts”, NATO-ASI on “Advances and Challenges in the Catalytic Activation and Functionalization of Light Alkanes”, 25 May-7 June 1997, Algarve-Portugal.

71. Akın, A.N., Aksoylu, A.E., Sunol, S.G., Önsan, Z. İ., "Hydrocarbon Synthesis by Carbon Monoxide Hydrogenation on Coprecipitated Cobalt Catalysts", 35th  IUPAC Congress , 1995, Abstract Book, Vol. 1 , p.308, İstanbul.

72. Aksoylu, A.E., Akın, A.N., Sunol, S.G., Önsan, Z. İ., "Preparation and Characterization of Coprecipitated Nickel-Alumina Catalysts", 35th IUPAC Congress, Abstract Book, 1995, Vol.1, p.505, İstanbul.

 

Papers in National Meetings

 

1. Paksoy, A.I., Aksoylu, A. E., “An Experimental Study on Design and Development of Efficient Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane (CDRM)”, National Catalysis Congress 2012, 21-24 March 2012, İzmit, Turkey

2. Eropak, B. M. Gökaliler, F., Aksoylu, A. E., “PROX Kinetics over Pt-Sn/AC under Fully Realistic Reaction Conditions”, National Catalysis Congress 2012, 21-24 March 2012, İzmit, Turkey

3. Gökaliler, F., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Power-law Type Rate Equation for Propane ATR over Pt-Ni/Al2O3 Catalyst”, National Catalysis Congress 2012, 21-24 March 2012, İzmit, Turkey

4. Basar, M. S., Aksoylu, A. E., “Design, Construction and Testing of a Lab Scale Fuel Processor Prototype for Dynamic Performance Studies”, National Catalysis Congress 2012, 21-24 March 2012, İzmit, Turkey

5. Özkara-Aydınoğlu, Ş., Aksoylu, A. E., “Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane over Co-X/ZrO2 Catalysts (X = La, Ce, Mn, Mg, K)”, National Catalysis Congress 2010, 28 April-1 May 2010, Zonguldak, Turkey

6. Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A. E., “Water Gas Shift Reaction over Au-Re/ceria catalysts”, National Catalysis Congress 2010, 28 April-1 May 2010, Zonguldak, Turkey

7. Sümer, A., Ercan, E., Aksoylu, A. E., “Effect of Pt incorporation on the electronic and oxygen chemisorption properties of Ni surface”, National Catalysis Congress 2010, 28 April-1 May 2010, Zonguldak, Turkey

8. Gökaliler, F., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., “Hydrogen Production from Propane in Consecutive OSR and WGS Reactors”, National Catalysis Congress 2010, 28 April-1 May 2010, Zonguldak, Turkey

9. Gökaliler, F., Önsan, Z. İ., Aksoylu, A. E., "Hydrogen Production from Propane in Consecutive OSR and WGS Reactors", III. National Catalysis Conference, 28 April-1 May 2008, Zonguldak, Turkey.

10. Sümer, A., Ercan, E., Aksoylu, A. E.,  "Effect of Pt incorporation on the electronic and oxygen chemisorption properties of Ni surface", III. National Catalysis Conference, 28 April-1 May 2008, Zonguldak, Turkey.

11. Selen Çağlayan, B, Aksoylu, A. E., "Water Gas Shift Reaction over Au-Re/ceria catalysts", III. National Catalysis Conference, 28 April-1 May 2008, Zonguldak, Turkey.

12. Özkara-Aydınoğlu, S., Aksoylu, A. E., "Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane over Co-X/ZrO2 Catalysts (X = La, Ce, Mn, Mg, K)", III. National Catalysis Conference, 28 April-1 May 2008, Zonguldak, Turkey.

13. Özkara-Aydınoğlu, Ş., Özensoy, E., Aksoylu, A. E., “The Efffect of Ce Loading and Impregnation Strategy on Methane Dry Reforming Activity of Ce Promoted Pt/ZrO2”, II. National Catalysis Conference, 18-21 June 2008, Erzurum, Turkey.

14. Gülyüz, B., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Low Temperature CO Oxidation over Activated Carbon Supported Pt-CeOx”, II. National Catalysis Conference, 18-21 June 2008, Erzurum, Turkey.

15. Gökaliler, F., Göçmen, B. A., Aksoylu, A. E., “The Effect of Ni:Pt Ratio on Autothermal Reforming Performance of Pt-Ni/Al2O3 Catalyst”, II. National Catalysis Conference, 18-21 June 2008, Erzurum, Turkey.

16. Selen Çağlayan, B., Aksoylu, A. E., “High Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Bimetallic Pt-Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts” II. National Catalysis Conference, 18-21 June 2008, Erzurum, Turkey.

17. Soyal, F., Gülyüz, B., Aksoylu, A. E., Önsan, Z. İ., “Catalytic processes for clean hydrogen production from hydrocarbons”, I. National Catalysis Conference, 17-20 January 2007, METU Campus, Güzelyurt, Northern Cyprus

18. Avcı, A. K., Trimm, D.L., Aksoylu, A.E., Onsan, Z.I., “Production of Hydrogen from C3-C4 Hydrocarbons by Catalytic Oxidation and Steam Reforming”, UKMK 5, Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara, 2-5 September 2002

19. Isli, I., Aksoylu, A. E., Onsan, Z. I., “ The Effect of Preparation Strategies on the Properties of  Bimetallic Catalysts Used for CO2  Methanation”, 3rd National Chemical Engineering Congress, Ataturk University, Erzurum, 1-4 September 1998.

20. Aksoylu, A.E., Akin, A.N., Sunol, S.G., Onsan, Z.I, “CO Hydrogenation using Cobalt and Nickel Based Catalysts“, Proc. 2nd National Chemical Engineering Congress, Vol.1, p.63-68, ITU-Istanbul, 1996.

21. Akin, A.N., Aksoylu, A.E., Sunol, S.G., Onsan, Z.I., “The Effect of Catalyst Preparation Techniques on Catalyst Properties of Cobalt-Alumina Catalysts”, Proc. 1st National Chemical Engineering Congress, Vol 1, pp.179-188, Ankara, 1994.