Janez Levec

Janez Levec is a Professor of chemical engineering at the University of Ljubljana since 1984; and from 1985 also a Head of the Laboratory for Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering at the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia. He has a Diploma in chemical engineering, in 1968, and the Ph.D. degree in chemistry, in 1972, both from the University of Ljubljana. In 1974 he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology and afterwards he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering, UC Davis, for a period of one year. He returned there for another year in 1981. In 1984 he spent two months at the Chemical Engineering Department of NCSU, Raleigh, and six months in 1989 at the University Erlangen-Nüremberg. His honors include the IREX, in 1974, the Fulbright, in 1981, and the European Commission Fellowship, in 1989, the Slovenian National Award for research achievements, 1988, the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC) COBASE Award, in 1994, and in 1997 his election for Associate and 2003 for Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1996 the Ministry of Science and Technology of Slovenia appointed him, as an Ambassador of Science. He has published over 90 original technical papers in refereed international journals with over 2000 citations. He is author of several chapters in monographs and holds three European and one US patents. He is a Member of Working Party on Chemical Reaction Engineering of the EFCE since 1979. His research interest is focused on the kinetics of catalytic and noncatalytic chemical reactions, transport phenomena, and its interaction with surface reactions, multiphase reactors, and wet oxidation processes.

Biography Updated on 8 November 2007

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Gas-expanded liquids: Determination of the expansion coefficient by an acoustic technique
    The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 158–163, 2007
  2. Hydrogen solubility in CO2-expanded 2-propanol and in propane-expanded 2-propanol determined by an acoustic sensor
    The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 335–342, 2007
  3. Catalytic wet-air oxidation processes: A review
    Catalysis Today, vol. 124, no. 3-4, pp. 172–184, 2007
  4. Ultrasound speed and absorption study in near-critical CO: A sensor for high-pressure application
    The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 245–253, 2006
  5. Kinetics of the water–gas shift reaction over nanostructured copper–ceria catalysts
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 63, no. 3-4, pp. 194–200, 2006
  6. Application of a catalytic membrane reactor to catalytic wet air oxidation of formic acid
    Chemical Engineering and Processing, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 404–414, 2006
  7. Positioning of the reaction zone for gas–liquid reactions in catalytic membrane reactor by coupling results of mass transport and chemical reaction study
    Catalysis Today, vol. 105, no. 3-4, pp. 589–597, 2005
  8. Flow through packed bed reactors: 2. Two-phase concurrent downflow
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 60, no. 24, pp. 6958–6970, 2005
  9. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 44, no. 25, pp. 9369–9369, 2005
  10. Flow through packed bed reactors: 1. Single-phase flow
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 60, no. 24, pp. 6947–6957, 2005
  11. CO Oxidation Kinetics over a Nanostructured Cu0.1Ce0.9O2-y Catalyst: A CO/O2 Concentration Cycling Study
    Topics in Catalysis, vol. 30/31, pp. 445–449, 2004
  12. Transient kinetic model of CO oxidation over a nanostructured Cu0.1Ce0.9O2-y catalyst
    Journal of Catalysis, vol. 222, no. 1, pp. 87–99, 2004
  13. Potentials of Ceramic Membranes as Catalytic Three-phase Reactors
    Chemical Engineering Research and Design, vol. 82, no. A5, pp. 659–666, 2004
  14. Performance of catalytic membrane reactor in multiphase reactions
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 59, no. 22-23, pp. 5363–5372, 2004
  15. Mass transfer studies in gas?liquid?solid membrane contactors
    Catalysis Today, vol. 79-80, pp. 169–179, 2003
  16. Kinetics of selective CO oxidation in excess of H2 over the nanostructured Cu0.1Ce0.9O2-y catalyst
    Journal of Catalysis, vol. 213, no. 2, pp. 135–150, 2003
  17. Catalytic studies in wet oxidation of effluents from formaldehyde industry
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 58, no. 3-6, pp. 963–970, 2003
  18. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 42, no. 21, pp. 5099–5108, 2003
  19. A wet air oxidation process using a catalytic membrane contactor
    Separation and Purification Technology, vol. 32, no. 1-3, pp. 349–355, 2003
  20. Experimental verification of ceramic membrane potentials for supporting three-phase catalytic reactions
    Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 223, no. 1-2, pp. 157–169, 2003
  21. In situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as an efficient tool for determination of reaction kinetics
    The Analyst, vol. 127, no. 11, pp. 1535–1540, 2002
  22. Hydrodynamics of trickling flow in packed beds: Relative permeability concept
    AIChE Journal, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 731–738, 2002
  23. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 40, no. 15, pp. 3418–3422, 2001
  24. Integrated ion exchange/catalytic process for efficient removal of nitrates from drinking water
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 1551–1559, 2001
  25. The hydrodynamics of trickling flow in packed beds operating at high pressures. The relative permeability concept
