Contemporary Catalysis: Fundamentals and Current Applications

ISBN-13: 9780444634740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 402 str.

Julian R. H. Ross

Opis

Contemporary Catalysis: Fundamental Aspects of the Preparation, Characterisation and Testing of Heterogeneous Catalysts and their Application in Catalytic Processes deals with the fundamentals and modern practical applications of catalysis. Topics addressed in the first section 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.), an introduction to spectroscopic and thermal characterization techniques, and more. The second section contains chapters on important industrial processes, potential processes and separate chapters on syngas production, Fischer Tropsch synthesis, petroleum refining, environmental protection and biomass conversion.

• Covers all aspects of catalysis in a carefully organized text
• Includes material on historical development and personalities involved
• Presents concepts that are illustrated by practical examples
• Provides a wide range of problems and solutions, case studies and supplementary, web based materials that are regularly updated

Recenzje

"The author's motivation for writing a textbook on heterogeneous catalysis was to provide the experience of a recognized expert for the young generation of chemists in a form that they would best appreciate, by making full use of the tools offered by the internet for learning and for literature work: Wikipedia, e-journals, searching into the past and towards the presence, the rating of publications through citation indices, etc. A variety of student tasks requiring literature work on various topics is an integral part of the book, which makes its structure very open. An experienced teacher who might disagree with the author about details of emphasis can nevertheless use the book for a course with his or her own priorities. This is new and a real achievement. However, the book certainly reflects the authors teaching priorities, because it has to be useful also in the hands of less advanced tutors or of the students themselves." -- Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5289

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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).