Patents Assigned to Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Publication number: 20210331999Abstract: A system and a process for co-producing dimethyl carbonate and ethylene glycol. The system comprises an interconnected ethylene carbonate preparation unit and an ethylene carbonate alcoholysis unit. The ethylene carbonate preparation unit comprises a fixed bed reactor and a light-component stripping column connected to each other. The fixed bed reactor is filled with a supported ionic liquid catalyst. The process comprises the steps of: reacting carbon dioxide and ethylene oxide as raw materials in the fixed bed reactor to produce ethylene carbonate, purifying the ethylene carbonate and then mixing it with an alcoholysis reaction catalyst, and reacting the mixture with methanol in a reactive distillation tower, producing dimethyl carbonate and ethylene glycol. The process increases the conversion rate of ethylene oxide and avoids the need for a process of separating conventional homogeneous catalysts from ethylene carbonate, thereby reducing process energy consumption and simplifying process procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Weiguo Cheng, Li Dong, Qian Su, Songsong Chen, Junping Zhang, Suojiang Zhang
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Patent number: 11123718Abstract: Provided are an oxovanadium phosphate catalyst, and a preparation method and an application therefor. The method includes: 1) mixing and reacting a vanadium source, a choline chloride-organic carboxylic acid eutectic solvent, and alcohol; 2) mixing the obtained reaction product with a phosphorus source, raising the temperature to a temperature higher than the melting point of the eutectic solvent, and continuing the reaction to obtain an oxovanadium phosphate precursor; and 3) calcining to obtain the oxovanadium phosphate catalyst. The alcohol is: benzyl alcohol or a mixture of C3-C8 monohydric alcohol and benzyl alcohol. The present method uses a green and inexpensive eutectic solvent to strengthen the preparation of oxovanadium phosphate catalyst, avoids the disadvantages of the prior art, and overcoming the problems of low yield and poor selectivity when used in a reaction to prepare maleic anhydride by catalytic n-butane selective oxidisation.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Ruixia Liu, Bin He, Ruirui Zhang, Hongguo Tang, Suojiang Zhang
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Patent number: 11104589Abstract: The present disclosure provides a recycling method of amphiphilic surface-active pollutants in water, comprising: performing a polymerization reaction by illumination treatment on the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants in water to form a polymerization product; performing self-assembly on the polymerization product for aggregation to form a fluorescent material, and performing separation to obtain a recycled product. Through treatment of the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants by illumination, the present disclosure can realize the recycled utilization of the amphiphilic pollutants in the wastewater by one step of reaction, so that the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants can be converted into usable fluorescent materials, and the biological toxicity is greatly reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Hongbin Cao, He Zhao, Qin Dai, Shanshan Sun
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Patent number: 11097218Abstract: Disclosed is a flue gas purification tower, comprising a tower body, at least one gas inlet (1) disposed at the bottom of the tower body, at least one gas outlet (2) disposed at the top of the tower body, at least one active coke layer (3) located inside the tower body, and a baffle plate (4) arranged in a place where the flow direction of the flue gas from the gas inlet changes. The baffle plate (4) is a straight plate, an arc plate, a straight-and-arc plate or a straight-arc-straight plate, wherein the straight-and-arc plate comprises a straight segment and an arc segment connected with each other; and the straight-arc-straight plate comprises a straight segment in the vertical direction, a straight segment in the horizontal direction, and an arc segment connected between the two straight segments.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Tingyu Zhu, Yuran Li, Shuai Zhang, Wen Liu
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Patent number: 11090608Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for desulfurization and denitrification of an alumina calcination flue gas, and a use. The system comprises an ozone generator, a red mud pre-impregnation slurry scrubbing tower, and a red mud pre-impregnation tank and a red mud pre-impregnation clear liquid scrubbing tower. NOx in a flue gas is oxidized into a high valence oxynitride by ozone, and with the red mud as an absorbent, the synergistic absorption of SO2 and NOx in the flue gas is achieved, while the dealkalization of the red mud is achieved. By means of the synergistic catalytic oxidation of metal ions such as Fe3+ in a red mud slurry and ozone, the synergistic absorption of sulfur and oxynitride is prompted; and the use of a structure of staged absorption in two towers overcomes the problem of the difficulty in absorbing NO2 with a low O3/NOx molar ratio.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Tingyu Zhu, Xiaolong Liu, Xue Wang, Ruliang Ning
