James A. Ritter
Phone 803.777.3590
Fax 803.777.8265
E-mail
3C07 Swearingen
Chemical Engineering
University of South
Carolina
301 Main St.
Columbia, SC 29208
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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
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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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