Chemical Reaction Engineering for Clean Energy and Green Chemical Processes

化学反应工程在发展清洁能源和环境友好的化工过程中发挥着重要作用。这项研究的长期目标是通过开发新型催化剂、基于机械的动力学模型和创新的化学反应器来做出贡献。为了实现这一目标，拟议的研究将利用申请者专利技术的原型，如CREC立管模拟器、实验室规模的光-CREC光催化反应器和CREC-GS光学探头。这些是在工业操作条件下确定催化剂性能、动力学速率和气固反应器流体动力学的独特装置。将使用基于统计的动力学和参数估计来开展研究。它们将导致包含本征动力学、吸附和颗粒内扩散的速率方程。

Chemical reaction engineering plays a significant role in the advancement of clean energies and environmentally friendly chemical processes. The long-term objective of this research is to contribute by developing novel catalysts, mechanistically-based kinetic models and innovative chemical reactors. To accomplish this, the proposed research will take advantage of the prototypes from the applicant’s patented technologies such as the CREC Riser Simulator, the bench scale Photo-CREC Photocatalytic Reactors and the CREC-GS Optiprobes. These are unique devices to establish catalyst performance, kinetic rates and gas-solid reactor fluid dynamics under industrial operating conditions. Studies will be developed using statistically based kinetics and parameter estimation. They will lead to rate equations which will incorporate intrinsic kinetics, adsorption and intraparticle diffusion.