A novel double H-bonds multimer absorbent for H2S absorption was designed via intermolecular self-assembly using DBU and EG under the guidance of QCC. The formation mechanisms of multimer absorbents and the absorption mechanisms between those absorbents and H2S were explored by QCC and experiments. It was found that the formed DBU-2EG multimer absorbent at the DBU/EG molar ratio of 1:2 has two intermolecular H-bonds with different strengths between DBU and EG, which can combine with H2S via weak H-bond. Furthermore, the characteristics analysis of multimer absorbents confirmed the above mechanisms. Experimental results indicated that the DBU-2EG has the highest H2S solubility of 2.64 mol/mol (DBU) with a low viscosity value of 15.12 mPa·s at 25 ℃ and desorption temperature below 60 ℃ at 100 kPa. The multimer absorbent exhibits great potential in the H2S capture process. In addition, this research provides an effective strategy for the design of absorbents.

This work presents the study on solid-liquid mass transfer performance of suspension in a rotating packed bed (RPB). The calculation model of solid-liquid mass transfer coefficient (ks) is deduced on the basis of the mass conversation law. The ks in RPB is measured using the suspension of cation exchange resin particle reaction with NaOH. The effects of different operating parameters such as pre-dispersion time (t), rotating speed (N), mesh packing thickness (w), liquid volume flow rate (LT), and solid loading (e) are investigated. The results show that the ks increases with the increase of N and w, and increases first and then tends to remain constant with the increase of t and LT. However, the e has no influence on ks. The obtained ks ranges from 1.00×10-5 m/s to 2.60×10-4 m/s which is higher than that in microreactor (MR) under the similar experimental conditions.

In this paper, ZSM-5@MnOx catalyst was firstly prepared by in situ growth for the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde. The coating effects of MnOx on ZSM-5 and OV formation mechanism at the ZSM-5-MnOx interface were investigated. Results showed that the sodium ions of ZSM-5 are found to be conducive to the better coating for MnOx. Hydrogen protons of zeolite can dehydrate with the OH groups on MnOx to generate the OVs where the oxidation of benzyl alcohol occurs. Besides, the deep dehydration at the ZSM-5-MnOx interface via increasing post-treatment temperature can further enrich the OV concentrations. The ~100% benzyl alcohol conversion and ~100% benzaldehyde selectivity over the ZSM-5@MnOx catalyst can be obtained within 3 h at 383 K. The findings of the structure-activity relationship of zeolite’s surface properties and OVs over MnOx can provide important guiding principles for the rational design of oxidation catalysts.

Hierarchical (micro/mesopore) ZSM-5 zeolites were hydrothermally synthesized with enhancing micromixing of the high viscosity reaction system in a rotating packed bed (RPB). Herein, the effects of four operating processes with different micromixing intensity on nucleation/crystal growth process as well as properties of ZSM-5 zeolites were investigated. Results indicated that enhancing micromixing by RPB in the zeolite synthesis could facilitate the formation of Al sites and shorten the nucleation and crystallization period. ZSM-5 samples prepared by the RPB premix process exhibit hierarchical structure, smaller average particle size, more uniform particle size distributions, larger specific surface areas, higher catalytic stability as well as more Brønsted and Lewis acid sites. While adopting the prepared ZSM-5 zeolites with RPB premix for catalyzing C4-olefin cracking reaction, the conversion of C4-olefin and yield of propylene were higher than that obtained by traditional stirring tank reactor premix.

In this study, PS was synthesized by gaseous SO3 sulfonation of distillate oil in a rotating packed bed. The chemical compositions of the prepared PS and its raw material (distillate oil) were obtained by the combined analysis of the double-bond equivalent and carbon number at the molecular level. In addition, the EOR performance of PS has been studied by measuring surface tension, interfacial tension (IFT), wettability alteration and core-flooding experiments. An ultra-low IFT value 1.327×10-3 mN/m between the crude oil and prepared PS solution was obtained at the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of PS solution. Core flooding experiments showed that additional oil recoveries of 28.10% and 30.77% were obtained at PS concentrations of 0.3% and 0.6% respectively after conventional water flooding, indicating the prepared PS has good performance on EOR.