Patents by Inventor Cunfu Zhu

Cunfu Zhu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9266990
    Abstract: A method for producing polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers using fluidized bed reactor is provided. The fluidized bed reactor gives high conversion of feedstock during synthesis of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers. The product separation process includes pre-rectification, extractive rectification and vacuum rectification in series. In the pre-rectification process, the side-draw fraction PODE2 is recycled into the fluidized bed reactor, thus product distribution and selectivity to target components in the reactor can be improved. The extractive rectification process realizes coupling of neutralization, extraction, recovery of unconverted feedstock and products separation, thus significantly simplifies the process. The method for preparation of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers in this invention is simple, and has high conversion of feedstock, low energy cost and high selectivity to products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: SHANDONG YUHUANG CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jinfu Wang, Yanyan Zheng, Shengwei Wang, Tiefeng Wang, Shuangxi Chen, Cunfu Zhu