Department of Chemical Engineering
Research interests and affiliations
- Catalysis
- Transient redox kinetics
- Gas-solids fluidization
- Chemicals derived from biomass
- Biomass valorization
- Reactor design and scale-up
- Circulating and turbulent fluidized beds
- Process economics and experience curves
- Catalysts synthesis
- Extraction of essential oils to fight malaria
- Mass production and global gas flaring reduction (GGFR)
- Glucose to speciality chemicals - cathode materials (LiFePO4)
- 1800 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- 1801 Reaction fundamentals and reactor design
- 1804 Heat transfer
- 1807 Combustion
- 2203 Modelling, simulation
- 2301 Petroleum-based and fossil fuels
- 3606 Kinetics and mechanisms of reactions
- 3607 Catalysis
Publications
Biography
Gregory Patience holds a Canada Research Chair and is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal. He published a book on experimental methods, which is now the subject of a series of several dozen articles in The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, and his 2nd book – Communicate Science Papers, Presentations and Poster Effectively – Elsevier nominated as one of the top 10 reference texts every graduate student should have. This book was also the basis of two dozen articles on writing and ethics in the same journal. His article on ethics and authorship has been viewed over 20 000 times in 2019 during the first after it was published in 2019 (Intellectual contributions meriting authorship: Survey results from the top cited authors across all science categories:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198117). Nature News featured it in 2018 (Who gets credit? Survey digs into the thorny question of authorship: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05280-0).
Hisr laboratory has integrated mechano-chemical techniques to decrease the processing times to produce powders. He introduced ultrasonic probes into media mills with 2 mm zirconia beads. He also have spray drying capability from the bench scale (150 mm in diameter) to the semi-works scale (800 mm in diameter, with a drying capacity of 10 kg h-1). Much of the equipement was purchased from an Automotive Partnership grant to produce LiFePO4 batteries. He develops catalytic processes to convert bio-substrates to value added chemicals and fuels: One application is to atomize poorly volatile compounds – fructose, glucose, HMF, DFF, vegetable oil, glucose, lignin – into fluidized beds operating above 150 oC. Currently he has two industrial collaborations to treat end of life polymers and programs in flow chemistry for peroxides and another project on cannabis.
Prof. Patience started his career at DuPont in 1990 after completing his PhD at Polytechnique Montreal. He resided in Wilmington, DE (USA) until 1996, then moved to Asturias, Spain for 4 years, followed by another 4-year sejour in Geneva Switzerland before returning to Canada in 1994. He completed a B.Sc and M.Sc. at the University of Calgary.
Teaching
GCH2560 - Experimental methods and instrumentation
GCH3110 - Chemical reaction engineering
GCH8271 - Process design
GCH8272 - Project design and environmental impact
GCH6201 - Catalysis and applied kinetics
GCH6902 - Gas-soild reactor design
CAP7110 - Writing science effectively
Supervision at Polytechnique
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Ph.D. Thesis (15)
- Bérard, A. (2020). Principes fondamentaux de la RTD en phase gazeuse dans les réacteurs à lit fluidisé (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/5484/
- Pauletto, G. (2020). Ni on FeCrAlloy Partially Oxides Methane at Short Contact Time and High Pressure (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/5341/
- Ma, Z. (2019). Partial Oxidation of Methane to Syngas Over Noble Metal Catalysts Supported by Fecralloy Fibre (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3815/
- Rigamonti, M.G. (2019). Spray Drying LiFePO4 Nanoparticle Suspensions and Scale-Up (Ph.D. Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3883/
- Carnevali, D. (2018). Catalytic Design for Fructose Conversion to Speciality Chemicals (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3265/
- Darabi Mahboub, M.J. (2018). Keggin-type catalysts partially oxidize 2-methyl-1,3- propanediol to methacrylic acid in a micro-fluidized bed reactor (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3088/
- Li, H. (2018). Wet Media Mill of Lithium Iron Phosphate (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3735/
- Perreault, P. (2016). Modélisation cinétique de la réduction de minerais par le monoxyde de carbone utilisés dans le procédé de combustion en boucle chimique (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2109/
- Dalil, M. (2015). Dehydration of Glycerol to Acrolein in Fluidized Bed Reactor (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1989/
- Lotfi, S. (2015). Catalytic Upgrading of Softwood Kraft Lignin to Value Added Chemicals (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1964/
- Aghabararnejad, M. (2014). Chemical Looping Gasification of Biomass (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1507
- Chiron, F.-X. (2012). Production d'hydrogène en boucle chimique (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/964
- Shekari, A. (2011). N-Butane Partial Oxidation to Maleic Anhydride : Experimental and Kinetic Studies Under Transient Conditions (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/653
- Laviolette, J.-P. (2010). Réactions homogènes en phase gazeuse dans les lits fluidisés (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/340
- Kaarsholm, M. (2009). Methanol-to-olefins in a fluidized bed : experimental and modelling study (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal).
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Master's Thesis (13)
- Badehbakhsh, S. (2021). Morphological Changes of Vanadyl Pyrophosphate due to Thermal Excursions (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/9170/
- Song, Y.X. (2020). Integrated Cannabinoid Extraction-Purification Process by Nonionic Surfactant (Master's Thesis, Polytechnique Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/5274/
- Pombert, O. (2018). Synthèse de catalyseurs de cobalt et de magnésium supportés sur du nitrure de bore pour l'oxydation partielle du méthane (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3766/
- Louyot, P. (2017). Synthèse de catalyseur de Fischer-Tropsch assistée par ultrasons (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2924/
- Bérard, A. (2016). Modification de la surface des filets d'exclusion utilisés dans la production biologique de pommes dans l'est du Canada (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2108/
- Bruel, C. (2016). Thermodynamique et stabilité des films de platine pour l'hydrogénation de CO2 dans un réacteur à oxyde solide (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2222/
- Asiedu-Boateng, P. (2015). Attrition Resistance of CaO-CuO-Cem Powder for CO2 Capture in Calcium Looping Processes (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1734/
- Cardona, M. (2014). Caractérisation des propriétés du bitume oxydé afin d'évaluer ses risques d'ignition (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1449
- Ghaznavi , T. (2014). Conversion of D-Xylose to Carboxylic Acids in a Capillary Fluidized Bed (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1444
- Farrie, Y. (2011). Conversion catalytique de la glycérine en acroléine dans un lit fluidisé (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/593/
- Perreault, P. (2010). Utilisation de minéraux en tant que porteurs d'oxygène potentiels dans le procédé de combustion en boucle chimique (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/376/
- Keraron, M. (2009). Conversion du méthanol en oléfines sur SAPO-34 : modélisation cinétique et design de réacteur (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/158/
- Godefroy, A. (2008). Étude de la régénération de catalyseurs redox pour une application en lit fluidisé circulant (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal).
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