1995 - D.Sc. Chemical Engineering - COPPE/UFRJ (Brasil) – U. OF WASHINGTON (Seattle)
Supervisors: Profs. Martin Schmal and Charles T. Campbell
"Spectroscopic Characterization and Catalytic Performance in the Hydrogenation of CO of the Bimetallic Catalyst Co-Rh/Nb₂O₅".

1989 - M.Sc. Chemical Engineering - COPPE/UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
Supervisor : Prof. José Luiz Fontes Monteiro
"Kinetic Study of Cyclohexanol Dehydrogenation".

1985 - B.Sc. Chemical Engineering - UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)

CERTIFICATIONS:

SUMMARY:

Staff Scientist.  Lead Engineer.  Career interests include Catalysis and Catalysts, Chemical Processes, Energy, Fuel, Alternative Sources, Materials Characterization, Environmental Engineering, Modeling/Simulation/Design.  Main background and experience in Heterogeneous Catalysis, Chemical Reaction Systems, Chemical Kinetics, Chemical Reactor Design, and Fuel Processing.  Research activities involve applied R&D, definition of project goals, conceptual development of laboratory and pilot scale experimental prototypes, operation, data collection, analysis and design recommendation.

Dr. Frydman joined GE-EER in May of 2001.  He is a lead engineer with technical responsibility on applied R&D projects in coal gasification, syngas production, hydrogen fuel generation for fuel cell applications, and aspects that involve catalytic materials and characterization, analysis, heat transfer and thermodynamics.  His main current assignment is the development of the pilot-scale plant of Advanced Gasification Combustion Technology (AGC) of DOE’s Vision-21 Program. Dr. Frydman’s major task in the AGC project includes the design of three fluidized bed reactors inter-linked by solid recirculation to produce high purity Hydrogen, provide inherent CO₂ sequestration and generate power.  He is responsible for the strategy to specify materials, dimensions and operating conditions, as well as technical support to team members.

At Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, he conducted investigations on the Kinetics of Cyclohexanol Dehydrogenation.  Collaborating with Petrobrás S.A., he designed and tested promising Fischer-Tröpsch catalysts to improve diesel oil selectivity from carbon monoxide hydrogenation.  The latter project was his motivation to pursue a split doctorate fellowship program at the University of Washington emphasized on the XPS characterization of bimetallic catalysts for carbon monoxide hydrogenation, and development of structural models to describe the Surface of multimetallic supported catalysts.

Dr. Frydman was a team member of the Cryofuel Systems Group, University of Victoria, B.C..  The group's main objective is to design, build, evaluate and market a cost-effective fleet-size refueling station making use of alternative fuels, such as LNG and, eventually, LH₂.  He was responsible for the theoretical and experimental development of high-performance regenerators with magnetic materials or other brittle materials.  Dr. Frydman tested various substances for their suitability as “regenerator materials” by directly measuring heat transfer, longitudinal conduction and pressure drops in fabricated geometries.

Dr. Frydman worked as Research Scientist at H Power Enterprises of Canada, Inc., a fuel cell company located in, Québec, Canada.  HPEC designs, constructs, and commercializes stationary fuel cell systems for power generation.  His responsibilities included research and development of fuel processor prototypes, conceptual and experimental design, catalytic systems to generate hydrogen, and gas separation/purification technologies.

1.  "A Study of the Promoting Effect of Noble Metal Addition on Niobia and Niobia Alumina Catalysts", Schmal, M., Aranda, D.A.G., Soares, R.R., Noronha, F.B. and Frydman, A., Catalysis Today, 57, 169-176 (2000).

2.  "Determination of Thermal Properties of Solid Porous Media on a Single-blow Testing Apparatus", Frydman, A. and Barclay, J.A., Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, 45, 1205-1212 (2000).

3.  "A Laboratory Apparatus to Determine Fluid-Solid Heat Transfer Coefficient and Effective Thermal Conductivity of Solid Porous Media", Reedeker, P., Frydman, A., and Barclay, J.A., Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, 45, 1723-1730 (2000).

4.  "Carbon Monoxide Hydrogenation on Co-Rh/Nb₂O₅ Catalysts", Frydman, A., Castner, D.G., Campbell, C.T. and Schmal, M., Journal of Catalysis, 188, 1-13 (1999).

5.  "Direct Measurement of the Giant Adiabatic Temperature Change in Gd₅Si₂Ge₂", Giguère A., Foldëaki, M., Gopal, B.R., Chahine, R., Bose, T.K., Frydman, A. and Barclay, J.A., Physical Review Letters, 83(11), 2262-2265 (1999).

6.  "The Promoting Effect of Noble Metal Addition on Niobia-Supported Cobalt Catalysts", Noronha, F. B., Frydman, A., Aranda, D. A. G., Perez, C. A., Soares, R. R., Morawek, B., Castner, D. G., Campbell, C. T., Frety, R. and Schmal, M., Catalysis Today, 28, 147-157 (1996).

7.  "A Method for Accurate Quantitative XPS Analysis of Multimetallic or Multiphase Catalysts on Support Particles"; Frydman, A., Castner, D.G., Schmal, M. and Campbell, C.T., Journal of Catalysis, 157, 133-144 (1995).

8.  "Particle and Phase Thicknesses from XPS Analysis of Supported Bimetallic Catalysts: Calcined Co-Rh/Nb₂O₅"; Frydman, A., Castner, D.G., Schmal, M. and Campbell, C.T., Journal of Catalysis, 152, 164-178 (1995).

9.  "XPS Studies on Ce/Al₂O₃ and on Co-Rh/Nb₂O₅ Catalysts", Appel, L. G., Frydman, A., Perez, C. A., Eon, J. G., Castner, D. G., Campbell, C. T. and Schmal, M., Phys. Stat. Sol., B192, 477-491 (1995).

10.  "High Selectivity of Diesel Fraction in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis with Co/Nb₂O₅"; Frydman, A.; Soares, R.R. and Schmal, M., New Frontiers in Catalysis, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., edited by B. Delmon and J.T. Yates, Elsevier, Amsterdam, v. 75, part C, 2797-2800 (1993).

11.  "Effect of Preparation Method on 5% Co/Nb₂O₅ in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS)"; Soares, R. R.; Frydman, A. and Schmal, M., Catalysis Today, 16, 361-370 (1993).

PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

2.  Using Entropy Analysis to Design Regenerators for Active Magnetic Regenerative Cycle Refrigerators, Proceedings of the 9^th Canadian Hydrogen Conference,