Contemporary Catalysis

Contemporary Catalysis: Fundamentals and Current Applications deals with the fundamentals and modern practical applications of catalysis. Topics addressed include historical development and the importance of heterogeneous catalysis in the modern world, surfaces and adsorption, the catalyst (preparation and characterization), the reactor (integral and differential reactors, etc.), and an introduction to spectroscopic and thermal characterization techniques. Building on this foundation, the book continues with chapters on important industrial processes, potential processes and separate chapters on syngas production, Fischer Tropsch synthesis, petroleum refining, environmental protection, and biomass conversion. Contemporary Catalysis is an essential resource for chemists, physical chemists, and chemical engineers, as well as graduate and post graduate students in catalysis and reaction engineering.

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Julian Ross is a Physical Chemist with wide experience in the field of heterogeneous catalysis applied particularly to the conversion of hydrocarbons and to environmental protection. He was the founding editor of Catalysis Today and acted as Senior Editor of that journal for almost 30 years. He holds two Honorary Visiting Professorships in China where he has lectured frequently. Julian Ross has had wide experience assessing projects associated with energy and the environment, for example, for EU programmes. He was a member of the Council of Scientists of INTAS (funding projects in the former Soviet Union) and was its Chairman for three years during its final three years of operation. He was also for a number of years a member of the European Research Council panel assessing Advanced Grant proposals on engineering topics. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

Klappentext

Contemporary Catalysis: Fundamentals and Current Applications deals with the fundamentals and modern practical applications of catalysis. Topics addressed include historical development and the importance of heterogeneous catalysis in the modern world, surfaces and adsorption, the catalyst (preparation and characterization), the reactor (integral and differential reactors, etc.), and an introduction to spectroscopic and thermal characterization techniques. Building on this foundation, the book continues with chapters on important industrial processes, potential processes and separate chapters on syngas production, Fischer Tropsch synthesis, petroleum refining, environmental protection, and biomass conversion. Contemporary Catalysis is an essential resource for chemists, physical chemists, and chemical engineers, as well as graduate and post graduate students in catalysis and reaction engineering.

Inhalt

Part 1: Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis1. An Introduction to Heterogeneous Catalysis - Chemistry in Two Dimensions2. Surfaces and Adsorption3. How does a Catalyst Work?4. Catalyst Preparation5. Catalyst Characterization6. Catalytic Reactors and the Measurement of Catalytic Behaviour 7. The Kinetics and Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions8. Mass and Heat Transfer Limitations and Other Aspects of the Use of Large Scale Catalytic Reactors

Part 2: Current Applications of Heterogeneous Catalysis 9. CO2 and Energy10. The Production of Energy-Carriers from Oil11. Production of Hydrogen and Syngas from Methane and Some Other Reactions of Methane12. Catalytic Reactions involving Syngas, Hydrogen or Carbon Monoxide for the Production of Intermediates and Chemicals13. Environmental Catalysis14. Conversion of Hydrocarbons to Intermediates by Catalytic Hydrogenation or Oxidation15. Catalysis in Biomass Conversion

Appendix: The Use of the Catalysis Literature