Li Xi

Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
 

Phone: +86 571 8795 2210
Fax: +86 571 8795 2210
Email: lixi@zju.edu.cn
Office: The Tenth Teaching Building

Zhejiang University, Yuquan Campus
38 Zheda Road
Hangzhou, China 310027

 

Other Appointments

Member, Academic Committee of Faculty of Engineering, Zhejiang University

 

Professional Activities

Member, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Chinese Universities, Editorial Board
Member, Chemical Reaction Engineering & Technology, Editorial Board
Fellow, Chinese PTA Association

 

Education

Ph.D.– Zhejiang University, Chemical Engineering, 1992
M. S – Science Academy of China, Fluid Mechanics, 1985,
B. S. – Lanzhou University, Mechanics, 1982

Working Experience

2000-2010, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University ;
1994-2000, Associate professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University ;
1987-1994, Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University ;
1985-1987, Assistant research fellow, Institute of Flow through Porous Media, Science Academy of China
 

Awards and Honors

Science and Technology Progress Award, Second prize, Ministry of Education,2006
Outstanding Textbook Award, Second prize, China Petrochemical Society, 2007

Course Teaching
Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering
Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Process Modeling and Simulation
Hot Spots in Chemical Engineering

 

Research Interests

Chemical reaction engineering for gas-liquid and gas-solid flow systems
Hydrodynamics on multiphase reactors
Process modeling, simulation & integration
 

Current Projects

  1. Novel multiphase reactor development for the coal chemical process
  2. Hydrodynamics and scale up methodology for the slurry bed Fischer-Tropsch reactor
  3. Clean production technologies for purified terephthalic acid (PTA ) process
  4. Methanol to olefin (MTO): kinetics and reactors