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Publication number: 20210170334Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for desulfurization and denitrification of an alumina calcination flue gas, and a use. The system comprises an ozone generator (1), a red mud pre-impregnation slurry scrubbing tower (3), and a red mud pre-impregnation tank (5) and a red mud pre-impregnation clear liquid scrubbing tower (10). NOx in a flue gas is oxidized into a high valence oxynitride by ozone, and with the red mud as an absorbent, the synergistic absorption of SO2 and NOx in the flue gas is achieved, while the dealkalization of the red mud is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Tingyu Zhu, Xiaolong Liu, Xue Wang, Ruliang Ning
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Publication number: 20210167434Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pre-processing apparatus and method. The battery pre-processing apparatus includes a control mechanism, as well as an automatic feeding mechanism, a transmission mechanism, an electricity monitoring actuator, a non-destructive testing mechanism, a flexible grabber mechanism, a multi-station operating table, an automatic cutting mechanism, an automatic separation mechanism, and a recovery and dust collection system that are each electrically connected to the control mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Hongbin Cao, Fei Kang, Zhi Sun, Xionghui Lu
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Patent number: 10868325Abstract: A system and method for preparing a vanadium battery high-purity electrolyte, comprising preparing a low-valence vanadium oxide with a valence of 3.5 with liquid phase hydrolysis and fluidization reduction with vanadium oxytrichloride, adding clean water and sulfuric acid for dissolution, and further performing ultraviolet activation to obtain the vanadium electrolyte, for use in an all-vanadium redox flow battery stack. The high-temperature tail gas in the reduction fluidized bed is combusted for preheating the vanadium powder material, to recover the sensible heat and latent heat of the high-temperature tail gas, and the sensible heat of the reduction product is recovered through heat transfer between the reduction product and the fluidized nitrogen gas. An internal member is arranged in the reduction fluidized bed to realize the precise regulation of the valence state of the reduction product, and ultraviolet is used to activate the vanadium ions, improving the activity of the electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BEIJING ZHONGKAIHONGDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Haitao Yang, Qingshan Zhu, Chuanlin Fan, Wenheng Mu, Jibin Liu, Cunhu Wang, Qixun Ban
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Publication number: 20200368730Abstract: Provided are an oxovanadium phosphate catalyst, and a preparation method and an application therefor. The method includes: 1) mixing and reacting a vanadium source, a choline chloride-organic carboxylic acid eutectic solvent, and alcohol; 2) mixing the obtained reaction product with a phosphorus source, raising the temperature to a temperature higher than the melting point of the eutectic solvent, and continuing the reaction to obtain an oxovanadium phosphate precursor; and 3) calcining to obtain the oxovanadium phosphate catalyst. The alcohol is: benzyl alcohol or a mixture of C3-C8 monohydric alcohol and benzyl alcohol. The present method uses a green and inexpensive eutectic solvent to strengthen the preparation of oxovanadium phosphate catalyst, avoids the disadvantages of the prior art, and overcoming the problems of low yield and poor selectivity when used in a reaction to prepare maleic anhydride by catalytic n-butane selective oxidisation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Ruixia Liu, Bin He, Ruirui Zhang, Hongguo Tang, Suojiang Zhang
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Publication number: 20200248325Abstract: A method for producing metallic silver by electro-deposition, including electrolyzing an electrolyte solution containing Ce(NO3)3 in an anode zone and an electrolyte solution containing AgNO3 in a cathode zone by using an electrolytic cell with a specific diaphragm, wherein the electrolyte solution in the anode zone is not allowed to enter the cathode zone. After the electrolyzing is complete, the metallic silver with a high purity is obtained at the cathode, and a Ce4+-containing solution is obtained in the anode zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2018Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Hui ZHANG, Tao QI
