Research interests
With the high development of petrochemical engineering in our country, the problem of environmental pollution is more and more serious. Life cycle assessment is carried out for evaluating various chemicals in our project, which can provide a comprehensive understanding of the potentially environmental burden of the chemical production, and will identify the significant potential for improving the efficiency of energy and reducing GHG emissions.
Publication
Zhitong Zhao, Katie Chong, Jingyang Jiang, Karen Wilson, Xiaochen Zhang, Feng Wang*. Low-carbon roadmap of chemical production: A case study of ethylene in China. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev., 2018, 97, 580-591.
Yancheng Hu‡, Zhitong Zhao‡, Yanting Liu, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang, Feng Wang*, Ning Li*. Synthesis of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylates from formaldehyde, crotonaldehyde and acrylate. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57(23), 6901-6905.
Zhitong Zhao, Yong Liu, Feng Wang, Xuekuan Li, Shuping Deng, Jie Xu*, Wei Wei, Feng Wang*. Life cycle assessment of primary energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of four propylene production pathways in China. J. Clean. Prod., 2017, 163, 285-292.