Stability-Focused Petrochemical Catalyst Design

I need a chemical engineer who can take the lead in formulating a liquid-phase catalyst for a petrochemical step where stability, not just activity, is the critical metric. The current formulation loses performance after only a few cycles; my priority is to push its lifetime far beyond that without sacrificing throughput.

Here is what I expect:

• A well-reasoned catalyst formulation (active phase, support, promoters) that specifically targets resistance to leaching, sintering, or fouling in a liquid medium.
• A concise synthesis protocol I can reproduce at bench scale, including key parameters such as pH control, calcination profile, and impregnation method.
• A validation package: BET/XRD/SEM characterisation, accelerated aging data, and side-by-side comparison against the incumbent catalyst showing improved stability.
• A short memo describing scale-up considerations and any safety or environmental notes relevant to petrochemical service.

If you normally model diffusion or deactivation kinetics in COMSOL, run thermodynamics in Aspen Plus, or use DFT to rationalise promoter selection, let me know—those skills fit perfectly. All raw data, editable calculations, and a brief slide deck for management review should be included with the final hand-off.

Timeline and milestones are flexible as long as each of the deliverables above is met with clear, reproducible documentation.