U.S.-Korea Cooperative Research on the Effects of Pore Size on Deactivation of Nickel Catalyst

这一建议要求资金允许洪博士H。李， 佛罗里达大学化学工程系， 与反应工程部的Sang Heup Moon博士合作 韩国科学技术高等研究院实验室 技术（KAIST），为期18个月，一个方案 的合作研究的影响，孔径对 苯镍催化剂的失活 氢化。 这些催化剂受到以下两种因素的影响： 烧结和焦化（中毒）由于放热 反应的性质。 研究的目的 是为了确定孔径大小对 失活速率，从而可以设计镍催化剂 以延长氢化反应的寿命。 在合作项目中，Moon博士将准备和测试 不同载体孔径的催化剂。 李博士将 提供支持效果的理论分析 孔径对这些金属催化剂烧结的影响。 因为催化剂受到烧结和 焦化，还必须确定多少 的失活是由于烧结， 正确分析催化剂有效性数据。 在 除了项目的重要性作为一个基本的 这项研究可能具有重要意义。 在工业催化中的应用， 催化剂的有效性与 烧结程度。 合作者高度 在这项研究领域受人尊敬的科学家。 的 目前的项目将使他们联合收割机的人才 和利益，互惠互利。 这个项目是相关的 美国的目标-韩国合作科学 旨在提高合作水平的计划 美国和韩国的科学家和工程师之间， 交流科学信息、思想、技能， 技术，并通过在共同问题上的合作， 效益 韩国参与该项目得到支持 韩国科学与工程基金会（KOSEF）

This proposal requests funds to permit Dr. Hong H. Lee, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, to pursue with Dr. Sang Heup Moon, Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), for a period of 18 months, a program of cooperative research on the effects of pore size on deactivation of nickel catalysts for benzene hydrogenation. These catalysts are affected both by sintering and coking (poisoning) due to the exothermic nature of the reaction. The objective of the research is to determine the effects of pore size on the deactivation rate so that a nickel catalyst can be designed for an extended lifetime for the hydrogenation reaction. In the cooperative project, Dr. Moon will prepare and test catalysts of varying support pore size. Dr. Lee will provide a theoretical analysis of the effect of support pore size on the sintering of these metal catalysts. Because the catalyst is affected both by sintering and coking, a determination also must be made as to how much of the deactivation is due to sintering in order to properly analyze data on catalyst effectiveness. In addition to the importance of the project as a basic research study, this research may have important applications in industrial catalysis, where the effectiveness of the catalyst is inversely related to the extent of sintering. The collaborators are highly respected scientists in the field of this research. The present project will allow them to combine their talents and interests for mutual benefit. This project is relevant to the objectives of the U.S.-Korea Cooperative Science Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. and Korean scientists and engineers through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual benefit. Korean participation in the project is supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF).