Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

State Key laboratory of Chemical Engineering

Lu Group

3.Alumni

Shan Zhu

2018-now: Advanced Product Development, Amperex Technology Limited(Senior Engineer)

2013-2018: Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University (Doctor)

2009-2013: Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hefei University of Technolgy (Bachelor)

Email: zs1234xf@163.com

Project: Research on Cationic Polymerization of Isobutylene Initiated by H2O/AlCl3 in Microreactor
 
1. Simulation of mixing and flow in the microreactor

Combining CFD simulation and experimental methods, the temporal and spatial profiles of mixing and flow in sudden expansion, extraction and coiled tube were revealed. Through the research, the optimization criterion of microreactor’ geometric construction was developed for choosing an optimal reactor for reactions.
2. Polymerization of isobutylene in the flow reactor

We have built a microflow system which is suitable for the research of cationic polymerization. On the microflow platform, we have investigated the characteristic of chain reactions initiated by H2O/AlCl3, the polymerization precesses under intensified mixing, the controlled synthesis of highly reactive polyisobutylenes, and so on.
Publication:
  1. Zhu S, Lu Y C, Wang K, et al. Flow synthesis of medium molecular weight polyisobutylene coinitiated by AlCl3. European Polymer Journal, 2016, 80:219-226
  2. Zhu S, Lu Y C, Wang K, et al. Fast flow synthesis of highly reactive polyisobutylene co-initiated by an AlCl3/isopropyl ether complex. RSC Advances, 2016, 6:9827-9834.
  3. Zhu S, Lu Y C, Wang K, et al. Cationic polymerization of isobutylene catalysed by AlCl3 with multiple nucleophilic reagents. RSC Advances, 2016, 6:97983-97989.
  4. Zhu S, Lu Y C, Faust R. Micromixing enhanced synthesis of HRPIBs catalyzed by EADC/bis(2-chloroethyl) ether complex. RSC Advances, 2017, 7:27629-27636.
  5. Zhu S, Wang K, Lu Y C. Effects of ether on the cationic polymerization of isobutylene catalyzed by AlCl3. ACS Omega, 2018, 3:2033-2039.
  6. Lu Y C*, Zhu S, Wang K, et al. Generation of poly (isobutene-co-isoprene) in a microflow device. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2016, 55:1215-1220.