Julia Valla
Northeast Utilities Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering Education
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Education
Ph.D., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2005
Research Focus
- Modeling and simulation of process systems
- Coal and Biomass to Poly-generation (Liquids, Chemicals, Power)
- CO2 reduction technologies
- Sulfur reduction in transportation fuels
- Refinery processes
- Hierarchical pore structure zeolites
Awards
Precision Combustion, Inc Award: 13X Zeolite as Potential Molecular Sieve for Gas Phase Impurities Removal, 2012
NSF Award: Turning Tars into Energy: Zeolites with Hierarchical Pore Structure for the Catalytic Removal of Tars, 2012
European Program Recovery and Utilization of Carbon Dixoide (RUCADI) Project Award for study: Better Use Of Carbon Dioxide. Topic: CO as raw material for the synthesis of products of the chemical and energy industry, 2000
Publications
Gamliel, D.P., Karakalos, S., Valla, J.A., “Liquid phase hydrodeoxygenation of anisole, 4-ethylphenol and benzofuran using Ni, Ru and Pd supported on USY zeolite”, Applied Catalysis A: General 559, 20-29 (2018), Impact Factor 4.521
Su Y., Wang, Y., Owoseni, O., Zhang, Y., Gamliel, D.P., Valla, J.V., McPherson, G.L., John, V.T., “A Bottle-around-a-Ship Method To Generate Hollow Thin-Shelled Particles Containing Encapsulated Iron Species with Application to the Environmental Decontamination of Chlorinated Compounds”, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 10, 16, (2018) 13542-13551, Impact Factor 8.097
Lee, K.X., Tsilomelekis, G., Valla, J.A., “Removal of benzothiophene and dibenzothiophene from hydrocarbon fuels using CuCe mesoporous Y zeolites in the presence of aromatics”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 234, (2018)130-142, Impact Factor 11.698
Gamliel, D.P., Bollas, G.M., Valla, J.A. “Two-stage catalytic fast hydropyrolysis of biomass for the production of drop-in biofuel” Fuel 216, 160-170 (2018), Impact Factor 4.601
Gamliel D.P., Baillie B.P., Augustine, E. Hall, J. Bollas, G.M., Valla, J.V. “Nickel impregnated mesoporous USY zeolites for hydrodeoxygenation of anisole” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, in press, Impact Factor 3.615
Gamliel, D.P., Wilcox, L., Valla, J.A. “The Effect of Catalyst Properties on the Conversion of Biomass via Catalytic Fast Hydropyrolysis” Energy and Fuels. 31 (2017) 679-687, Impact Factor 3.091
Du, S., Gamliel, D.P., Valla, J.A., Bollas, G.M., “The Effect of ZSM-5 catalyst Support in Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass and Compounds Abundant in Pyrolysis Bio-oils.” Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 122 (2016) 7-12, Impact Factor 3.471
K. X. Lee, J. A. Valla, “Investigation of metal-exchanged mesoporous Y zeolites for the adsorptive desulfurization of liquid fuels” Appl. Catal. B Environ. 201 (2017)359-369 Impact Factor: 8.328
Gamliel, D.P., Bollas, G.M., Valla, J.A. “Bifunctional Ni-ZSM-5 Catalysts for the Pyrolysis and Hydropyrolysis of Biomass.” Energy Technology, 31 (1) 679-687 Impact Factor: 2.557 (invited paper & inside cover paper of the volume)
Gamliel, D.P., Cho, H.J., Fan, W., Valla, J.A. “On the effectiveness of tailored mesoporous MFI zeolites for biomass catalytic fast pyrolysis.” Applied Catalysis A: General. 522 (2016) 109-119. Impact Factor: 3.942
Du, S., Gamliel, D.P., Giotto, M.V., Valla, J.A., Bollas, G.M., “Coke formation of model compounds relevant to pyrolysis bio-oil over ZSM-5.” Applied Catalysis A: General. 513 (2016) 67-81. Impact Factor: 3.942
ioulia.valla@uconn.edu | |
Phone | 860-486-9204 |
Mailing Address | 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3139, Storrs, CT 06269-3139 |
Office Location | UTEB |
Link | https://juliavalla.research.uconn.edu/julia-valla/ |