University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations Fall 2020 Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Oxalate to Ethylene Glycol Over Silica Supported Copper Catalysts Xinbin Yu Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Chemical Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Yu, X.(2020). Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Oxalate to Ethylene Glycol Over Silica Supported Copper Catalysts. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/6129 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. HYDROGENATION OF DIMETHYL OXALATE TO ETHYLENE GLYCOL OVER SILICA SUPPORTED COPPER CATALYSTS by Xinbin Yu Bachelor of Science Ningxia University, 2012 Master of Science Tianjin University, 2015 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering College of Engineering and Computing University of South Carolina 2020 Accepted by: Christopher T. Williams, Major Professor John R. Monnier, Committee Member Andreas Heyden, Committee Member Aaron K. Vannucci, Committee Member Cheryl L. Addy, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School © Copyright by Xinbin Yu, 2020 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this work to my family. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my family for encouraging and supporting me to pursue PhD degree abroad. I also would like to thank my advisor for giving me valuable suggestions in the research and thank national science foundation and industrial companies for sponsoring the research. I would like to thank my committee members for giving me a lot of valuable help and inspiring feedbacks and attending my defense.