Professor Karl T. Chuang is an award winning authority with extensive expertise and experience in catalysis, mass transfer, and electrochemistry, in particular research on applications of catalysis for manufacture of chemicals and for addressing environmental problems, and design, synthesis and applications of electrochemical and catalyst systems for industrial applications. After undergraduate studies at National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, he became a research engineer at Taiwan Sugar Corp. Then he entered post-graduate studies and obtained his M.Sc. at St. Francis Xavier University and his Ph.D. at The University of Alberta. Following his Ph.D. he performed research in catalysis, separations technologies and applications of electrochemistry for isotope separation at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, rising to Section Head, and served concurrently as Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. In 1986 he joined The University of Alberta as Professor of Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering where, since 2006, he is an Emeritus Professor. Professor Chuang is acknowledged as a world-leading expert in separations technologies and applications of electrochemistry for separations, chemical conversions and generation of energy using fuel cells. In particular, his joint research programs (with Professor Jingli Luo and others) have developed new materials and processes in fuel cells for conversion of H2S hydrocarbons and syngas in environmentally friendly co-generation of energy and clean products.
List of relevant publications:
Refereed Journal Publications since 2002
- V. Vorontsov, J.L. Luo, A.R. Sanger, K.T. Chuang, “Synthesis and characterization of new ternary transition metal sulfide anodes for H2S-powered SOFC,” accepted by Journal of Power Sources on April 23, 2008.
- Y. Feng, J.L. Luo and K.T. Chuang, “Propane Dehydrogenation in a Proton-Conducting Fuel Cell,” accepted by Journal of Physical and Chemistry C on April 1, 2008.
- J. Melnik, J. Luo, K.T. Chuang and A.R. Sanger, 2008, “Stability and Electric Conductivity of Barium Cerate Perovskites Co-Doped with Praseodymium,” The Open Energy and Fuels Journal, 1, pp. 7-10.
- V. Vorontsov, W. An, J.L. Luo, A.R. Sanger and K.T. Chuang, 2008, “Performance and stability of composite nickel and molybdenum sulfide based anodes for SOFC utilizing H2S,” Journal of Power Sources, 179, pp. 9-16.
- Jinxia Li, Jing-Li Luo, Karl T. Chuang and Alan R. Sanger, 2008, “Chemical stability of Y-doped Ba(Ce, Zr)O3 perovskites in H2S-containing H2,” Electrochimica Acta, 53, pp. 3701-3707.
- Z. Xu, J.L. Luo, K.T. Chuang and A.R. Sanger, 2007, “LaCrO3-VOx-YSZ Anode Catalyst for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Using Impure Hydrogen,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, pp. 16679-16685.
- Z. Shi, J.L. Luo, S. Wang, A. R. Sanger and K.T. Chuang, 2008, “Protonic Membrane for Fuel Cell for Co-generation of Power and Ethylene,” Journal of Power Sources, 176, pp. 122-127.
- Zhengrong Xu, Jing-Li Luo, Karl T. Chuang, 2007, “CoS-promoted MoS2 Catalysts for SOFC using H2S-Containing Hydrogen or Syngas as Fuel,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 154, pp. B523-B527.
- Y. Feng, J.L. Luo, K.T. Chuang, 2007, “Analysis and Improvement of Chemical Stability of Y-Doped BaCeO3 as Proton-Conducting Electrolytes in C3H8 – O2 Fuel Cells,” Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, 10, pp. 147-152.
- Yu Feng, Jing-Li Luo, Karl T. Chuang, 2007, “Carbon Deposition during Propane Dehydrogenation in a Fuel Cell”, Journal of Power Sources, 167, pp. 486-490.
- Shouyan Wang, Jing-Li Luo, Alan R. Sanger, Karl T. Chuang, 2007, “The Performance of Ethane-Oxygen Fuel Cells Using Yttrium Doped Barium Cerate as Electrolyte at Intermediate Temperatures,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, pp. 5069-5074.
- Yu Feng, Jingli Luo and Karl T. Chuang, 2007, “Conversion of Propane to Propylene in a Proton-Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cell,” Fuel, 86, pp. 123-128.
- Juri Melnik, Weizhu An, Guo-Lin Wei, Jing-Li Luo, Alan R. Sanger and Karl T. Chuang, 2006, “Use of nano-composite component to improve the conductivity and mechanical properties of Li2SO4–Al2O3 solid electrolyte,” Materials Research Bulletin, 41, pp. 1806-1816.
- Abbaspour Ali, K Nandakumar, Jingli Luo and Karl T Chuang, 2006, “A Novel Approach to Study the Structure versus Performance Relationship of SOFC Electrodes”, Journal of Power Sources, 161, pp. 965-970.
- Y. Feng, J.L. Luo and K.T. Chuang, 2006, “A Method to Measure the Proton Conductivity of LiNaSO4 under Fuel Cell Conditions”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 153, pp. A1049-A1052.
- Jinxia Li, JingLi Luo, Karl T. Chuang and Alan R. Sanger, 2006, “Proton conductivity and chemical stability of Li2SO4 based electrolyte in a H2S-air fuel cell”, Journal of Power Sources, 160, pp. 909-914.
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