Composite ionic liquid alkylation technology gives high product yield and selectivity

Zhichang Liu is a Professor of chemical engineering and the Dean of human resources at the China University of Petroleum in Beijing. He is also a Deputy Director of the China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing. His research interests include clean fuels production and petroleum processing. Dr. Liu is a co-inventor of Ionikylation technology and the head of the ionic liquid research group. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the Shanxi Institute of Coal Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Rui Zhang is an Associate Professor of chemical engineering at the China University of Petroleum in Beijing. His research interests include petroleum processing and clean fuels production. Dr. Zhang is a co-inventor of Ionikylation technology and is responsible for the experimental test program. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the China University of Petroleum.

Xianghai Meng is a Professor of chemical engineering at the China University of Petroleum in Beijing. His research interests include petroleum processing and clean fuels production. Dr. Meng is a co-inventor of Ionikylation technology and is responsible for reactions and process modeling. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the China University of Petroleum in Beijing.

Haiyan Liu is an Associate Professor of chemical engineering at the China University of Petroleum in Beijing. Her research interests include catalysis, catalytic materials, clean fuels production and petroleum processing. Dr. Liu is a co-inventor of Ionikylation technology and is responsible for the composite ionic liquid catalyst formulation. She holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the China University of Petroleum.

Chunming Xu is a Professor at China University of Petroleum in Beijing. He is also a Deputy Advisory chair at the China State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing. He was formerly a Vice President at the China University of Petroleum and a visiting scholar at the Syncrude Research Center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His research interests include heavy oil chemistry and processing technology, and clean fuels production. Dr. Xu is a co-inventor of Ionikylation technology and initiated the development work. He holds BSc and MS degrees, as well as a PhD, all in chemical engineering from the China University of Petroleum.

Xiaoming Zhang is a Technical Manager at Beijing Zhongshi Aojie Petroleum Technology Co. Ltd. He has 20 yr of refining experience and specializes in plant optimization and process licensing. Mr. Zhang is responsible for the commercial production of various additives used in petroleum applications, including composite ionic liquid catalysts. He earned a BE degree in chemical engineering from the China University of Petroleum in East China.

Warren Chung is the President of Well Resources Inc. He specializes in assessing commercial readiness of novel technologies, project development and process licensing. He developed the best-practice protocols for the Ionikylation technology. Mr. Chung earned a BS degree in chemical and biomedical engineering from the University of Alberta in Canada. He is a registered professional engineer in Alberta.