Biochemical reaction engineering for redox reactions

Redox reactions are still a challenge for biochemical engineers. A personal view for the development of this field is given. Cofactor regeneration was an obstacle for quite some time. The first technical breakthrough was achieved with the system formate/formate dehydrogenase for the regeneration of NADH2. In cases where the same enzyme could be used for chiral reduction as well as for cofactor regeneration, isopropanol as a hydrogen source proved to be beneficial. The coproduct (acetone) can be removed by pervaporation. Whole-cell reductions (often yeast reductions) can also be used. By proper biochemical reaction engineering, it is possible to apply these systems in a continuous way. By cloning a formate dehydrogenase and an oxidoreductase "designer bug" can be obtained where formate is used instead of glucose as the hydrogen source. Complex sequences of redox reactions can be established by pathway engineering with a focus on gene overexpression or with a focus on establishing non-natural pathways. The success of pathway engineering can be controlled by measuring cytosolic metabolite concentrations. The optimal exploitation of such systems calls for the integrated cooperation of classical and molecular biochemical engineering.     

Comparative Studies on the Deactivation and Regeneration of TiO2 Nanoparticles in Three Photocatalytic Oxidation Systems: C7H16, SO2, and C7H16-SO2

Three photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) systems: C₇H₁₆-O₂, SO₂-O₂ and C₇H₁₆-SO₂-O₂ were carried out with the aid of UV-illuminated TiO₂ nanoparticles at room temperature in a batch reactor. In C₇H₁₆-O₂-TiO₂ system, no catalyst deactivation was observed, while for SO₂-O₂-TiO₂ and C₇H₁₆-SO₂-O₂-TiO₂ systems, the photocatalytic activity of used TiO₂ powder showed decreasing and eventually no activity after used consecutively. The reaction products such as sulfur trioxide or sulfuric acid adsorbed onto the surface of TiO₂ catalyst were poisoning species. Photocatalytic activity of the deactivated TiO₂ powder could be regenerated by sonicating treatment with water and methanol for the two systems, respectively.     

Effect of N2O pretreatment on fresh and regenerated Pd-Ag/α-Al2O3 catalysts during selective hydrogenation of acetylene

N₂O pretreatment has shown to result in enhancement of the performance of fresh commercial Pd-Ag/α-Al₂O₃ catalyst during selective acetylene hydrogenation. However, it showed no effect for the used and regenerated catalysts probably due to changes int he metal arrangement on the catalyst surface after regeneration.     

合成异丙苯二次失活FX-01催化剂烧炭再生研究

以工业合成异丙苯二次失活催化剂为研究对象，考察了二次失活催化剂在不同温度下再生前后酸种类及其比例、酸含量、晶相、孔结构等性能，并分析了失活催化剂结炭性质及不同温度烧炭再生情况。结果表明：温度大于４５０℃才能烧炭，５００℃可将炭烧除７８％，６００℃方可将炭烧净。５００～６００℃烧炭后催化剂酸种类及其比例可完全恢复，酸量可恢复８０～９９％，晶相、孔结构基本未改变，本征活性恢复６６～８５％。与一次轻度结炭ＦＸ０１催化剂相比，要提高烧炭温度。     

Ni/SiO2催化剂上甲烷催化裂解制氢

研究了固定床反应器上甲烷在Ni/SiO2催化剂上的裂解反应，并分别用O2、H2O进行催化剂失活/活化循环实验，并对催化剂用XRD进行分析。结果表明,Ni/SiO2催化剂具有良好的催化性能,甲烷转化率～40%，并能在150 min的时间内保持其活性，无论是用空气氧化还是水蒸气汽化，都能有效地活化已失活的催化剂。XRD实验显示，多次裂解－再生循环过程，对催化剂结构没有明显破坏。     

DIRECT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND PLANT REGENERATION FROM PROTOPLAST-DERIVED CELLS OF WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.)

Protoplasts were isolated from embryogenic calli derived from immature embryos ofwheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Jinan 177). The protoplasts were cultured in NMB mediumsupplemented with 1mg/L 2,4- D and 500mg/l casein hydrolysate (CH). The regenerated cellsfrom protoplasts divided to form somatic embryos directly. The somatic embryos grown to1.5- 2 mm in size directly developed into complete plants on solid MB medium without hor-mones.     

Model-free kinetics applied to regeneration of coked alumina

Thermogravimetry is proposed to study the alumina catalyst regeneration deactivated by coke, after being used in the transformation of styrene in a fixed bed continuous flow reactor. The model-free kinetic approach has been applied to data for the thermal oxidation of carbonaceous deposits on the catalyst. The activation energy (E) was calculated as a function of a (conversion) and T (temperature), by using Vyazovkin model-free kinetic method, allowing to estimate time required to remove coke at a given temperature. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

微波辐射技术在活性炭制备中的应用

对微波辐射技术在活性炭的活化、表面改性及再生过程中的研究进展进行了概述。微波功率是影响活性炭的活化、改性、再生及其吸附性能和得率的主要因素之一。众多实验结果表明,微波辐射技术是制备活性炭材料和提高活性炭吸附性能的有效途径。     

FT-IR study of coked HY zeolite regeneration using oxygen or ozone

Two zeolites were coked using cyclohexene at 620 K; one had a low Si/Al_f ratio (HY), the other was ultrastabilized (HYS). It was found that oxygen regeneration occurred at 770 K or above, whereas ozone was effective at 450 K or less,e.g. under conditions such that the HY sample was still thermally stable.     

苯与丙烯烷基化失活沸石催化剂氢再生机理

对工业中试用于苯与丙烯烷基化失活β－沸石改性催化剂进行了H2再生研究。通过对失活、新鲜和再生后催化剂的TPO、TPD、孔结构测定和活性评价以及失活和再生催化剂样品上炭组成的GC－MS分析，讨论了H2再生后催化剂催化性能的恢复状况。解释了虽然仍有部分炭未被除去，但酸性和活性恢复良好的原因。提出了本文体系失活催化剂H2再生过程的作用机理。