A method for producing a target compound includes distributing a feed mixture containing ethane to multiple reaction tubes of a shell-and-tube reactor arranged in parallel, and subjecting to an oxidative catalytic conversion of the ethane in the reaction tubes. The catalytic reaction is carried out by means of catalysis zones with different activity arranged in series in the reaction tubes. One or more catalytically active materials and one or more catalytically inactive materials are provided in each of the catalysis zones. The different activity of the catalysis zones is effected by providing the one or more catalytically active materials having identical or essentially identical basic formulation, wherein the one or more catalytically active materials is or are prepared using different calcination intensities.

A continuous reaction system (CRS) allows a method to prepare quantum dots (QDs) in a continuous manner with high precision. The CRS pumps a plurality of reagent fluids into one or more mixing sites to form a reaction fluid that is carried through a heating chamber at elevated pressures to carry out hydrothermal growth of the QDs. The pumps and heating chamber are controlled with a high precision by employing a detector downstream of the heating chamber to provide a signal that is dependent on the composition and size of the QDs. The signal is provided to a signal processor that provides a signal that control the flow rates and temperature parameters in the system. The QDs produced in this manner are consistent in size and composition and can be of a single semiconductor composition or can be core-shell QDs with a shell semiconductor formed on a core semiconductor.

A system and method including an oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) reactor system, feeding ethane and oxygen to an ODH reactor having ODH catalyst, and dehydrogenating ethane to ethylene via the ODH catalyst in presence of the oxygen in the ODH reactor, thereby forming acetic acid in the ODH reactor. The ODH reactor effluent is discharged through a quench heat exchanger, thereby cooling the effluent via the quench heat exchanger to below a temperature threshold, the effluent including ethylene, acetic acid, water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and unreacted ethane, wherein residence time of the effluent from the ODH reactor to effluent discharge outlet of the quench heat exchanger is less than a specified upper limit.

Disclosed herein are a process for forming an alkyl ester of levulinic acid or one or more reaction products obtained by chemically converting the alkyl ester of levulinic acid, a and a method of using a pressurized continuous flow reactor system for forming one or more alkyl esters of levulinic acid in the process.

Disclosed are a device and a method for producing high-pressure or super high-pressure steam as a byproduct from a maleic anhydride producing device. The device includes a super high-pressure steam drum, a molten salt pump, an oxidation reactor, a regulating valve, molten salt coolers, a switching cooler and a gas cooler. The molten salt pump, the oxidation reactor, the regulating valve and the molten salt coolers are connected. A boiler water buffer device and a boiler water booster pump are arranged between the switching cooler and the gas cooler. The unique design of the boiler water intermediate pressure boosting and the gas cooler in the disclosure makes the gas cooler and the switching cooler very easy to manufacture. Heat can be effectively recovered from process gas to produce high-pressure or super high-pressure steam while accumulation of dust in the process gas is avoided and tar adhesion is easy to clean.

The invention provides a process of purifying a fluid useful in a manufacturing process, particularly in the manufacture of silicon wafers, by removing one or more impurities; and apparatus for use in the process.

Multiple catalytic processing stations couple with a system which produces volatile gas streams from biomass decomposition at discrete increasing temperatures. These catalytic processing stations can be programmed to maximize conversion of biomass to useful renewable fuel components based on input feedstock and desired outputs.

A heat transfer system has a heat source that generates heat, a heat dissipator that dissipates heat, and a flow controller (hat controls a flow of a heat medium in a heat medium passage (n which the heat medium in a liquid state flows. The heat from the heat source is transferred to the heat dissipator through the heat medium. The heat medium is a solution that includes a solvent and at least one solute. The at least one solute is configured by a molecule. The molecule has (i) a first portion that selectively approaches a solid-liquid interface of the solvent when a temperature of the heat medium becomes lower than or equal to a predetermined base temperature and (ii) a second portion that is lyophobic and coupled with the first portion.

The present invention relates to a steam to carbon ratio control device including: a heat source, and an evaporation mixer and a steam separator interconnected by pipelines, said connecting pipelines of the evaporation mixer and the steam separator are provided with a temperature control device and a pressure control device, said evaporation mixer is provided with a natural gas inlet, a desalinated water inlet and a mixed gas outlet, the inlet of said heat source is connected with a end closer to the natural gas inlet of the evaporation mixer, the outlet of said heat source is connected to a end closer to the mixed gas outlet. Comparing with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the present invention is that it can accurately control the proportion of natural gas to steam and stably control the flow rates of natural gas and steam.

Disclosed is a system for reducing an amount of organic waste and increasing biogas production, combined with a hydrothermal carbonization device having improved energy consumption efficiency. According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a system for reducing an amount of organic waste and increasing biogas production, the system comprising: a storage tank configured to receive and store organic waste; an anaerobic digester configured to digest organic waste from the storage tank, digest organic matter, and produce biogas; a dewatering unit configured to primarily dewater organic waste discharged from the anaerobic digester; a hydrothermal carbonization device configured to receive and hydrothermally carbonize the dewaterd organic waste; and a filter press configured to secondarily dewater the hydrothermally carbonized product discharged from the hydrothermal carbonization device.