Since the direct distillation of oil fractions does not satisfy the whole demand for fuel feedstocks, processes such as reforming, isomerization, and alkylation are needed to fulfill the market requirements within the gasoline pool. From the processes mentioned above, Aliphatic alkylation is one of the most important refining processes due to the high quality of the alkylate with high research octane number (RON). Although the Aliphatic alkylation with H2SO4 and HF as catalysts have been industrialized for many years, there still exists lots of problems due to the complex heterogeneous reaction, such as the thermodynamics, reaction mechanism, molecular-level interfacial properties, and so on. Aliphatic Alkylation: in Petroleum Refining gives detailed description about the above questions, providing the fundamental understanding the alkylation process from the molecular-level interfacial properties to the macroscopic industry plant.
Author Biography:
Dr Sun has graduated from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), majoring in chemical technology, and obtained the master and doctorate degrees in chemical engineering from ECUST in 2004 and 2009. He was engaged for one year in molecular simulation in the group of Professor Berend Smit, University of California at Berkeley. His main research interests include chemical reaction engineering, multiscale simulation, and applications of nanomaterials in energy and medicine. He uses theory and methods to study reaction kinetics of complex systems, simulation optimization and design of large-scale industrial reactors, especially focusing on the surface and interface properties and reaction-transfer coupling relationships of heterogeneous reaction processes at the molecular scale by means of molecular simulation methods. Dr Weizhong has graduated from East China University of Science and Technology with bachelor and doctorate degree, In 2014 and 2020, respectively. In 2018, he went to Stanford University for joint training. He mainly engaged in the research on the identification and strengthening of interface properties of heterogeneous systems. He is good at combining molecular dynamics simulation, in-situ characterization, machine learning and experimental methods to study multi-scale interface microstructure and mass transfer characteristics, guiding the rational design of green catalysts/auxiliaries and green process development. Currently he published more than 30 papers including J. Am. Chem. Soc., AIChE J., Chem. Eng. Sci. He won the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation CPCIF-Clariant Sustainable Development Youth Innovation Award. Dr Ling has graduated from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), majoring in chemical technology, and obtained the master and doctorate degrees in chemical engineering from ECUST in 1993 and 1996. From 2002 to 2003, She was awarded the KC Wong Fellowship of the Royal Society of England and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham. She is currently the deputy director of the ninth council of Shanghai Society of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the Professional Committee of Science and Engineering. Her main research includes the supercritical fluid-assisted polymerization and polymer processing, and heterogeneous reaction and transfer process intensification, such as polyester, nylon, polycarbonate, acrylonitrile polymerization, aromatic hydrocarbons, liquid-phase oxidation, and sulfuric acid alkylation. She participated in National Science and Technology Progress Second Prize and obtained the Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Prize for 4 times. Dr Li has graduated from Fushun Petroleum Institute with the bachelor's degree and East China University of Science and Technology with the master's degree in Chemical engineering. He was engaged in the operation and management of petroleum refining plant for 24 years, responsible for the construction and operation management of 500,000 tons/year liquefied gas separation plant, and the expansion construction and operation management of MTBE plant from 20,000 tons/year to 40,000 tons/year, then to 100,000 tons/year, and finally to 150,000 tons/year. He was also responsible for the operation and technical management of the gasoline-diesel hydrogenation unit and the wax oil hydrocracking unit, as well as the technical comparison, construction, start-up, shutdown and operation management of the 300,000 tons/year sulfuric acid alkylation and the supporting acid regeneration unit. He has rich experience in oil refinery operation safety and technical management.