This collection reviews recent advances in novel catalytic approaches for making chemical processes greener and environmentally sustainable, highlighting the role of separation processes for achieving sharper product cuts and multiphase reactors for enhancing process performance. The 12 papers describe metal organic frameworks, membrane facilitated defluoridation of water, catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide into fuels and chemicals, ammoxidation of hetero-aromatic compounds to corresponding nitriles, oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene, and base catalyzed transesterification for biodiesel. Distributed by CRC Press, a Taylor & Francis Group. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
With contributions from experts from both the industry and academia, this book presents the latest developments in the identified areas. In addition, a thorough and updated coverage of the traditional aspects of heterogeneous catalysis such as preparation, characterization and use in well-established technologies such as nitration, ammoxidation and hydrofluorination is included. This book incorporates appropriate case studies, explanatory notes, and schematics for more clarity and better understanding.
