长期从事过程强化和反应精馏技术基础及技术开发、复杂过程模拟与分析等方面的研究。在国外期间，先后完成9项德国马普学会基金课题、德国大众科学基金会课题和加拿大自然科学基金课题、以及德国Degussa公司、加拿大Nova化学公司、美国CDTech公司及英国BP公司多项技术改进及新技术开发课题。目前为化学工程领域主要国际学术期刊审稿人和美国化学学会会员。

教学工作

《化工原理》，《化学反应原理》，《分离工程》

研究领域

 化工过程强化

 离散化工过程

 生物能源过程与技术

 复杂过程模可行性分析与模拟优化

论文

1. 食品加工过程模拟优化及控制.高福成，漆志文.中国轻工业出版社,1999.

2. Simulation of steady distillation process accompanied with multiple chemical equilibrium reactions basing on transformed variables..Qi, Z.W., Ye, Y.M., Zhang, R.S., Yu, Z.H..Chemical Engineering and Communications. 180:61-82.,2000.

3. Dimerized isobutene: an alternative to MTBE.Kolah, A., Qi, Z.W., Mahajani, S.M.Chemical Innovation.,2001.

4. Importance of micro- and macrokinetics of chemical reactions in catalytic distillation processes.Sundmacher, K., Qi, Z.W... In Reactive Distillation, Eds. K. Sundmacher and A. Kienle, Wiley-VCH Viemheim, 97-142.,2002.

5. Residue curve maps for reactive distillation systems with liquid phase splitting..Qi, Z.W., Kolah, A., Sundmacher, K..Chemical Engineering Science. 57(1):163-178.,2002.

6. Comaprison of reactive distillation with process alternatives for the isobutene dimerisation..Kamath, R., Qi, Z.W., Sundmacher, K., Aghalayam, P., and Mahajani S.M..Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45:2707-2714.,2006.

7. Multiple product solutions of TBA dehydration in reactive distillation..Qi, Z.W., Sundmacher, K..Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45:1613-1621.,2006.

8. Multiplicity of VLLE equations.Qi, Z.W., Sundmacher, K.Chemical Engineering Science, 61: 6709-6717.,2006.

9. Residue curve maps of reactive membrane separation..Huang, Y.S., Sundmacher, K., Qi, Z.W., Schlünder, E.U..Chemical Engineering Science, 2863-2879.,2004.

10. Conceptual design aspects of reactive distillation processes for ideal binary mixtures..Sundmacher, K., Qi, Z.W.Chemical Engineering and Processing, 42(3):191-200.,2003.