CuCl2和HY分子筛的表面反应及Cu/Y分子筛的制备及其催化甲醇氧化羰基化

以CuCl₂为前驱物与HY分子筛进行固相离子交换制备了Cu/Y催化剂,采用热重方法研究了CuCl₂与HY分子筛的表面固相离子交换反应,结合活性测试表明催化剂中高度分散的CuCl和离子交换形式的Cu⁺物种是甲醇氧化羰基化合成碳酸二甲酯的催化活性中心。X射线光电子能谱表征和元素分析结果表明,活性金属Cu主要以CuCl形式存在于分子筛外表面,而在分子筛笼内则以交换的Cu⁺和少量吸附的CuCl形式存在。与以CuCl为交换铜源所制催化剂相比,以CuCl₂为铜源制备的催化剂Cu含量低,催化活性更高。     

SUY的晶胞参数和骨架振动频率与其硅铝比间的关系

用SiCl₄(气)高温处理HY制得一系列USY(T),以USY(T)的晶胞常数α₀对其单位晶胞中铝原子的数目作图,发现c₀在24.45～24.55有一断落区间。由实验结果推导出两个以晶胞常数计算USY骨架硅铝比的公式。用400～1500cm^-1范围的红外光谱研究了USY的骨架变化。一些骨架振动特征频率与晶胞常数,单位晶胞中铝原子分数的相关图,也都出现断落区间。当晶胞常数小于24.41时,460cm^-1及1145cm^-1的两个峰发生劈裂。随晶胞常数的减少光谱峰变窄。     

Mechanically activated synthesis of monosilane by the reaction of calcium hydride with silicon tetrafluoride

Possibility of performing a mechanically activated synthesis of pure monosilane by the reaction of calcium hydride with silicon tetrafluoride in a rotating flow-through reactor containing milling bodies was analyzed. A number of operation parameters of the grinding reactor were theoretically evaluated and experimentally determined.     

菲加氢裂解制BTX的催化剂研究

采用等体积浸渍法制备了Ni/ZSM-5、Ni/HY、Ni/Al₂O₃和Ni/USY四个系列Ni含量不同的催化剂,在固定床反应器中考察了四类催化剂对菲的加氢裂化制BTX反应的催化性能。借助BET、SEM、热重和差热分析对催化剂的形貌、比表面积、平均孔径及积炭情况进行了表征,结合其结果对催化剂性能进行了分析。结果表明,Ni/HY和Ni/USY催化剂中Ni含量为12%时性能最优,收率可达52%。Al₂O₃催化剂的最佳Ni含量为6%,该系催化剂初始性能尚可,但失活较快;ZSM-5型分子筛催化剂性能较差。     

Alkylation of Ethylbenzene with Methanol on HY,HM and HZSM-5 Zeolite

The alkylation of ethylbenzene with methanol on various zeolites has been studied at atmospheric pressure, 300–500 °C and with ethylbenzene/methanol = 3 mol/mol in a fixed-bed, integral-flow reactor. The catalytic activity decreased in the order HZSM-5 > HY > HM. The optimum conditions for the formation of ethyltoluene were HY zeolite, 400 °C and W/F = 4.1 g-cat h/g-feed. The catalyst decay rate increased in the order HZSM-5 << HY < HM; coking of the zeolite increased the fraction of para-isomer in the ethyltoluenes. On HZSM-5 modified with alkaline earth metal, the conversion of ethylbenzene decreased with concomitantly increased selectivity of para-ethyltoluene especially evident in cases of magnesium and calcium (> 93% para-selectivity). These results are interpreted in terms of diminution of both the strong acid sites and the pore size of zeolites. For the reaction on HY at 400 °C, the reaction paths were determined; the ethylbenzene reacted via alkylation, disproportionation and dealkylation with initial selectivities 84.7%, 13.1% and 2.2%, respectively.     

含有多级孔复合分子筛的复合催化剂上合成气一步制二甲醚

以Beta分子筛为核、Y型分子筛为壳层的多级孔复合分子筛(BFZ)作为甲醇脱水催化剂用于固定床中合成气一步法制备二甲醚,并与纯Y型分子筛进行了比较,研究了二甲醚合成催化反应活性与甲醇脱水催化剂孔道结构和酸性之间的关系.结果表明,复合分子筛HBFZ具有中等强度的酸性和中孔孔道结构,有利于提高合成气制备二甲醚的催化反应活性.二甲醚直接合成催化剂由工业CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃催化剂(CZA)与分子筛(HBFZ、HY)采用机械混合方法制备;催化评价结果显示,CZA/HBFZ比CZA/HY具有更优的催化活性和稳定性.在250 ℃, 5.0 MPa 和 1 500 h^-1的反应条件下,CZA/HBFZ催化剂上CO的转化率和DME的选择性分别达到94.2%和67.9%.     

