Bo-lun Yang
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Xian Jiaotong University
China
Biography
Dr. Bo-lun Yang is a Professor of, Xi-an Jiaotong University, P. R. China. He received his Ph. D. (1992) in Chemical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan. He worked as assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan from 1992 to 1997. He joined the Department of Chemical Engineering, Xi-an Jiaotong University as a full professor in 1997. Dr. Yang has been appointed as the permanent director of Shanxi Province Chemical Engineering Academy since 2001; he is the member of Shanxi Province Subject Comment group. Dr. Yang also serves as the editors for several journals, e.g., Chemical Industry and Engineering Progress, China, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Chinese Universities, Applied Chemical Industry and The Open Energy & Fuels Journal.
Research Interest
Research concerns catalytic reaction, separation and their coupling: 1. Preparation of gasohol from bio-ethanol via reactive distillation 2. Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from urea and methanol 3. Catalytic reactive distillation with pervaporation for synthesizing ethyl tert-butyl ether 4. Secondary reactions in catalytically cracked (FCC) gasoline for the minimizes gasoline olefin and increase propylene 5. Biodiesel production with microwave and ultrasonic radiation 6. Desulfurization for the production of ultra-clean gasoline 7. Liquid Organic Hydride for Hydrogen Storage 8. Chemical utilization of CO2 and CH4 resources. 9. Preparation of nanometer catalysts using combined method 10. Analysis of the filed synergy of the multi-unit coupling for the reaction with separation. 11. Application of modern optimized arithmetic in chemical engineering 12. Separation and purification of biomaterials. 13. Research in the vapor liquid equilibriuminvolving water, alcohols and ethers.
