Richard W. Rice, Ph.D. -- Publications

Refereed Publications

Nareddy, A. Bruce, D. A., Shah, Y. T., and Rice, R. W., "Analysis of a Continuous Flow Reactor for Sonochemical Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Wastewater," in preparation, to be submitted to Ultrason. Sonochem., (Fall, 2006).

Rice, R. W., Hart, J. F., and Brown, J. T., "An Investigation of Bimetallic Interactions in Pt-Re/Al2O3 and Ir-Re/Al2O3 Catalysts," in preparation, to be submitted to either J. Catal. or Applied Catalysis (Fall, 2006).

Rice, R. W., and Geiculescu, O. E., “A Study of Supported Pt, Ir, and Pt/Ir Catalysts Using Propane Hydrogenolysis as a Probe Reaction,” in preparation, to be submitted to J. Catal. (Fall, 2007).

Rice, R. W., and Geiculescu, O. E., “Temperature Programmed Reduction of Alumina, Titania and Silica-Supported Iridium Catalysts,” in preparation, to be submitted to J. Catal. (Fall, 2007).

Rice, R. W., Hart, J. F., and Brown, J. T., “An Investigation of Bimetallic Interactions in Pt-Re/Al2O3 and Ir-Re/Al2O3 Catalysts,” in preparation, to be submitted to either J. Catal. or Applied Catalysis (Fall, 2007).

Nareddy, A. Bruce, D. A., Shah, Y. T., and Rice, R. W., "Analysis of a Continuous Flow Reactor for Sonochemical Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Wastewater," in preparation, to be submitted to Ultrason. Sonochem., (Summer 2007).

Rice, R.W., and Goodwin, J.G., Jr., “Heterogeneous Catalysis” in the Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing, edited by S. Lee, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York (2006).

Bruce, D.A., Rice, R.W., Kuhnell, D.R., and McDonald, C.I., "A Kinetics Experiment for the Unit Operations Laboratory", Chemical Engineering Education 39 (3), 238 (2005).

Sirijaruphan, A., Goodwin, J. G., Jr., Rice, R. W., Wei, D., Butcher, K.R., Roberts, G.W., and Spivey, J.J., "Metal Foam Supported Pt Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of CO in Hydrogen", Applied Catalysis A: General 281, 1-9 (2005).

Sirijaruphan, A., Goodwin, J. G., Jr., Rice, R. W., Wei, D., Butcher, K.R., Roberts, G.W., and Spivey, J.J., "Effect of Metal Foam Supports on the Selective Oxidation of CO on Fe-Promoted Pt/>-Al2O3", Applied Catalysis A: General 281, 11-18 (2005).

Rice, R.W., and Keptner, D.C., "The Effect of Bimetallic Catalyst Preparation and Treatment on Behavior for Propane Hydrogenolysis", Applied Catalysis A: General 262, 233-239 (2004).

Sirijaruphan, A., Goodwin, J. G., Jr., and Rice, R. W., "Investigation of the Initial Rapid Deactivation of Platinum Catalysts during the Selective Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide", Journal of Catalysis 221, 288-293 (2004).

Sirijaruphan, A., Goodwin, J. G., Jr., and Rice, R. W., "Effect of Fe Promotion on the Surface Kinetic Parameters of Pt/>-Al2O3 Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of CO", Journal of Catalysis 224, 304-313 (2004).

Sirijaruphan, A., Goodwin, J. G., Jr., and Rice, R. W., "Effect of Temperature and Pressure on the Surface Reaction Parameters of Pt/>-Al2O3 Catalysts during Selective CO Oxidation", Journal of Catalysis 227, 547-551 (2004).

Rice, R. W., and Geiculescu, O. E., "Temperature Programmed Reduction of Alumina, Titania and Silica-Supported Iridium Catalysts," in preparation, to be submitted to J. Catal. (Fall, 2003).

Rice, R. W., Sanyal, A. K., Elrod, A. C., and Bata, R. M., "Exhaust Gas Emissions of Butanol, Ethanol, and Methanol-Gasoline Blends," ASME J. of Eng. for Gas Turbines and Power, 113, 377-381 (July 1991).

Smith, F. G., Pendarvis, R. W., and Rice, R. W., "The Combustion of Cellulosic Char Under Laminar Flow Condition," Combustion and Flame, 88, 1 (1992).Rice, R. W., and Sarode, D. V., "Mercury-Catalyzed Dissolution of Aluminum in Nitric Acid," I&EC Research, 40, 1872-1878 (April 2001).

Rice, R. W. and Baud, R. E., "The Role of Micromixing in the Scale-Up of Geometrically Similar Batch Reactors," AIChE J., 36(2), 293-298 (February 1990).

Rice, R. W. and Bond, G. A., "Flue Gas Desulfization by In-Duct Dry Scrubbing Using Calcium Hydroxide," AIChE J., 36(3), 473-477 (March 1990).

Bata, R. M., Elrod, A. C., and Rice, R. W., "Emissions from IC Engines Fueled with Alcohol-Gasoline Blends: A Literature Review," ASME J. of Eng. for Gas Turbines and Power, III, 424-431 (July 1989).

Rice, R. W. and Chien, C. C., "Simulation of Iridium Catalyst Sintering and Redispersion," J. of Catalysts, 103, 140-150 (January 1987).

Rice, R. W. and Brainovich, J. F., Jr., "Solids Mixing/Segregation in Two and Three Dimensional Fluidized Beds," AIChE J., 32(1), 7-16 (January 1986).

