Effect of Ca promoter on LPG synthesis from syngas over hybrid catalyst

Direct synthesis of liquefied petroleum gas （LPG） from syngas was carried out over hybrid catalyst consisting of methanol synthesis catalyst and modified Y zeolite with Pd and Ca by different methods. The decrease of CO conversion was mostly attributable to the sintering of Cu in methanol synthesis catalyst. On the other hand, coke deposition on Y zeolite was the reason for the decrease of LPG selectivity. The introduction of Ca decreased the strong acid sites of Y zeolite, suppressed coke formation, and thus improved the stability of hybrid catalyst.

Influences of reaction conditions on methane decomposition over non-supported Ni catalyst

Effects of reaction temperature and methane gas hourly space velocity （GHSV） on methane decomposition over non-supported Ni catalyst have been investigated in this work.Methane molecules activation,Ni particles growth and nano-carbon diffusion were the main factors influencing methane decomposition stability of non-supported Ni.The results of methane decomposition activity test on the non-supported Ni catalyst showed that the prepared non-supported Ni could exhibit a good methane decomposition performance with 273 gC/gNi and 2667 molH2/molNi at 500 -C and 45000 mL/（gcat h）.Scanning electron microscope （SEM）,X-ray powder diffraction （XRD） and temperature-programmed oxi- dation （TPO） have been carried out to characterize the used catalysts.The deposited carbon was carbon nanofibers,among which graphitic carbon formation increased with the reaction time of methane decomposition.Ni particle size was not the decisive factor during the carbon growing stage.

Fischer–Tropsch synthesis over iron catalysts with corncob-derived promoters

A sustainable strategy for Fischer–Tropsch iron catalysts is successfully achieved by embedding of synergistic promoters from a renewable resource, corncob. The iron-based catalysts, named as 'corncob-driven'catalysts, are composed of iron species supported on carbon as primary active components and various minerals(K, Mg, Ca, and Si, etc.) as promoters. The corncob-driven catalysts are facilely synthesized by a one-pot hydrothermal treatment under mild conditions. The characterization results indicate that the formation of iron carbides from humboldtine is clearly enhanced and the morphology of catalyst particles tends to be more regular microspheres after adding corncob. It is observed that the optimized corncob-driven catalyst exhibits a higher conversion than without promoters' catalyst in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis(ca. 73% vs. ca. 49%). More importantly, a synergistic effect exists in multiple promoters from corncob that can enhance heavy hydrocarbons selectivity and lower CO_2 selectivity, obviously different from the catalyst with promoters from chemicals. The proposed synthesis route of corncob-driven catalysts provides new strategies for the utilization of renewable resources and elimination of environmental pollutants from chemical promoters.

Differentiation of Expression Profiles of SREBF1 and SREBF2 Gene in Chicken

Sterol regulatory element-binding factor-1 and-2(SREBF1 and SREBF2)are important transcription factors involved in the regulating lipid homeostasis.Based on the essential role of SREBF1 and SREBF2,we measured the mRNA expression levels of the two genes in six various tissues at different growth points.Our results showed that the SREBF1 and SREBF2 were expressed in all six tissues examined in Erlang mountainous chicken(SD02)at 42 d,and were expressed abundantly in the uropygial gland and liver,with relatively lowest levels of expression in the abdominal fat,sebum cutaneum and leg muscle.The expression ratio of SREBF1 and SREBF2 in breast muscle,leg muscle,sebum cutaneum and uropygial gland exhibited a"decline-rise"trend.However,in liver,the expression ratio of these two genes exhibited a"decline-rise-decline"trend.Meanwhile,the expression level of SREBF1 gene of all tissues was lower than that of SREBF2 except for uropygial gland.The findings will provide important references for further function investigation of the two genes involved in fat deposition in chickens.