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Li C, Zhang H, Liu W, Sheng L, Cheng MJ, Xu B, Luo G, Lu Q. Efficient conversion of propane in a microchannel reactor at ambient conditions. Nat Commun 2024; 15:884. [PMID: 38287034 PMCID: PMC10825187 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45179-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
Abstract
The oxidative dehydrogenation of propane, primarily sourced from shale gas, holds promise in meeting the surging global demand for propylene. However, this process necessitates high operating temperatures, which amplifies safety concerns in its application due to the use of mixed propane and oxygen. Moreover, these elevated temperatures may heighten the risk of overoxidation, leading to carbon dioxide formation. Here we introduce a microchannel reaction system designed for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane within an aqueous environment, enabling highly selective and active propylene production at room temperature and ambient pressure with mitigated safety risks. A propylene selectivity of over 92% and production rate of 19.57 mmol mCu-2 h-1 are simultaneously achieved. This exceptional performance stems from the in situ creation of a highly active, oxygen-containing Cu catalytic surface for propane activation, and the enhanced propane transfer via an enlarged gas-liquid interfacial area and a reduced diffusion path by establishing a gas-liquid Taylor flow using a custom-made T-junction microdevice. This microchannel reaction system offers an appealing approach to accelerate gas-liquid-solid reactions limited by the solubility of gaseous reactant.
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- Chunsong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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Chang Y, Sheng L, Wang J, Deng J, Luo G. A general neural network model co-driven by mechanism and data for the reliable design of gas-liquid T-junction microdevices. LAB ON A CHIP 2023; 23:4888-4900. [PMID: 37873702 DOI: 10.1039/d3lc00355h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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In recent years, many models have been developed to describe the gas-liquid microdispersion process, which mainly rely on mechanistic analysis and may not be universally applicable. In order to provide a more comprehensive model and, most significantly, to provide a model for design, we have established a general database of microbubble generation in T-junction microdevices, including 854 data points from 12 pieces of literature. A neural network model that combines mechanistic and data modeling is developed. By transfer learning, more accurate results can be obtained. Additionally, we have proposed a design method that enables a relative deviation of less than 5% from the expected bubble size. A new device was designed and prepared to confirm the reliability of the method, which can prepare smaller bubbles than other common T-junction devices. In this way, a general and universal database and model are established and a design method for a gas-liquid T-junction microreactor is developed.
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- Yu Chang
- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Surfactant effect on mass transfer characteristics in the generation and flow stages of gas–liquid Taylor flow in a microchannel. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Wang J, Song J, Sheng L, Deng J, Luo G. Microdispersion of Gas or Water in an Anthraquinone Working Solution for the H 2O 2 Synthesis Process Intensification. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c04503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Junjie Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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Sheng L, Li S, Wang K, Chang Y, Deng J, Luo G. Gas–Liquid Microfluidics: Transition Hysteresis Behavior between Parallel Flow and Taylor Flow. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lin Sheng
- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102201, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Mechanism and modeling of Taylor bubble generation in viscous liquids via the vertical squeezing route. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Song J, Sheng L, Cui Y, Wang S, Wang Y, Deng J, Luo G. Liquid-liquid colliding micro-dispersion and general scaling laws in novel T-junction microdevices. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Sheng L, Chen Y, Deng J, Luo G. Ideality analysis and general laws of bubble swarm microflow for large-scale gas-liquid microreaction processes. Chin J Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Sheng L, Chang Y, Deng J, Luo G. Taylor Bubble Generation Rules in Liquids with a Higher Viscosity in a T-Junction Microchannel. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c05015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lin Sheng
- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Zhang J, Ling SD, Chen A, Chen Z, Ma W, Xu J. The liquid‐liquid flow dynamics and droplet formation in a modified step T‐junction Microchannel. AIChE J 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jingwei Zhang
- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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Cui Y, Song J, Du C, Deng J, Luo G. Determination of the kinetics of chlorobenzene nitration using a homogeneously continuous microflow. AIChE J 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Yongjin Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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Song J, Cui Y, Sheng L, Wang Y, Du C, Deng J, Luo G. Determination of nitration kinetics of p-Nitrotoluene with a homogeneously continuous microflow. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.117041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Song J, Cui Y, Luo G, Deng J, Wang Y. Kinetic study of o-nitrotoluene nitration in a homogeneously continuous microflow. REACT CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1re00362c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Determination of nitration kinetics of o-nitrotoluene with a homogeneously continuous microflow system.
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- Jing Song
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Ratanpara A, Shaw A, Thomas M, Patel RN, Kim M. Microfluidic analysis of seawater-based CO2 capture in an amine solution with nickel nanoparticle catalysts. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ma L, Cui Y, Sheng L, Du C, Deng J, Luo G. Determination of interfacial tension and viscosity under dripping flow in a step T-junction microdevice. Chin J Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sheng L, Chen Y, Deng J, Luo G. High‐frequency formation of bubble with short length in a capillary embedded step T‐junction microdevice. AIChE J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Lin Sheng
- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
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