Recently, catalytic reaction research group of State Key Laboratory of heavy oil has made new progress in the research of catalyst for isomerizationof alkane and study of reaction mechanism. Its latest scientific research results ----Nature of active sites and deactivation mechanism for n-butane isomerization over alumina-promoted sulfated zirconiawere available online in the Journal of Catalysis, which is an academic journal of the Elsevier Publishing Group in the fieldof engineering. The first author of this paper isWang Pengzhao, doctoral candidate of 2013 in our school, whose supervisor are Professor Yang Zhaohe and Professor Li Chunyi. Recently, this research paper has beenselected by JournalofCatalysis as featured articleand is the reporting focus on the homepage.
Recently, deep utilization of low carbon hydrocarbons has become an important subject in the development of petroleum and chemical industry. The importance of upgrade and utilization of carbon four resources is growing, which has attracted the attention of many researchers. Among these subjects, using n-butane isomerizationin the preparation of isobutane is an economic and technological feasibility plan.
The research system of this group is a SO42-/ZrO2-Al2O3catalyst which does not contain precious metal component and is friendly to the environment. The nature of the active sites on the catalyst surface was explored, and the mechanism of the isomerization reaction and deactivation of the catalyst was elucidated. The work lays a theoretical foundation for the design of new catalysts for isomerization of alkanes and the development of new processes.
The relevant research results have been highly valued by the international peers, who consider it has high innovation and will make important contributions to the development of the catalyst and process for the isomerization of alkanes.
Journal of Catalysisis an international well-known journal in the field of catalysis, which belongs to the Elsevier Publishing Group. JCR section: section one Top journal and the impact factor is 7.482 in the last 5 years.
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