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The kinetic experiments of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) over an industrial Fe–Cu–K catalyst are carried out in a micro-fixed-bed reactor under the conditions as follows: temperature of 493–542 K, pressure of 10.9–30.9 bar, H 2 /CO feed ratio of 0.98–2.99, and space velocity of 4000–10 000 h −1 . The effects of secondary reactions of olefins are investigated by co-feeding C 2 H 4 and C 3 H 6 . A detailed kinetics model taking into account the increasingly proven evidence of the olefin re-adsorption mechanism is then proposed. In this model, different sites are assumed for FTS reactions and water gas shift (WGS) reaction, respectively. Rate expressions for FTS reactions are based on the carbide polymerisation mechanism, in which olefin re-adsorption is considered to be a reverse step of olefin desorption reaction. Rate expression for WGS reaction is based on the formate mechanism. An integral reactor model considering both FTS and WGS kinetics is used to describe the reaction system, and the simultaneous estimation of kinetic parameters is conducted with non-linear regression procedure. The optimal model shows that the rate determining steps in FTS reactions proceed via the desorption of hydrocarbon products and the adsorption of CO and the slowest step in WGS reaction is the desorption of gaseous carbon dioxide via formate intermediate species. The activation energies of FTS reactions and WGS reaction are in good agreement with literature values.

Methanolytic depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was carried out in a stainless stirred autoclave at temperatures of 523–543 K, pressures of 8.5–14.0 MPa, and with a weight ratio of methanol to PET from 3 to 8. The solid products mainly composed of dimethyl terephthalate and small amounts of methyl-(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate, bis (hydroxyethyl) terephthalate, dimers and oligomers were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The liquid products composed of ethylene glycol and methanol were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC). It was found that both the yield of dimethyl terephthalate and the degree of PET depolymerization were seriously influenced by the temperature, weight ratio of methanol to PET, and reaction time, whilst the pressure has insignificant influence when it is above the critical point of methanol. The optimal depolymerization conditions are temperature of 533–543 K, pressure of 9.0–11.0 MPa, and the weight ratio (methanol to PET) from 6 to 8. The depolymerization of several PET wastes collected from the Chinese market was investigated under the optimal conditions.

Using selective excitation technology, the phonon sidebands of NN1 pair emission are observed in GaAs 1−x P x :N (x=0.88) alloys. Due to fluorescence line narrowing, the fine structure of phonon sidebands of NN1 pair emission, which is very similar to that of Nx in GaAs 1−x P x :N and to that of NN1 in GaP:N, including TA, LA, LOAs and LO phonons, has been identified. The results experimentally confirm that the NN1 center does exist in GaAs 1−x P x :N alloys.