In this project, the selective oxidation of benzene to maleic anhydride (MAN) was studied. Gas phase catalytic oxidation of benzene was carried out in a laboratory scale fluidized bed reactor on six different types of catalysts, which have different compositions. Effects of temperature, flow rates of benzene and air and catalyst type on the reaction selectivity were investigated at atmospheric pressure. The experiments were performed over a temperature range of 325 to 400°C, a space-time (W/F A0 ) range from 11.28 × 10 5 to 31.9 × 10 5 g s mol -1, and benzene/ air mole ratio changes between 0.0109 and 0.0477. It was seen that conversion of benzene to MAN increased with increasing temperature for the catalysts supported by silica gel, aluminum oxide and titanium oxide. From the results it was found that conversion increased with increasing flow rate of air. When the comparison of the catalysts were made, it could be said that catalysts supported by silica gel showed higher MAN conversions. So it can be concluded that catalysts supported by silica gel were more suitable catalysts for benzene oxidation to MAN in a fluidized bed reactor.

In this study, the electroless copper plating technique was applied on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic. The effects of ionic liquid types, plating time and sanding paper size were investigated on plating. Experiments were carried out with two different types of ionic liquids: 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium chloride (EMIC C6H11N2Cl) and 1-ethyl 3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide (DCA, C8H11N5), with 120-500 grit sandpapers by applying sand attrition process, at constant bath temperature as 60⁰C, and with 30-150 minutes of deposition times. The characterization of the coated samples was performed by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Experimental results show that the copper plating on ABS plastic was succeeded. The maximum amount of deposit was obtained by using EMIC as catalyst with 150 min deposition time and with 500 grit sandpaper size.

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In this study, catalytic wet air oxidation of wastewater that contains organic matter (phenol) is investigated in a laboratory scale trickle-bed reactor. The aim of this project is to determine the optimum operating conditions for the reaction of phenol in the wastewater with oxygen using a catalyst. For this purpose, the effects of temperature, gas flow rate, liquid space velocity and initial concentration of phenol on the conversion of phenol at constant pressure and the effect of pressure on the conversion of phenol at constant temperature are investigated. An industrial copper chromite catalyst was used in the experimental studies. It is seen from the experimental results, conversion of phenol increases with increasing temperature, pressure, gas flow rate and liquid space velocity; and also, it is seen that conversion of phenol decreases with increasing initial concentration of phenol. The conversion of phenol reaches at 130˚C and 4 bar to 40%. It was also found that, 3 ppm copper amount was determined from the exit stream of the reactor. This result shows that cupper placed in the structure of the catalyst, mixes with the liquid stream during the reaction.