Contemporary Catalysis Fundamentals and Current Applications

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.

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

Chemists, Physical Chemists, Chemical Engineers. Graduate and Post graduate students in Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

• Covers all aspects of catalysis in a carefully organized text
• Includes material on historical development
• Provides a wide range of student tasks, case studies, and supplementary, web-based materials that are regularly updated