1. Light hydrocarbon conversion
2. Zeolite synthesis
Shenglin Liu is professor of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. More than 100 of his papers have been published and 20 of his national and international patents have been granted.
He has been engulfed himself in the research fields as following: Firstly in the synthesis of zeolite: Molecular sieve is one kind of material with special, but regular, pore-channel structure and very large surface area as well as stable solid acidity. The successful synthesis of ZSM-11, MCM-22, ZSM-35, and MCM-49 zeolites brings a prospective to development of zeolite sciences.
Then in the utilization of zeolite in light hydrocarbon conversion: More than 15 commercial plants of direct alkylation of benzene with dilute ethylene in FCC off-gas to produce ethylbenzene have been put into operation in China. And then in the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) aromatization into aromatic enriched gasoline: Converting LPG into aromatic enriched gasoline can not only promote the high efficient and value utilization of LPG, but also solve efficiently the shortage of high quality gasoline in our country. He developed a novel catalyst of LPG aromatization, and designed unique reaction process. In 2011, the technology is commercially applied in a 200,000 t /a plant. In addition, in the pyridine bases synthesis from formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and ammonia: Pyridine bases, i.e. pyridine and picolines, are the key important family of heterocyclic compounds for the production of various intermediates of pharmaceutical, agricultural, and other fine chemicals. He designed a fluid bed catalyst and applied commercially in a 25,000 t/a plant in 2008.
1. Realumination of MCM-22 zeolite and its application in alkylation reaction. Kefeng Liu, Shenglin Liu, Sujuan Xie,Huijuan Wei, Chao song, Xiujie Li, Longya Xu. Catal. Lett.2014, 144: 1223-1232
2. Influence of reaction conditions on the aromatization of cofeeding n-butane with methanol over the Zn loaded ZSM-5/ZSM-11 zeolite catalyst. Chao Song, Shenglin Liu , Xiujie Li , Sujuan Xie , Zhigang Liu, Longya Xu. Ful. Proc.Tech. 2014, 126: 60-65
3. Alkali-treatment of template-containing MCM-22 zeolite and itsapplication in alkylation and transalkylation reactions. Kefeng Liu, Sujuan Xie, Huijuan Wei, Xiujie Li, Shenglin Liu, Longya Xu. Appl. Catal. A, 2013, 468: 288– 295
4. Activity enhancement of ZSM-35 in dimethyl ether carbonylation reaction through alkaline modifications. Xiujie Li, Xiaohang Liu, Shenglin Liu, Sujuan Xie, Xiangxue Zhu, Fucun Chen，Longya Xu. RSC Adv., 2013, 3:16549–16557
5. Determination of different acid sites in Beta zeolite for anisole acylation with acetic anhydride.Huijuan Wei, Kefeng Liu, Sujuan Xie, Wenjie Xin, Xiujie Li, Shenglin Liu, Longya Xu. J. Catal. 2013, 307: 103–110
6. Metathesis of C4 olefin over Mo-based heterogeneous catalysts: A novel route to propene and isopentene. Dazhou Zhang, Xiujie Li, Shenglin Liu, Shengjun Huang, Xiangxue Zhu, Fucun Chen, Sujuan Xie, Longya Xu. Appl. Catal. A. 2012, 439-440:171– 178
7. Organic template-free synthesis of ZSM-5/ZSM-11 co-crystalline zeolite. Ling Zhang, Shenglin Liu, Sujuan Xie, Longya Xu. Micro. Meso. Mate. 2012, 147(1):117-126
8. Catalytic role of different pore systems in MCM-49 zeolite for liquid alkylation of benzene with ethylene. Kefeng Liu, Sujuan Xie, Shenglin Liu, Guoliang Xu, Ningning Gao, Longya Xu . J. Catal. 2011, 283(1): 68-74
9. In?uences of alkaline treatment on the structure and catalytic performances of ZSM-5/ZSM-11 zeolites with alumina as binder. Xiujie Li, ChuanfuWang, Shenglin Liu,Wenjie Xin, YuzhongWang, Sujuan Xie, Longya Xu. J. Mol. Catal A, 2011, 336: 34–41
10. Effects of NaOH solution treatment on the catalytic performances of MCM-49 in liquid alkylation of benzene with ethylene. Kefeng Liu, Sujuan Xie, Guoliang Xu, Yuning Li, Shenglin Liu, Longya Xu. Appl. Catal. A. 2010, 383(1-2): 102-111
11. Differences between ZSM-5 and ZSM-11 zeolite catalysts in 1-hexene aromatization and isomerization. Ling Zhang, Huijuan Liu, Xiujie Li, Sujuan Xie, Yuzhong Wang, Wenjie Xin, Shenglin Liu, Longya Xu. Ful. Proc.Tech. 2010, 91(5): 449-455