Stability of the Front of Filtration Combustion of Bidisperse Fuel Mixture in an Inclined Rotating Gas Generator

To characterize the stability of the filtration combustion (FC) front, a dimensionless coefficient that describes the spatial distortions of the combustion front and is equal to the ratio between the maximum and minimum front width is suggested. It was shown for the example of bidisperse fuel mixtures of hard coal that, with an inclined rotating reactor, the gasification process can be stabilized as compared with the vertical reactor. A stable combustion front was observed at any content of the fine fraction in experiments of gasification of a fuel composed of 5–7- and 3–5-mm fractions. A stable combustion front was observed in experiments with a fine (1–2 mm) fraction up to its content of 60%.     

The preparation of aluminoxane from trimethylaluminium at a defined surface of deeply cooled ice

The controlled hydrolysis of trimethylaluminium (TMA) on a defined surface of cooled ice to the corresponding aluminoxanes provides good yields of a toluene soluble product. The reaction was conducted in a specially designed reactor with a rotating scraper. The product properties are independent of reaction temperature between −28 and −40 °C and scraping speed, but can be varied with the extent of hydrolysis. A series of reactors was built for the investigation of this reaction system, the biggest ones producing between 0.5 and 1 kg of aluminoxane solution per day. The safety and ease of use was improved with each subsequent reactor design.     

Silicalite-1修饰的HY型分子筛及其对纤维素水解的催化性能

采用silicalite-1对HY型分子筛进行修饰,得到具有核壳结构的复合分子筛HY/silicalite-1。通过X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)、N2的吸附-脱附及吡啶吸附红外(Py-FTIR)等手段对不同晶化时间合成的HY/silicalite-1复合分子筛进行了表征,研究了复合分子筛对纤维素水解的催化性能。结果表明,晶化时间直接影响复合分子筛的晶体生长规律和两组分的相对含量,最佳晶化时间为16-24 h,所得到的复合分子筛外貌呈核壳结构,silicalite-1附晶生长在HY型分子筛的表面;随着晶化时间的延长,复合分子筛的表面由胶浊状变为光滑,最终变为鳞片状;其B酸量先减少后增加,而L酸量则先增加后减少。其中,晶化时间为24 h的HY/silicalite-1复合分子筛B酸量最大,L酸量最小,对纤维素水解反应具有良好的催化性能,葡萄糖收率由HY型分子筛催化获得的28.0%大幅提高至45.8%。     

高活性Ni/HY催化剂加氢催化合成苯胺类化合物的研究

采用浸渍沉淀法制备Ni/HY催化剂,用BET、XRD、TEM、TPR等方法对其进行表征,并将其应用于硝基化合物液相加氢合成苯胺类化合物反应中.结果表明,Ni/HY催化剂具有较高的催化活性,在温和的反应条件下,反应0.5 h后,硝基化合物的转化率和苯胺类化合物的选择性均高达99.0%以上.该催化剂能储存于150℃以下的空气气氛中,活性组分分散度高,且具有良好的磁分离性能.     

Unsteady state behavior of CO oxidation over a supported Pt catalyst in the millibar range

The alkylation of naphthalene with isopropanol was investigated over a HY (Si/Al=4) zeolite under the following conditions: flow reactor, liquid phase with decalin as solvent, 623 K, 40 bar. Despite complete filling of the zeolite pores by coke during the first hour of reaction, the rate of formation of isopropylnaphthalene remained very high. This is due to the development of a new reaction process involving transalkylation between the polyisopropyl naphthalenes entrapped in the pores and naphthalene followed by the realkylation of the former compounds with isopropanol.     

Calculation of rotational barriers in amorphous polymers

The Monte Carlo method was used for generation of amorphous polyethylene configurations on a diamond lattice. Chain building was performed on the tetrahedral lattice of edges 36, 62 and 43 Å with periodic boundary conditions imposed.32 chains were generated, each with a length of 100 CH₂-groups (resulting density = 0.81 g·cm⁻³). Small spherical volumes with a radius of 10 Å were chosen at random from the total volume for the calculation of rotational barriers. The rotating bond was chosen to be close to the center of this sphere. We employed the method of molecular mechanics in order to calculate the rotational barriers. The calculation was made for 578 rotating bonds and the obtained distribution of rotational barriers is approximated by the corresponding Γ-distribution.     

