(Lecture, OCT 16) Intensified reactor technologies for efficient and sustainable chemical processes
time: 2018-10-15

itle:  Intensified reactor technologies for efficient and sustainable chemical processes
Speaker: Dr. Le Jun (University of Groningen)
Time: 9:30a.m., Oct. 16th, 2018
Venue:  Room 105, Shaw Engineering Building, Wushan Campus

[Abstract]
The development of efficient and sustainable chemical processes (especially in terms of biobased chemicals and fuels synthesis) is currently the focus of many research activities, which opens great opportunities for the application of intensified reactor technologies. In this presentation, the recent research activities in our group along this direction will be introduced, with emphasis on the promising use of microreactor as well as centrifugal contactor and separator in a variety of (biobased) chemical processes. Typical reaction cases to be dealt with include sugar dehydration to furanics, oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, hydrogenation of levulinic acid, catalytic methane combustion, biodiesel synthesis, lactic acid and chiral extraction. The reactor engineering aspects (transport characteristics, process intensification potential) and chemistry insights (homogeneous/heterogeneous catalysis, reaction mechanism) will be discussed particularly.

Announced by School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering