Ethylbenzene plant debottleneck with a high-activity transalkylation catalyst

Gehong Liu is the General Manager of Tianjin Dagu Chemical Co. Ltd. He has been working in chemicals manufacturing for 18 yr and has extensive management experience in chloralkali chemicals and the petrochemical industry. Mr. Liu holds six patents and has published 12 peer-reviewed technical papers. He graduated from the Wuhan Institute of Technology with a degree in chemical engineering. He obtained a post-graduate degree from Tianjin University.

Ram Sundararaman is a Staff Engineer with ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Dr. Sundararaman has 15 yr of experience in catalyst and refining technology development and holds several U.S. patents. He earned a PhD in fuel science from Penn State.

James Cao is the Senior Commercial Advisor and ParamaX Alliance Operations Manager with ExxonMobil Catalysts & Licensing LLC. He has more than 30 yrs of experience in industrial catalysis and its commercial applications in petrochemicals manufacturing. With ExxonMobil, he has been responsible for the technology licensing of xylenes, ethylbenzene and cumene catalytic processes. Dr. Cao obtained his PhD in chemical engineering from the City University of New York, and MS and BS degrees in chemical engineering from Tsinghua University. He completed his business training at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University and Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (U.S.).