The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of plant oils, animal fats, waste food oils and carboxylic acids into renewable liquid fuels, such as bio-naphtha, bioQAV and renewable diesel, for use in combination with fossil fuels. The process is composed of two steps: hydrotreatment and hydrocracking. The effluent from the hydrotreatment step contains aromatics, olefins and compounds resulting from the polymerization of esters and acids. This is due to the use of partially reduced catalysts without the injection of a sulfiding agent and allows for the production of bioQAV of suitable quality for use in combination with fossil kerosene. Concurrently, the process generates, in addition to products in the distillation range of naphtha, kerosene and diesel, high molecular weight linear paraffins (up to 40 carbon atoms).

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a formic acid production method and a formic acid production system with high production efficiency and in low cost. It is a formic acid production method comprising: preparing a mixed solution by mixing a solution containing an organic substance with a metal oxide powder having a photocatalyst function; and producing a formic acid by irradiating a light to the mixed solution. Also, it is a formic acid production system comprising: a raw material charging unit into which a solution containing an organic substance and a metal oxide powder having a photocatalyst function are charged; an artificial photosynthesis reaction unit for reacting a mixed solution of the organic substance and the metal oxide powder by irradiating a sunlight or a light to the mixed solution; and a formic acid recovery unit for recovering a formic acid from the mixed solution after an artificial photosynthesis reaction.

A layered catalyst reactor system and process for hydrotreatment of hydrocarbon feedstocks. The layered catalyst system reactors comprise vertical bed layers including a demetallization catalyst layer, multiple layers of supported hydrotreating catalyst layer, and multiple alternating layers of supported hydrocracking catalysts and self-supported hydrotreating catalysts. The arrangement of the catalyst layers mitigates the risk of temperature run-aways, with improvements in hydrotreatment performance.

A heterogeneous catalyst comprising a support and a noble metal, wherein said support comprises silicon, and wherein said catalyst comprises from 0.1 to 40 mol % titanium and from 0.1 to 10 mol % of at least one noble metal.

A method is disclosed in which a gas of hydrogen and nitrogen, or hydrogen and ammonia, or hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonia, is introduced to a fluidized bed. The gas flows through the fluidized bed, and titanium dioxide particles are introduced to the fluidized bed to form a fluid mixture of the particles and gas in the fluidized bed. The particles are reacted with the gas in the fluid mixture to form particles including titanium dioxide and nitrogen. The particles can be disposed along an air flow path in operative communication with a light source for air treatment.

The present invention relates to methods and catalysts for producing methylbenzyl alcohol from ethanol by catalytic conversion, and belongs to the field of chemical engineering and technology. The present invention develops a route of producing methylbenzyl alcohol starting from green and sustainable ethanol and provide corresponding catalysts used for the catalytic conversion route. This innovative reaction route has several advantages, such as, simple process, eco-friendly property, and easy separation of products, as compared with a traditional petroleum-based route. This present route has a reaction temperature of 150-450° C. and total selectivity of 72% for methylbenzyl alcohol, and has good industrial application prospect. The innovation of this patent comprises the catalysts synthesis and the reaction route.

The present invention relates to a molding catalyst and a method for producing the same, wherein the molding catalyst is used in the Deacon process for commercial production of chlorine using hydrogen chloride oxidation reaction, exhibits only a small reduction in catalytic activity even when exposed to harsh reaction conditions to thus be durable, and has superb mechanical strength to be suitable for use in a fixed bed catalytic reactor.

The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a ceria-zirconia composite oxide, a ceria-zirconia composite oxide, and a catalyst including the same.

The present invention relates to carbon fiber composites and a method for producing the same. By reducing specific transition metal ions with a specific concentration, the method for producing the carbon fiber composites can form nanoparticles of a transition metal on an outer surface of a titanium dioxide layer encapsulating a carbon fiber to produce the carbon fiber composites. The nanoparticles of the transition metal directionally contact the titanium dioxide layer, so that the carbon fiber composites have synergistically photocatalytic activity.

A process for producing nanoclusters of silicon and/or germanium exhibiting a permanent magnetic and/or electric dipole moment for adjusting the work function of materials, for micro- and nano-electronics, for telecommunications, for “nano-ovens”, for organic electronics, for photoelectric devices, for catalytic reactions and for fractionation of water.