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Jim Ritter

James A. Ritter

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3C07 Swearingen 
Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina
301 Main St.
Columbia, SC 29208

James A. Ritter

Professor

Professor Ritter has a broad research program in the areas of separation processes, materials science and energy storage.  His research team is carrying out several projects funded by both government and private sources. These include: 1) Design of an Adsorption-Based Carbon Dioxide, Humidity and Trace Contaminant Removal System (NASA MSFC), 2) New Adsorption Cycles for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Concentration (DOE NETL), 3) Design of Metal and Complex Hydride Hydrogen Storage Systems (NSF I/UCRC), 4) Development of Complex Metal Hydride Hydrogen Storage Materials (DOE), 5) Development of Heavy Reflux Pressure Swing Adsorption Cycles (MeadWestvaco and the PSTC), and 6) Development of a PSA Process Simulator for Rapid and Complex Cycles (SeQual Technologies and DoD). Several new projects on PSA and other cyclic adsorption processes will be starting later this year. 

Professor Ritter's research group is comprised of one Research Associate Professor (Dr. Armin D. Ebner), one Postdoctoral Associate (Dr. Marjorie A. Nicholson), six PhD students (Misael O. Aviles, Hai Du, Amal O. Mehrotra, Jan O. Mangual, Yongfeng Wang, and Shubhra Bhadra), and one UG student. Three members also left his group. Dr. Tao Wang, a Postdoctoral Associate that spent two years in the group, is now working for GE. Dr. Steven P. Reynolds defended his PhD in May 2007 and joined Fluor Corporation. Dr. Jun Wang defended his PhD in June 2007 and joined the Rhom and Haas Company. He has two to three openings in his group for PhD students with an interest in adsorptive separation processes.

Education
  • Ph. D., University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (1989)
  • M. S., University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (1985)
  • B. S., University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (1983)
Selected Publications

  • Z. Jiang, R. A. Dougal, S. Liu, S. A. Gadre, A. D. Ebner and J. A. Ritter, “Simulation of a Thermally-Coupled Metal Hydride Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell System,” J. Power Sources, 142, 92-102 (2005).

  • J. Wang, A. D. Ebner and J. A. Ritter, “Physiochemical Pathway for Cyclic Dehydrogenation and Rehydrogenation of LiAlH4,” J. American Chemical Soc., 128, 5949-5954 (2006).

  • S. P. Reynolds, A. D. Ebner, and J. A. Ritter, “Stripping PSA Cycles for CO2 Recovery from Flue Gas at High Temperature Using a Hydrotalcite-Like Adsorbent,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 45, 4278-4294 (2006).

  • M. O. Avilés, H. Chen, A. D. Ebner, A. J. Rosengart, M. D. Kaminski and J. A. Ritter, “In Vitro Study of a Ferromagnetic Stent for Implant Assisted Magnetic Drug Targeting,” J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 311, 306-311 (2007).

  • J. A. Ritter and A. D. Ebner, "State-of-the-Art Adsorption and Membrane Separation Processes for Hydrogen Production in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industries."  Sep. Sci. Tech, 42, 1123-1193 (2007).
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