An integrated system of biological and catalytic oxidation for the removal of o-xylene from exhaust

Biofiltration is an efficient technology for treatment of gaseous waste. Its disadvantages, however, include large volume of bioreactor and slow adaptation to fluctuating concentrations in waste gas. Catalytic oxidation offers a high destructive efficiency at relatively low operating temperature and small unit. A bench scale system integrated with a biofilter and a catalytic oxidation unit for the treatment of gases containing o-xylene was investigated in this study. The catalytic oxidation unit was packed with Cu/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The results showed that 90% of o-xylene could be removed in the biofilter at the load below 38.2 g m⁻³ h⁻¹. High o-xylene concentration in inlet gas resulted in an overload of the biofilter. Using the Cu/Al₂O₃ catalytic oxidation unit, the concentration of o-xylene could be reduced evidently. The combination of the chemical and microbial processes not only led to a high and stable efficiency of o-xylene conversion, but also improved capacity resisting the shock loads. The Cu/Al₂O₃ was studied for o-xylene oxidation in temperature range of 90–320 °C. The o-xylene conversion was improved correspondingly with the increasing of oxidation temperature. The reaction mechanism of o-xylene oxidation on Cu/Al₂O₃ was also investigated using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS).     

Gas-phase selective oxidation of toluene on TiO2–sepiolite supported vanadium oxides: Influence of vanadium loading on conversion and product selectivities

Gas-phase selective oxidation of toluene has been carried out on vanadium oxide systems (5–20 wt.% of V₂O₅, equivalent to 0.4–1.7 theoretical monolayers) supported on TiO₂–sepiolite (with titania loading around the theoretical monolayer, 12 wt.%) and on sepiolite. A study has been made on both the influence of vanadia loading and of the support on the catalytic behaviour of the supported vanadium systems. The reducibility by H₂ TPR was also studied as well as the acid and basic/redox sites from the results of conversion of the 2-propanol test reaction of the solids. Benzaldehyde, benzoic acid and several coupling products were the main ones detected, attaining over 50% selectivity towards the benzaldehyde and benzoic acid products at a total conversion around 10%. The activity and selectivity to the selective products exhibited by vanadium systems supported on mixed support were superior to those exhibited by the systems supported on sepiolite and increased notably in both series with the increase in vanadium loading. The best catalytic behaviour exhibited by the vanadium systems supported on mixed support, which also exhibited the highest density of sites capable of being reduced (as well as their reducibility) and of those responsible for propanone formation, could be attributed not only to the different balance of the vanadia species existing in the two supports (monomeric + oligomeric/polymeric), but also to such other factors as the nature of the support and, concretely, its chemical composition.     

Insight into the chemical reaction of CH2OH with NO: Formation of N-hydroxy formamide as an isocyanic acid precursor

This study has explored the potential energy surface on the chemical reaction of CH₂OH with NO by using ab initio calculation. We have found the new reaction pathway producing N-hydroxy formamide, which can further decompose to generate isocyanic acid as a reducing agent of hydrocarbons selective catalytic reduction.     

焦化生产中含硫容器自燃氧化倾向性分析

分析了炼焦化工生产过程中硫的分布和存在形态、硫铁化合物自燃的影响因素,提出了防止储罐、管道等设备自燃事故的安全控制方法.     

表面引发剂对熔融铝合金直接氧化生长的影响

为了控制熔融铝合金直接氧化法制备Al2O3/Al复合材料的氧化生长,采用ZnO,SiO2和MgO3种表面引发剂,研究它们对Al-Si-Zn合金氧化生长过程及Al2O3/Al复合材料组织形貌的影响.结果表明:与未使用引发剂时相比,使用SiO2,ZnO或MgO表面引发剂制备的粉末都能显著地缩短Al-Si-Zn合金的氧化生长孕育期,提高合金氧化生长速率,改善复合材料的胞状生长方式,提高复合材料的组织均匀度和致密度,为实际生产应用提供了依据.实验发现:ZnO表面引发剂的使用效果最为突出,其最佳添加量为12mg/cm2.     

Synthesis and activation of Pt nanoparticles with controlled size for fuel cell electrocatalysts

Well-dispersed Pt nanoparticles with controlled size and narrow size distribution were prepared by polyalcohol reduction of platinum acetylacetonate, using oleylamine as a capping agent. The particle size was varied from 3.5 nm to 11.5 nm by decreasing the amount of oleylamine added in the synthesis. Size selection of the as-prepared particles by solvent fractionation yielded nearly monodispersed Pt particles. The as-prepared particles were loaded on a carbon support by physical deposition, but showed no electrocatalytic activity due to the oleylamine bound to the particle surface. The particles were activated for electrocatalysis after heating the particles in air at 185 °C for 5 h, conditions that gave no particle-sintering and no oxidation. Cyclic voltammetry showed that the particles after the heat treatment in air were electrocatalytically active for methanol oxidation. The smaller 3.5 nm and 4.0 nm Pt particles had a higher intrinsic activity for methanol oxidation, but a lower tolerance to CO poisoning, compared with 6.0 nm, 9.5 nm and 11.5 nm particles. CO-stripping results suggest that CO is more easily oxidized on larger Pt particles.     

多掺炼新疆渣油的催化裂化工业生产技术

兰州石化公司以加工新疆原油为主，重油收率高，平均在37％左右，所生产的重油主要靠催化裂化装置来加工，多余部分以低附加值重油出厂。随着涩宁兰天然气工程的逐渐建成，低附加值重油出厂将受到严重威胁，因此，催化裂化装置加工重油显得尤为重要。兰州石化公司炼油厂1.2Mt/a重催装置通过采用先进技术进行改造，使重油掺炼比由41.52%提高到52.20%，提高了10.68个百分点，年多加工重油14.95万t，产品收率达到79.20%以上，能够灵活调节产品结构，创造了良好的经济效益。     

碳/碳复合材料MoSi2/SiC涂层在动态氧化环境下的性能研究

为了考察MoSi₂/SiC防氧化涂层体系在动态氧化环境下的防护能力,对碳/碳复合材料MoSi₂/SiC涂层试样在1100~1500℃下进行了高温燃气高质流冲刷环境下的氧化试验。结果表明,在1100~1500℃的燃气动态环境下,具有稳定的氧化失重速率,氧化失重曲线近似呈直线关系,氧化失重和氧化失重速率均随着氧化温度的升高而降低,表现出该涂层抗高质流冲刷和氧化的能力随温度的升高而提高,在该温度区间内,随着温度的升高,具有更优异的抗氧化和抗高质流冲刷的能力。     

MGD工艺技术的特点

应炼油厂要求，FCC既要多产柴油，又需多产液化气，石油化工科学研究院开发了MGD工艺。该工工艺遵循催化裂化的反应机理，把分段进料和汽油回炼紧密组合为一个体系，较好地达到了用掺渣油原料多产柴油和液化气的目的，其汽油烯烃和硫含量降低。从而使炼油厂调合汽油达到产品规格。工艺实施容易，改造投入少、见效快，受到炼油厂欢迎，并迅速推广应用。浅释了MGD工艺的反应机理，并提出了应用中应该注意的问题。     

甲烷氧化偶联中钙钛矿催化膜的研究进展

甲烷氧化偶联对充分利用天然气资源具有非常重要的意义 ,以钙钛矿催化膜为核心的催化技术最有希望实现这一过程的工业化。本文介绍了近几年来人们对钙钛矿催化膜的研究成果 ,指出了这一领域今后的发展重点。