Cu/HY催化剂在乙炔氢氯化反应中的性能及其失活原因

采用等体积浸渍法制备了以分子筛为载体的铜基无汞催化剂(Cu/HY),在固定床反应器中,考察了Cu/HY催化剂用于乙炔氢氯化反应制取氯乙烯的催化性能,并采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、能量散射光谱(EDS)、电感耦合等离子光谱(ICP-AES)、氮气吸脱附(BET)、热重分析(TG)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线粉末衍射(XRD)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)表征手段对反应前后的催化剂进行了表征和分析。 结果表明,反应温度为160 ℃,常压,空速为120 h^-1,V(HCl)/V(C₂H₂)=1.25,Cu的负载质量分数为15%时,Cu/HY催化剂的乙炔氢氯化性能最佳,乙炔转化率可达84%,氯乙烯选择性始终大于95%,且具有较好的稳定性;通过表征分析,认为催化剂表面形成积碳,铜活性物种的还原、团聚和流失是导致Cu/HY催化剂活性下降的主要原因。     

Thermal diffusion zincing/aluminizing of steels and alloys under mechanical activation of sample surfaces

Possibility of producing zinc-aluminide coatings by thermal diffusion impregnation of steels under mechanical activation of the surface of samples in a rotating reactor was analyzed.     

The potential antioxidant ability of hydroxytyrosol on Caenorhabditis elegans against oxidative damage via the insulin signaling pathway

Hydroxytyrosol (HY) deriving from olive leaves is a phenolic component which has been proven to possess a strong antioxidant ability. However, the underling mechanism is still unclear. To evaluate the antioxidant ability of HY comprehensively, assays in vitro and in vivo (Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) was used as a model organism) were conducted. The results showed HY could scavenge 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) radicals with a strong total reducing power. Pretreated with HY for 48 h, the cell viability of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells was enhanced under oxidative stress by reducing the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA). A suitable concentration of HY showed no side effects on the development, fertility, and movement of C. elegans. With the treatment of HY, the survival was enhanced by 15.79% under thermal stress. The ROS and MDA contents were also reduced, which might be associated with the increasing abilities of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and the heat shock protein HSP-16.2. Nuclear localization of DAF-16 was greatly increased after treated with HY. More outcomes demonstrated HY exhibited an excellent antioxidant capacity via the insulin signaling pathway by upregulating daf-16 and sod-3 and downregulating the genes of age-1 and daf-2.     

Synthesis of jet fuel through the oligomerization of butenes on zeolite catalysts

In this study, the oligomerization of a butene mixture composed of 1-butene, cis-2-butene and trans-2-butene over several types of zeolites in a fixed-bed catalytic reactor at an elevated pressure was studied to produce hydrocarbons in the jet fuel range (C₈–C₁₆). Three types of zeolites, HZSM-5, Hβ and HY, were compared to evaluate the performance during the synthesis of jet fuel via the oligomerization of the aforementioned butene mixture. Compared to HY and Hβ, HZSM-5 showed a very stable butene conversion rate with high selectivity to jet-fuel-range hydrocarbon, which could be attributed to high resistance to coke resulting from the pore structure. HZSM-5 (50) shows the best quantitative conversion performance and yield for jet fuel for a time-on-stream of up to 6 h. It was also noted that the branched-to-linear hydrocarbon ratio reached 8.7 over the HZSM-5 (50) catalyst, which is beneficial to improve the cold properties of jet fuel. The present study reveals that HZSM-5 (50) is a potential catalyst for jet fuel synthesis through the oligomerization of butene mixture, exhibiting high stability and a high yield.     