Publication List

  1. Li Xi, Modeling and mathematical methods for problems in chemical engineering, Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, 2006. (in Chinese)
  2. WANG Lijun, CHENG Youwei, WANG Qinbo, LI Xi, Progress in the research and development of p-xylene liquid phase oxidation process, Frontier of Chemical Engineering in China, 2007, 1(3):317~326.
  3. Cheng Youwei; Li Xi; Wang Lijun; Wang Qinbo. The Optimum Ratio of Co/Mn in the Liquid-phase Catalytic Oxidation of p-Xylene to Terephthalic Acid. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2006, 45(12), 4156-4162.
  4. Xiao Xianjiang; Wang Lijun; Ding Ganhong; Li Xi. Liquid-Liquid Equilibria for the Ternary System Water + Acetic Acid + Propyl Acetate. J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2006, 51(2): 582-583.
  5. Wang Liya，Zhuang Huajie，Chen Bin and Li Xi，A multi-scale analysis based on wavelet transformation for two-phase turbulence structure in a bubble column, Journal of chemical industry and engineering (China)，2006，57(4):738-743. (in Chinese)
  6. Jiang Yulei，Li Xi，Chen Zhaohui, Nonlinear chromatographic wave characteristic on two component synergia adsorption, Journal of Zhejiang University (Engineering Science), 2006，40(5):836-840. (in Chinese)
  7. Xia Guo, Youwei Cheng and Xi Li, “Adsorption of Colored Impurities by Activated Carbons to Recover Terephthalic Acid from PTA Residue” in The 4th Joint China/Japan Chemical Engineering Symposium (CJCES), Dec 2007.
  8. Cheng, Youwei; Wang, Qinbo; Wang, Lijun; Li, Xi. Solubility of N-Hydroxyphthalimide in Binary Acetic Acid + Water Solvent Mixtures at (293.2 to363.2) K. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data; 2007, 52(3):1025-1027.
  9. Lijun Wang*, Youwei Cheng, Xianjiang Xiao, Xi Li. Liquid-Liquid Equilibria for the Ternary Systems Acetic Acid + Water + Butyl Acetate and Acetic Acid + Water + 2-Methyl Propyl Acetate at 304.15 K, 332.15 K and 366.15 K. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data; 2007, 52(4）: 1255-1257.
  10. Qinbo Wang, Youwei Cheng, Haibo Xu, Lijun Wang, Xi Li. Aging of Crude Terephthalic Acid Crystals at High Temperatures. Ind.Eng.Chem.Res., 2007, 46(22):7367-7377.
  11. Qinbo Wang, Youwei Cheng, Lijun Wang, Xi Li. Semi-continuous Studies on the Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics for the Liquid-phase Oxidation of p-Xylene to Terephthalic Acid. Ind.Eng.Chem.Res., 2007,46: 8980~8992.
  12. Qinbo Wang, Yongzhao Zhang, Youwei Cheng, Xi Li. Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics for the Liquid-phase Catalytic Oxidation of meta-Xylene to meta-Phthalic Acid. AIChE Journal, 2008,54(10): 2674~2688.
  13. Wang Lijun，Zhang Yu，Li Xi，Studies on turbulent slurry bed hydrodynamics,Ⅰ. Gas hold up and distribution，Journal of chemical industry and engineering (China)，2008，59（12）：2996～3002. (in Chinese)
  14. Zhang Yu，Wang Lijun，Li Xi，Studies on turbulent slurry bed hydrodynamics, Ⅱ. Radial distribution of the axial slurry velocity，Journal of chemical industry and engineering (China)，2008，59（12）：3003～3009. (in Chinese)
  15. Zhang Yu，Lu Jia, Wang Lijun，Li Xi，Studies on turbulent slurry bed hydrodynamics, Ⅲ. Influence of the vertical pipe internals，Journal of chemical industry and engineering (China)，2009, 60（5）:1135~1140. (in Chinese)
  16. Zhang Yu，Wang Lijun，Li Xi，A hydrodynamic study on the novel slurry bed with internals. Progress in Chemical Industry and Engineering, 2008，27：525～529. (in Chinese)
  17. Guo X, Cheng YW, Wang LJ, Li X. Solubility of terephthalic acid in aqueous N-methyl pyrrolidone and N,N-dimethyl acetamide solvents at (303.2 to 363.2) K. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, 2008, 53(7): 1421-1423.
  18. Wang, QB Cheng, YW Wang, LJ Xu, HB Li, X ,Isothermal seeded semicontinuous reactive crystallization of crude terephthalic acid crystals,INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 2008，47(16), 5861~5870 .
  19. Li, L Wang, QB Feng, L Xu, HB Lit, X ,Partition coefficient of 4-carboxybenzaldehyde between crude terephthalic acid crystals and the corresponding aqueous acetic acid solution at (423.2 to 453.0) K , JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, 2008, 53(1), 20~25.
  20. Lei Feng, Qinbo Wang, and Xi Li，Solubilities of 1,3,5-Benzenetricarboxylic Acid and 1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic Acid in Acetic Acid + Water Solvent Mixtures，J. Chem. Eng. Data 2008, 53, 2501–2504.
  21. Cheng Youwei, Peng Ge, Wang Lijun and Li Xi, Kinetics of Burning Side Reaction in the Liquid-phase Oxidation of p-Xylene. Chinese J Chem Eng. 2009.17(2): 1~8.
  22. Guo Xia, Youwei Cheng and Xi Li. Benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid-N,N-dimethylacetamide (1/2), Acta Crystallographica Section E65, o1794, 2009.


Patent List

  1. Li Xi & Xie Gang, An oxidation apparatus of bubble column reactor for production of terephthalic acid. CN200310107889.5, 2003.
  2. Li Xi, Wang Lijun, Cheng Youwei, Xiao Xianjiang. Method and apparatus for production of terephthalic acid, CN 200410067358.2, 2004.
  3. Li Xi, Wang Lijun, Chen Bi, Wang Liya. An oxidation apparatus for production of aromatic acid. CN 200510048977.1, 2005.
  4. Cheng Youwei & Li Xi. Method of benzoic acid manufacture by liquid-phase catalytic degradation of waste polystyrene. CN 200410017619.X, 2004.
  5. Li Xi, Chen Bi, Wang Liya, Wang Lijun, Cheng Youwei. A bubble column reactor with resistance internals. CN 200510061602.9, 2005.
  6. Wang Lijun, Li Xi, Shao Keke. Drying method of terephthalic acid. CN 200610053447.0, 2006.
  7. Li Xi, Wang Lijun, Cheng Youwei, Guo Xia. Method and apparatus for aromatic oxidation off gas. CN 200610154607.0, 2006.
  8. Cheng Youwei, Li Xi, et al. Method of producing aromatic acid by use of diamine compounds as catalytic additives. CN 200310106324.5, 2003.
  9. Cheng Youwei, Li Xi, et al. Method of producing aromatic acid by use of guanidine compounds as catalytic additives. CN 200310106325.X, 2003.
  10. Cheng Youwei, Li Xi, et al. Method of producing aromatic acid by use of nitrogen oxide as catalytic additives. CN 200610085515, 2006.