Rice, R. W. and Hahn, R. S., "Deactivation of Nonuniform Nickel/Alumina Methanation Catalysts," l & EC, Product Research and Development, 23(2): 208-214 (June 1984).

Rice, R. W. and Lu, K., "Comparison of Platinum and Platinum-Iridium Catalysts for Heptane Reforming at Different Pressures," J. of Catalysis, 77:104-117 (September 1982).

Haller, G. L., Rice, R. W., and Wan, C. Z., "Applications of Internal Reflection Spectroscopy to Surface Studies," Catalysis Reviews, 13(2):259-284 (1976).

Rice, R. W. and Haller, G. L., "Internal Reflection Spectroscopy of Adsorbed Molecules on Metal Films: Carbon Monoxide on Palladium," J. of Catalysis, 40:249 (September 1972).

Haller, G. L. and Rice, R. W., "A Study of Adsorption on Single Crystals by Internal Reflectance Spectroscopy," J. of Physical Chemistry, 74(25):4386-4392 (1970).

Conference Proceedings (Reviewed)

Switzer, D.M., Husson, S.M., Bruce, D.A., Gooding, C.H., Harrison, G.M., Hirt, D.E., Kilbey II, S.M., and Rice, R.W., "A Professional Development Survey for Engineering Undergraduates", Proc. of ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT (June, 2004).

Hirt, D.E., Cox, C.L., Bruce, D.A., Gooding, C.H., Harrison, G.M., Husson, S.M., Kilbey II, S.M., Rice, R.W., and Switzer, D.M., "Using a Hierarchical Model of Cognition to Enhance Polymer Education", ANTEC 2004- Proc. of 62nd Annual Tech. Conf. & Exhib., Society of Plastics Engineers, 50, 3580-3584 (2004).

Sirijaruphan, A., Goodwin, J.G., Jr., and Rice, R.W., "Deactivation of Pt-Fe Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of CO", Proc. of the AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (November 2003).

Husson, S. M., Bruce, D. A., Gooding, C. H., Harrison, G.M., Hirt, D. E., Kilbey, S. M., Rice, R. W., and Switzer, D. M., "Applying and Assessing a Hierarchical Model of Mental Growth to Educate Undergraduate Engineering Students", Proc. Of the 2002 ASEE/SEFI/TUB Colloquium.

Hirt, D. E., Bruce, D. A., Gooding, C. H., Haile, J. M., Harrison, G. M., Husson, S. M., Kilbey II, S. M., Rice, R. W., and Switzer, D. M., "Applying a Hierarchical Model of Mental Growth to Educate Undergraduate Engineering Students", Proc. of the 2001 ASEE National Meeting.

Geiculescu, O. E., and Rice, R. W., "Characterization of Alumina- and Titania-Supported Iridium Catalysts Using Temperature-Programmed Reduction, CO Chemisorption and Propane Hydro-genolysis Reaction," Proc. of the AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (November 1997).

Bata, R. M., Rice, R. W., Sanyal, A. K., and Elrod, A. C., "Effects of Spark Timing and Alcohol-Gasoline Blend Composition on Exhaust Gas Emissions," Proc. of the ASME Energy-Sources Technology Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX (January 1992).

Rice, R. W., Sanyal, A. K., Elrod, A. C., and Bata, R. M., "Exhaust Gas Emissions of Butanol, Ethanol, and Methanol-Gasoline Blends," Proc. of the ASME Energy-Sources Technology Conf. and Exhibition, Houston, TX (January 1991).

Bata, R. M., Elrod, A. C., and Rice, R. W., "Double-Pass vs. Single Pass Radiators for Automotive Application," Soc. of Automotive Engineers Techn. Paper Series, Paper No. 892466, Proc. of the SAE Meeting, Charlotte, NC (November 1989).

Rice, R. W., "Fluidized Bed Filtration of Soot from Combustion of Diesel Fuel," Particulate and Multiphase Processes, Vol. 1, 659-678 (1987), Hemisphere Publ. Co., Edited by T. Ariman and T. N. Veziroglu, Proc. of the Int'l Symposium-Workshop on Particulate and Multiphase Processes, Miami Beach, FL (April 1985).

Rice, R. W. and Haller, G. L., "Adsorbed Water on Single Crystal Oxides," Proc. of the Fifth Int'l Conf. on Catalysis, Miami, FL, 1972, North-Holland Publ., Amsterdam, Holland (1973).

Research Reports

Rice, R. W., Williams, R. R., Markel, E. J., and Van Zee, J. W., "Surface Characterization of Aluminum in Mercury-Containing Nitric Acid Solutions," Final Report for SCUREF/DOE Task Order #58 (May 1993).

Rice, R. W., "Final Report on the Experimental Phase of the Alternate Transportation Fuels Project," South Carolina Energy Research and Development Center (April 1991).

Rice, R. W., "Laboratory Simulation of Soot Removal from Aircraft Engine Test Cell Exhaust Using a Fluidized Bed Filter," Final Report, DOD (AFOSR) (October 1984).

Rice, R. W. Berlinrut, D. D., and Jenkins, J. C., "A Study of Factors Affecting Soot Formation in a Swirl-Stabilized Combustor," Final Report of Summer Faculty Research Program, Report No. ESK-TR-82-49, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (April 1983).

Other Scholarly Publications

Rice, R. W., "A Study of Adsorption on Single Crystal Metal Oxides and Thin Metal Films Using Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Spectroscopy," Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale University, University of Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI (1972).

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