Robert Robinson, Jr., Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering
Oklahoma State University, 1964
M. S., Chemical Engineering
Oklahoma State University, 1962
B. S., Chemical Engineering
Oklahoma State University, 1959
Major Areas of Interest
Experimental and Modeling Studies of Adsorption for Coalbed Methane Production and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
Molecular Design of Chemicals for Specific Process Applications
Recent Research Activities
Experimental measurements of the adsorption of gases on coals have been conducted to provide a basis for our modeling efforts. Models have been developed which can provide useful a priori estimates of the competitive adsorption of methane, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, etc., on a variety of coals.
Our work on the molecular design of chemicals has led to the identification of molecular structures that offer improved performance in applications ranging from solvents for extractive distillation to chemical penetration enhancers for transdermal delivery of drugs.
Recent Publications
- Induced Swelling and Permeability Changes in Coals.” International Journal of Coal Geology, 121, 98-109, 2014.
- Agelia M. Abudour, Sayeed A. Mohammad, Robert L. Robinson, Jr., Khaled A.M. Gasem. “Volume-Translated Peng-Robinson Equation of State for Liquid Densities of Diverse Binary Mixtures.” Fluid Phase Equilibria, 349, 37-55, 2013.
- Sayeed A. Mohammad, Mahmud Sudibandriyo, James E. Fitzgerald, Xudong Liang, Robert L. Robinson, Jr., Khaled A. M. Gasem. “Measurements and Modeling of Excess Adsorption of Pure and Mixed Gases on Wet Coals.” Energy Fuels, In Press, 2012.
- Sayeed A. Mohammad, Arunkumar Arumugam, Robert L. Robinson, Jr., Khaled A. M. Gasem. “High-Pressure Adsorption of Pure Gases on Coals and Activated Carbon: Measurements and Modeling.” Energy Fuels, 26 (1), 536–548, 2012.
- Pongtorn Chareonsuppanimit, Sayeed A. Mohammad, Robert L. Robinson Jr., and Khaled A. M. Gasem. “High-Pressure Adsorption of Gases on Shales: Measurements and Modeling.” International Journal of Coal Geology, 95, 34-46, 2012.
- Mahmud Sudibandriyo, Sayeed A. Mohammad, Robert L. Robinson, Jr., Khaled A. M. Gasem. “Ono-Kondo Model for High-Pressure Mixed-Gas Adsorption on Activated Carbons and Coals.” Energy Fuels, 25 (7), 3355–3367, 2011.
- Mahmud Sudibandriyo, Sayeed A. Mohammad, Robert L. Robinson, Jr., Khaled A. M. Gasem. “Ono-Kondo Lattice Model for High-Pressure Adsorption: Pure Gases.” Fluid Phase Equilibria, 299 (2), 238-251, 2010.