Selective Oxidation of Propane by Lattice Oxygen of Vanadium-Phosphorous Oxide in a Pulse Reactor

Selective oxidation of propane by lattice oxygen of vanadium-phosphorus oxide (VPO) catalysts was investigated with a pulse reactor in which the oxidation of propane and the re-oxidation of catalyst were implemented alternately in the presence of water vapor. The principal products are acrylic acid (AA),acetic acid (HAc), and carbon oxides. In addition, small amounts of C1 and C2 hydrocarbons were also found, molar ratio of AA to HAc is 1.4-2.2. The active oxygen species are those adsorbed on catalyst surface firmly and/or bound to catalyst lattice, i.e. lattice oxygen; the selective oxidation of propane on VPO catalysts can be carried out in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) riser reactor. For propane oxidation over VPO catalysts, the effects of reaction temperature in a pulse reactor were found almost the same as in a steady-state flow reactor. That is, as the reaction temperature increases, propane conversion and the amount of C1 C2 hydrocarbons in the product increase steadily, while selectivity to acrylic acid and to acetic acid increase prior to 350℃ then begin to drop at temperatures higher than 350℃, and yields of acrylic acid and of acetic acid attained maximum at about 400℃. The maximum yields of acrylic acid and of acetic acid for a single-pass are 7.50% and 4.59% respectively, with 38.2% propane conversion. When theamount of propane pulsed decreases or the amount of catalyst loaded increases, the conversion increases but the selectivity decreases. Increasing the flow rate of carrier gases causes the conversion pass through a minimum but selectivity and yields pass through a maximum. In a fixed bed reactor, it is hard to obtainhigh selectivity at a high reaction conversion due to the further degradation of acrylic acid and acetic acid even though propane was oxidized by the lattice oxygen. The catalytic performance can be improved inthe presence of excess propane. Propylene can be oxidized by lattice oxygen of VPO catalyst at 250℃, nevertheless, selectivity to AA and to HAc are even lower, much more acetic acid was produced (molar ratio of AA to HAc is 0.19:1-0.83:1) though the oxidation products are the same as from propane.     

Anti-cancer activities of hypericin in the dark

The potent photodynamic properties of hypericin (HY) elicit a range of light-dependent virucidal and tumoricidal activities. Yet, a relatively low reduction/oxidation potential endows HY with electron accepting and donating properties enabling it to act as both an oxidizing and a reducing agent. HY can thus compete as an electron acceptor from bioenergized reduction/oxidation reactions generating its excitation energy for biological activities from physiological reduction/oxidation reactions in the absence of light. Our studies show that HY can inhibit the growth of highly metastatic murine breast adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma tumors in culture. Furthermore, we show that HY can interfere with the growth of these tumors in mice reducing tumor size and prolonging animal survival in complete absence of light. While there is no evidence that HY induces apoptosis in these cells in the dark, 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA was significantly reduced indicating effects that are apparently cytostatic in nature compared to the cytocidal effects of HY with light.     

Superiority of N-methyl pyrrolidone over albumin with hypericin for fluorescence diagnosis of human bladder cancer cells implanted in the chick chorioallantoic membrane model

Formulations of hypericin (HY) with plasma protein have been conventionally used, but to date, no alternative pharmaceutical formulation has been developed for clinical use. Previously, it was reported that formulation of HY containing a biocompatible solvent and penetration enhancer, N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) was found to be effective for the delivery of HY across in vivo chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM). This present study reports further investigations on the HY-NMP formulations in CAM implanted with human bladder cancer cells as a potential fluorescence diagnostic agent of cancer. The conventional formulation of HY (HY-HSA 0.5%) was included as control. The red-to-blue (I(R)/I(B)) intensity ratio of fluorescence images was used as a diagnostic algorithm, to differentiate the uptake of HY between tumor and adjacent regions on CAM. Results indicated that HY-NMP 0.05% was significantly better than HY-HSA 0.5%. The findings of the I(R)/I(B) ratios between tumor and adjacent tissues, indicated the potential of using NMP as an alternative to plasma protein in clinical fluorescence diagnosis with HY. The NMP formulations investigated were able to produce significantly higher contrast for tumor tissues and at earlier time points than was possible with HY-HSA 0.5%.     

Dry Reforming of Methane by DC Spark Discharge with a Rotating Electrode

A novel type of plasma reactor having a rotating electrode is proposed for CO₂ reforming of methane without catalyst at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Results indicated that employing rotating ground electrode leads to a stable discharge for any period of time. Effects of feed composition, feed flow rate, applied power and electrodes separation on the carbon dioxide and methane conversions as well as the products selectivity were investigated. Increasing CO₂/CH₄ molar ratio in the feed favors the reagents conversion and consequently promotes the formation of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. If the target product is hydrogen, it is proposed to operate the reactor at CO₂/CH₄ = 1 molar ratio and if the target product is carbon monoxide then CO₂/CH₄ = 3 molar ratio is the preferred option for feed composition. This reactor system has advantages of stable operation and high conversion ability. Also, the obtained syngas with flexible molar ratio of H₂ to CO is suitable for vast industrial applications.