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Patent number: 10707515Abstract: A system and method for producing a high-purity and high-activity vanadium electrolyte, comprising converting high-purity vanadium oxytrichloride into an ammonium salt in a fluidized bed by gas phase ammoniation, then in another fluidized bed, reducing the ammonium salt into a low-valence vanadium oxide having an average vanadium valence of 3.5, adding clean water and sulfuric acid for dissolution, and further performing activation by ultrasound to obtain a 3.5-valence vanadium electrolyte which can be directly used in a new all-vanadium redox flow battery stack. The method of producing an ammonium salt containing vanadium in the fluidized bed by gas phase ammoniation is of short process and high efficiency. Precise regulation of the valence state of the reduction product is implemented by arranging an internal member in the reduction fluidized bed, and ultrasonication is used to activate the vanadium ion, thereby greatly improving the activity of the electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignees: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BEIJING ZHONGKAIHONGDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Haitao Yang, Qingshan Zhu, Chuanlin Fan, Qixun Ban
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Patent number: 10693171Abstract: A system and method for preparing a high-purity vanadium electrolyte, comprising preparing a low-valence vanadium oxide with vanadium oxytrichloride by ammonium salt precipitation and fluidization reduction, and preparing the high-purity vanadium electrolyte at a low temperature by adding a sulfuric acid solution and clean water under the conditions of ultrasound-assisted dissolution and activation. Efficient utilization of heat is achieved through heat exchange between the ammonium salt and the reduction tail gas and heat exchange between the reduction product and fluidized nitrogen gas. Ammonia gas in the reduction tail gas is recovered for precipitation of vanadium to achieve the recycling of ammonia gas. An internal member is arranged in the reduction fluidized bed to realize the precise regulation of the valence state of the reduction product.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignees: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BEIJING ZHONGKAIHONGDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Qingshan Zhu, Haitao Yang, Chuanlin Fan, Wenheng Mu, Jibin Liu, Cunhu Wang, Qixun Ban
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Patent number: 10673088Abstract: A system and method for producing a 3.5-valence high-purity vanadium electrolyte, comprising hydrolyzing high-purity vanadium oxytrichloride into vanadium pentoxide in a fluidized bed, and reducing vanadium pentoxide into a low-valence vanadium oxide having an average vanadium valence of 3.5 adding water and a sulfuric acid solution under a microwave field applied externally for dissolution at a low temperature, to obtain a 3.5-valence high-purity vanadium electrolyte. The preparation of vanadium pentoxide by means of gas-phase hydrolysis in the fluidized bed is of short process and high efficiency. By providing an internal member within the reduction fluidized bed, the precise regulation of the valence state of the reduction product is achieved, and the special chemical effect of the microwave field is used to promote dissolution of the vanadium oxide and activate the vanadium ions, thereby greatly improving the activity of the electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BEIJING ZHONGKAIHONGDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Chuanlin Fan, Qingshan Zhu, Haitao Yang, Wenheng Mu, Jibin Liu, Cunhu Wang, Qixun Ban
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Patent number: 10662095Abstract: An ozone-photocatalysis reactor, comprising: a shell layer (1); activated carbon layers (2) arranged in the shell layer (1); and at least one photoxidation unit arranged in the shell layer (1) and above the activated carbon layers (2). The photoxidation unit comprises a honeycomb activated carbon layer I (3), a light source layer and a honeycomb activated carbon bed layer II (4) sequentially from bottom to top. A gas inlet (7) and a water inlet (6) are formed in the shell layer below the activated carbon layers (2); a water outlet (9) and a gas outlet (10) are formed in the shell layer (1) above the photoxidation unit; and the activated carbon layers (2), at least one honeycomb activated carbon bed layer I (3) and at least one honeycomb activated carbon bed layer II (4) are loaded with a solid catalyst. The reactor uses ozone oxidation and ozone-photocatalysis sufficiently for sewage treatment, the treatment time is short, and the treatment efficiency is high.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Yongbing Xie, Hongbin Cao, Yuxing Sheng, Yuping Li
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Publication number: 20200148550Abstract: The present disclosure provides a recycling method of amphiphilic surface-active pollutants in water, comprising: performing a polymerization reaction by illumination treatment on the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants in water to form a polymerization product; performing self-assembly on the polymerization product for aggregation to form a fluorescent material, and performing separation to obtain a recycled product. Through treatment of the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants by illumination, the present disclosure can realize the recycled utilization of the amphiphilic pollutants in the wastewater by one step of reaction, so that the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants can be converted into usable fluorescent materials, and the biological toxicity is greatly reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING,CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Hongbin Cao, He Zhao, Qin Dai, Shanshan Sun
