{"id":20,"date":"2016-09-27T09:42:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2022-09-02T13:24:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T20:24:38","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1474994297751\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>Novel process and technology development for Jet fuels, phenols, aromatics, cycloalkanes, hydrocarbons, hydrogen, syngas, biochar, activated carbon, carbon catalysts, nanocellulose, nanocarbon, nanocarbon catalysts, zeolite catalysts, fertilizer, and CO2 capture; Biomass thermochemical conversions (catalysis, torrefaction, pyrolysis, microwave pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, organosolv liquefaction); Fundamental studies and development of carbon based catalysts and zeolite based catalysts in catalytic processes; Process development and energy recapture and recycling of polymer and plastic wastes and co-feeding of lignocellulosic biomass in catalytic pyrolysis and catalysis for aromatics, cycloalkanes, and jet fuels; Biomass hydrothermal pretreatment, biomass clean fractionation (hemicelluloses, cellulose, and lignin), protein separation, and oil extraction; Fundamental studies and development of biomass conversion pathways, kinetics, mechanism, and techno-economic analysis; Bioprocess engineering; Renewable energy technologies \t<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> Article at the journal Science: L Dai, R Ruan, S You, H Lei. 2022. Paths to sustainable plastic waste recycling. Science, 377(6609), p934. Doi:<\/strong> <a class=\"tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.ade2221\"><strong>https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.ade2221<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2022\/09\/article-at-Science-396x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"191\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2022\/09\/article-at-Science-396x191.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2022\/09\/article-at-Science-792x381.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2022\/09\/article-at-Science-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2022\/09\/article-at-Science-1536x739.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2022\/09\/article-at-Science-990x476.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2022\/09\/article-at-Science-1188x572.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2022\/09\/article-at-Science.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>New positive synergy was developed in Dr. Lei\u2019s Group for aromatics from catalytic microwave co-pyrolysis of biomass and waste plastics, resulting in jet fuels containing 31% of paraffins, 53% of cycloalkanes, and 15% aromatic hydrocarbons, which were consistent with those fuel components in JP-5 and commercial Jet A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-24\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2016\/09\/jetfuel3_co-feeding-792x340.jpg\" alt=\"jetfuel3_co-feeding\" width=\"396\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>New Reaction Pathways developed in Dr. Lei\u2019s Group for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into aromatics and jet fuel range cycloalkanes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-21\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2016\/09\/jetfuel11-792x604.jpg\" alt=\"jetfuel11\" width=\"396\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>New Process developed in Dr. Lei\u2019s Group to produce cycloalkanes and jet fuels features H2 saving and environmental-friendly mild conditions (150-200 \u00b0C, ~500 psi H2 pressure)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-23\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2016\/09\/jetfuel2-792x346.jpg\" alt=\"jetfuel2\" width=\"396\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>New Process developed in Dr. Lei\u2019s Group to produce aromatics features high selectivity of 95% aromatic hydrocarbons from various biomasses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1495\/2016\/09\/Aromatics.jpg\" alt=\"aromatics\" width=\"396\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<p>Novel process and technology development for Jet fuels, phenols, aromatics, cycloalkanes, hydrocarbons, hydrogen, syngas, biochar, activated carbon, carbon catalysts, nanocellulose, nanocarbon, nanocarbon catalysts, zeolite catalysts, fertilizer, and CO2 capture; Biomass thermochemical conversions (catalysis, torrefaction, pyrolysis, microwave pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, organosolv liquefaction); Fundamental studies and development of carbon based catalysts and zeolite based catalysts in catalytic processes; Process development and energy recapture and recycling of polymer and plastic wastes and co-feeding of lignocellulosic biomass in catalytic pyrolysis and catalysis for aromatics, cycloalkanes, and jet fuels; Biomass hydrothermal pretreatment, biomass clean fractionation (hemicelluloses, cellulose, and lignin), protein separation, and oil extraction; Fundamental studies &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/research\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1351,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}