U.S.-Korea Long-Term Visit for Cooperative Research on the Kinetics of Catalyst Sintering

该提案要求资金允许佛罗里达大学化学工程系Hong H. Lee博士与首尔国立大学化学工程系Sang Heup Moon博士在为期5个月的韩国访问期间，开展一项关于催化剂烧结动力学的合作研究计划。合作者将研究烧结动力学，该动力学解释了载体孔径对负载催化剂烧结速率的影响。该研究结果将用于催化剂球团的设计，以最大限度地提高催化剂的寿命。除了该项目作为基础研究的重要性外，该研究可能在工业催化方面具有重要应用，其中催化剂的有效性与烧结程度成反比。该项目将为李博士在佛罗里达大学正在进行的研究增加一个国际合作的维度，该研究得到了美国国家科学基金会动力学和催化计划的支持。CBT8601884。合作者是本研究领域备受尊敬的科学家。Lee博士主要关注多孔负载催化剂的烧结动力学，而Moon博士的主要研究兴趣是支架的设计，以便在固定床系统中最大限度地减少烧结和最大化催化剂寿命。目前的项目将使他们能够结合他们的才能和兴趣，互惠互利。该项目与美韩合作科学项目的目标相关，该项目旨在通过科学信息、思想、技能和技术的交流以及在互利问题上的合作，提高美韩科学家和工程师之间的合作水平。韩国参与该项目得到了韩国科学工程财团（KOSEF）的支持。

This proposal requests funds to permit Dr. Hong H. Lee, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, to pursue with Dr. Sang Heup Moon, Department of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, during a five-month visit to Korea, a program of cooperative research on the kinetics of catalyst sintering. The collaborators will investigate the kinetics of sintering that accounts for the effects of support pore size on the sintering rate of supported catalysts. Results of this investigation will be utilized in the design of catalyst pellets to maximize catalyst life. 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. This project will add an international cooperative dimension to Dr. Lee's ongoing research at the University of Florida supported by the National Science Foundation's Kinetics and Catalysis Program under Grant No. CBT8601884. The collaborators are highly respected scientists in the field of this research. Dr. Lee is primarily concerned with developing the kinetics of sintering for porous, supported catalysts, while Dr. Moon's primary research interest is the design of support so as to minimize sintering and maximize catalyst life in fixed-bed systems. 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).