U.S.-China Cooperative Research (Chemical Engineering): Studies of Acid Catalysts for Hydrocarbon Processing Reactions

这是威斯康星大学的詹姆斯·A·杜梅西奇和南京大学的陈怡就固体酸催化剂的研究开展的为期两年的合作研究项目。该项目由美国国家科学基金会和中国国家教委共同发起。固体酸被用作多相催化剂，用于石油化学工业中的碳氢化合物裂解和聚合物工业中作为中间体的胺的形成等重要过程。威斯康星大学和南京大学的合作研究将解决催化剂结构和组成如何控制酸强度，以及这些因素如何与这些材料在裂化和胺化反应中的催化性能相关。催化剂的酸性研究和反应动力学测量将在威斯康星大学进行，而催化剂的制备和表征将在南京大学进行。将进行动力学模拟，以检验可用于设计新的酸性材料作为烃加工反应的有效催化剂的定量关系。

This is a two-year collaborative research project between James A. Dumesic of the University of Wisconsin and Chen Yi of Nanjing University on the study of solid acid catalysts. The project is sponsored by NSF and the Chinese State Education Commission. Solid acids are used as heterogeneous catalysts for such important processes as cracking of hydrocarbons in the petrochemical industry and the formation of amines as intermediates in the polymer industry. Collaborative research between the University of Wisconsin and Nanjing University will address how catalyst structure and composition control acid strength and how these factors are thereby related to the catalytic performance of these materials for cracking and amination reactions. Catalyst acidity studies and reaction kinetics measurements will be conducted at the University of Wisconsin, while catalyst preparation and characterization will be performed at Nanjing University. Kinetic modeling will be carried out to test quantitative relations that may be used to design new acidic materials as effective catalysts for hydrocarbon processing reactions.