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 56, no. 21-22, pp. 5955–5962, 2001
  26. Catalytic denitrification: direct and indirect removal of nitrates from potable water
    Catalysis Today, vol. 66, no. 2-4, pp. 503–510, 2001
  27. Dynamics of a mixed slurry reactor for the three-phase methanol synthesis
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 56, no. 21-22, pp. 6081–6087, 2001
  28. Neural Processing Letters, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 219–228, 2000
  29. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 40–47, 2000
  30. On the kinetics of liquid-phase methanol synthesis over commercial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 54, no. 15-16, pp. 3577–3586, 1999
  31. Wet Oxidation of Phenol on Ce1-xCuxO2-dCatalyst
    Journal of Catalysis, vol. 184, no. 1, pp. 39–48, 1999
  32. Wet oxidation of an azo dye: Lumped kinetics in batch and mixed flow reactors
    AIChE Journal, vol. 45, no. 12, pp. 2571–2579, 1999
  33. Catalytic liquid-phase nitrite reduction: Kinetics and catalyst deactivation
    AIChE Journal, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 2280–2292, 1998
  34. Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 1294–1302, 1998
  35. Hardness and Salt Effects on Catalytic Hydrogenation of Aqueous Nitrate Solutions
    Journal of Catalysis, vol. 174, no. 1, pp. 72–87, 1998
  36. Potential of mono- and bimetallic catalysts for liquid-phase hydrogenation of aqueous nitrite solutions
    Water Science and Technology, vol. 37, no. 8, pp. 177–185, 1998
  37. Does the catalytic wet oxidation yield products more amenable to biodegradation
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 17, no. 1-2, pp. L1–L5, 1998
  38. Gas-phase catalytic dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde over ZnO/SiO2 based catalysts, zeolites, and phosphates
    Applied Catalysis A: General, vol. 165, no. 1-2, pp. 115–131, 1997
  39. Catalytic liquid-phase oxidation of aqueous phenol solutions in a trickle-bed reactor
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 52, no. 21-22, pp. 4143–4153, 1997
  40. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 3439–3445, 1997
  41. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 3480–3486, 1997
  42. The role of catalyst in supercritical water oxidation of acetic acid
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 93–103, 1997
  43. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 4619–4625, 1996
  44. Kinetics of the catalytic liquid-phase hydrogenation of aqueous nitrate solutions
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 81–98, 1996
  45. On the kinetics of phenol oxidation in supercritical water
    AIChE Journal, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 1977–1984, 1996
  46. Catalytic oxidation of toxic organics in supercritical water
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 3, no. 2-3, pp. L101–L107, 1994
  47. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 3070–3077, 1994
  48. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 2478–2484, 1993
  49. Aqueous S(IV) oxidation—III. Catalytic effect of soot particles
    Atmospheric Environment. Part A. General Topics, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1409–1416, 1993
  50. Aqueous S(IV) oxidation—II. Synergistic effects of some metal ions
    Atmospheric Environment. Part A. General Topics, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 571–577, 1992
  51. Catalytic liquid-phase oxidation of refractory organics in waste water
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 47, no. 9-11, pp. 2395–2400, 1992
  52. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 1035–1040, 1992
  53. Liquid phase methanol synthesis: Comparison between trickle-bed and bubble column slurry reactors
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 46, no. 9, pp. 2339–2350, 1991
  54. Solid-liquid mass transfer in packed beds with cocurrent downward two-phase flow
    AIChE Journal, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 1444–1448, 1990
  55. Catalytic Oxidation of Toxic Organics in Aqueous Solution
    Applied Catalysis, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. L1–L5, 1990
  56. The hysteretic behavior of pressure drop and liquid holdup in trickle beds
    AIChE Journal, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1027–1030, 1988
  57. The hydrodynamics of trickling flow in packed beds. Part II: Experimental observations
    AIChE Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 369–380, 1986
  58. The hydrodynamics of trickling flow in packed beds. Part I: Conduit models
    AIChE Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 353–368, 1986
  59. Longitudinal and lateral thermal dispersion in packed beds. Part I: Theory
    AIChE Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 581–590, 1985
  60. Longitudinal and lateral thermal dispersion in packed beds. Part II: Comparison between theory and experiment
    AIChE Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 591–602, 1985
  61. Kinetics in Three-Phase Reactors
    The Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 149–154, 1981
  62. Effectiveness factors of nth order kinetics in trickle-bed reactors
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 157–162, 1981
  63. Mass transfer in square gas-liquid contractors
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 1159–1160, 1979
  64. Trickle-Bed Oxidation Reactors
    Catalysis Reviews, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 187–247, 1977
  65. Oxidation of acetic acid solutions in a trickle-bed reactor
    AIChE Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 159–168, 1976