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Patent number: 10604468Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of chemical engineering and catalysis. Provided are an application of an ionic liquid in propylene glycol ether synthesis and a method for synthesizing a propylene glycol ether. The ionic liquid is a methyl carbonate ionic liquid, and is used as a catalyst for catalyzing propylene glycol ether synthesis. The method for synthesizing the propylene glycol ether comprises the following steps: placing propylene oxide and an alcohol within a reactor to contact a catalyst, and heating the mixture in an enclosed environment to 50-200° C. to obtain the propylene glycol ether, wherein the catalyst is a methyl carbonate ionic liquid. The method for synthesizing propylene glycol ether provided in the present invention is a green synthesis technique, and does not require special production equipment. The method has simple and easily controllable processes, and can be used in industrial production and applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Ruixia Liu, Suojiang Zhang, Ruirui Zhang, Junping Zhang, Shengxin Chen, Fei Dai
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Publication number: 20200054984Abstract: Disclosed is a flue gas purification tower, comprising a tower body, at least one gas inlet (1) disposed at the bottom of the tower body, at least one gas outlet (2) disposed at the top of the tower body, at least one active coke layer (3) located inside the tower body, and a baffle plate (4) arranged in a place where the flow direction of the flue gas from the gas inlet changes. The baffle plate (4) is a straight plate, an arc plate, a straight-and-arc plate or a straight-arc-straight plate, wherein the straight-and-arc plate comprises a straight segment and an arc segment connected with each other; and the straight-arc-straight plate comprises a straight segment in the vertical direction, a straight segment in the horizontal direction, and an arc segment connected between the two straight segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Tingyu Zhu, Yuran Li, Shuai Zhang, Wen Liu
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Publication number: 20200039838Abstract: A system for extracting vanadium from a leaching solution containing vanadium chromium silicon and for preparing vanadium pentoxide, and a method therefor, the system comprising, in sequence: an impurity removal system, an extraction system, a reverse-extraction and vanadium precipitation system, a washing system and a calcining system. The method comprises the following steps: removing silicon in a leaching solution by using a silicon removal agent, extracting most of the vanadium to an organic phase by using centrifugal extraction, reverse-extracting the vanadium of a vanadium-rich organic phase by using a mixed solution containing a basic solution and an ammonium salt, and precipitating ammonium metavanadate to obtain an ammonium metavanadate solid, washing and drying, and then calcining at a certain temperature to obtain a low chromium, low silicon, low aluminum and high-purity vanadium pentoxide product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Hongbin CAO, Pengge NING
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Patent number: 10507427Abstract: A flue ozone distributor applied in a low-temperature oxidation denitrification technology and an arrangement manner thereof is disclosed. The flue ozone distributor comprises a distribution main pipe, multiple distribution branch pipes, Venturi distributors and delta wings. The distribution branch pipes are led out from the distribution main pipe as parallel branches. The Venturi distributors are arranged with an equal space on the distribution branch pipes. The delta wings are arranged on one diffusion segment side of the Venturi distributors. The flue ozone distributor is arranged in the flue. The technology is used in the field of denitrification for flue gas of an industrial boiler/kiln by a low-temperature ozone oxidation method. The ozone-injecting direction is consistent with a flow direction of the flue gas. A soot deposit congestion problem does not exist. A turbulent flow behavior of the flue gas and ozone is strengthened. The oxidation efficiency is improved.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BEIJING ZSTC ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tingyu Zhu, Wenqing Xu, Ruizhuang Zhao, Wen Liu
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Publication number: 20190374913Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stirred tank. The stirred tank includes a tank body, a stirring shaft, a plurality of blades and baffles. The tank body is configured to hold the material to be stirred; an axis of the stirring shaft is configured to coincide with an axis of the tank body; the blades are disposed on the stirring shaft; the baffles are disposed in the tank body and arranged at a periphery of the stirring shaft, and each baffle is provided with a plurality of punched holes and has a wave-like cross section. During the agitation of the stirred tank, a large number of high-speed jets are formed after the fluid passes through the punched holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Chao YANG, Qinghua ZHANG, Zaisha MAO, Xiangyang LI, Xin FENG