Mass transfer and kinetic behavior studies on cycloaddition of carbon dioxide with propylene oxide catalyzed by ionic liquid in microchannel reactor

Yang Yiqian; Chen Yu; Wang Gang; Yan Hanwen; Wang Lili; Xiang Shuguang; Li Chunshan

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2025.07.018

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Mass transfer and kinetic behavior studies on cycloaddition of carbon dioxide with propylene oxide catalyzed by ionic liquid in microchannel reactor

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- Mass transfer and kinetic behavior studies on cycloaddition of carbon dioxide with propylene oxide catalyzed by ionic liquid in microchannel reactor
- Mass transfer and kinetic behavior studies on cycloaddition of carbon dioxide with propylene oxide catalyzed by ionic liquid in microchannel reactor
- 中国化学工程学报（英文） 2026年89卷第1期页码：187-197
- Affiliations：
  
  Institute of Process Systems Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
  State Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Solid-State Battery and Energy Storage Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Author bio：
  
  Corresponding authors. E-mail addresses: liliw@qust.edu.cn(L. Wang)
  csli@ipe.ac.cn(C. Li).
- Funds：
  
  This work was supported by the National Key Projects for Fundamental Research and development of China(2020YFA0710202);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2024M761567);Shandong Postdoctoral Science Foundation .(SDCX-ZG-202400271)
- DOI：10.1016/j.cjche.2025.07.018
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- 收稿：2025-07-13，
  
  修回：2025-07-30，
  
  录用：2025-07-30，
  
  网络首发：2025-09-20，
  
  纸质出版：2026-01
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Yang Yiqian, Chen Yu, Wang Gang, 等. Mass transfer and kinetic behavior studies on cycloaddition of carbon dioxide with propylene oxide catalyzed by ionic liquid in microchannel reactor[J]. 中国化学工程学报（英文）, 2026,89(1):187-197.

Yang Yiqian, Chen Yu, Wang Gang, et al. Mass transfer and kinetic behavior studies on cycloaddition of carbon dioxide with propylene oxide catalyzed by ionic liquid in microchannel reactor[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2026, 89(1): 187-197.
Yang Yiqian, Chen Yu, Wang Gang, 等. Mass transfer and kinetic behavior studies on cycloaddition of carbon dioxide with propylene oxide catalyzed by ionic liquid in microchannel reactor[J]. 中国化学工程学报（英文）, 2026,89(1):187-197. DOI： 10.1016/j.cjche.2025.07.018.

Yang Yiqian, Chen Yu, Wang Gang, et al. Mass transfer and kinetic behavior studies on cycloaddition of carbon dioxide with propylene oxide catalyzed by ionic liquid in microchannel reactor[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2026, 89(1): 187-197. DOI： 10.1016/j.cjche.2025.07.018.

摘要

Abstract

The synthesis of propylene carbonate (PC) from CO

and propylene oxide (PO) is a typical gas-liquid biphasic system

where gas-liquid mass transfer efficiency significantly influences CO

cycloaddition reactions. Here

we proposed a microchannel reaction system for the CO

cycloaddition reaction catalyzed by ionic liquid within an aqueous environment. The effect of liquid flow rate

temperature and residence time on gas-liquid flow pattern

catalytic performance and mass transfer were systematically investigated. The results revealed that the PC generation rate reached 560.11 mmol·ml

- 1

·h

- 1

) at a 50 cm of flow distance under reaction conditions of 105

◦

2.5 MPa

= 176 ml·min

- 1

and

= 0.3 ml·min

- 1

. Variations in mass transfer rate and reaction rate at different flow distances were experimentally studied. The reaction efficiency gradually decreased with increasing flow distance

which were attributed to the reduction of mass transfer caused by decreasing bubble velocity. Optimizing bubble velocity at an appropriate position enhanced reaction efficiency by improving mass transfer

achieving a 97.7% PC yield within 2.85 min. Furthermore

a kinetic model coupling intrinsic kinetics with gas-liquid mass transfer was developed for CO

cycloaddition reaction. The kinetic model was applied to predict PC reaction rates in microchannel react

ors at various temperatures and liquid flow rates

achieving an average relative error of 9.6%.

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