Heterogeneous Catalysis Processes
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis Enhanced Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2024 | Viewed by 9054
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, chemical conversion processes involving heterogeneous catalysis are receiving great attention and interest, and “catalysis” itself is gaining importance in various industrial applications to fulfill the energy needs of human society. Catalysis can create chemical conversion processes and equipment to produce bio-fuels, bio-power, and a spectrum of valuable chemicals from a variety of feedstocks. Heterogenous catalysis is of fundamental interest because it provides an understanding of the interconversion/transformation of chemicals between molecules as well as their externally applied potential. However, the development of technology for the production of bio-based chemicals is quite limited. Therefore, advanced and intensive research on chemical conversions is required. In addition, the development of catalytic processes using heterogeneous catalysts for the selective de-functionalization of different substrates containing high functionality to yield a broad range of chemical structures is required, and significant effort in catalysis research is needed to achieve optimal integration of these various chemical conversion processes. This Special issue of Processes on “Heterogenous Catalysis Processes” is therefore timely.
We invite authors to submit articles and reviews to this Special Issue related, but are not limited, to the following topics:
- The development of catalytic conversion processes in bio refinery conversion processes;
- The development of catalytic conversion processes in peteroleum refinery conversion processes;
- The conversion of carbon dioxide into desired products;
- The investigation of catalytic materials using different characterization techeniques to understand the specific role of catalyst systems in obtaining a desired product;
- The development of novel catalysts for important chemical conversions.
Dr. Pravin P. Upare
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heterogeneous catalysis
- biorefinery
- biomass
- chemical conversion processes
- fuels
- biochemical conversion
- CO2 utilization
- petrochemical conversion processes
- molecular catalysis
- electrocatalysis
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Current Progress on Heterogeneous catalytic processes in CO2 Utilization
Authors: Pravin P. Upare, Dong Won Hwang, Young Kyu hwang
Abstract: Now days, catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into chemicals is considered as one of the most sustainable and economically viable ways to reduce current global warming and energy crises. No doubt, these conversions exhibits significant benefits if it originated from renewable carbon sources. In this review, we overview the current progress on heterogeneous catalysis processes (such as catalyst design and their catalytic activity and reaction mechanism) for CO2 conversions into values added chemicals. In addition, the current review highlight the perspective associated these important processes.
Keywords: CO2 utilization, heterogeneous catalysis, CO2 conversion processes
Title: Comparison of moving-bed catalytic tar hydrocracking processes
Author: Vladimir Kapustin, Elena Chernysheva and Roman Khakimov
Abstract: The main trend in the development of the oil industry in the world is to increase the proportion of heavy high-sulfur crude oils in the total volume extracted and processed resources, reserves of which are estimated in the amount of more than 800 billion tons. Therefore, the main direction of development of the oil refining industry is the processing of heavy and residual raw materials, which allow maximum use of the hydrocarbon potential and obtain high-margin products. Hydrogenation processes of heavy raw material processing are the most attractive from the point of view of the quality of the products. In this article was analyzed the processes of tar hydrocracking, which began to function at refineries or are at the stage of industrial testing. These include Veba Combi Cracker (VCC), Uniflex, suspended-bed catalyst hydrocracking (Emi), tar hydroconversion (INKHS RAS). These technologies work on heterogeneous catalysts and their function is to obtain the largest number of liquid products. In the article was discussed the features of each technology, was identified their advantages and disadvantages, was showed the main approaches to process management and also was formulated assumptions about how these technologies will develop at refineries. Efficient refining of tar is the main task of deep oil refining and the ways to solve it will allow to change the structure of the refinery and how to manage it.
Keywords: hydrocracking processes; oil refining; moving-bed reactor; catalytic hydrogenation process; tar;