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Industrial Catalysis

A section of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344).

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The “Industrial Catalysis” Section of Catalysts publishes original and high-quality research communications, articles, and review articles on topics related to the practical application of catalysts and catalysis in industrial processes.

It is a fact that most industrial chemical processes (likely more than 85%) are catalyzed, to allow the desired reaction to occur with sufficient productivity and limiting by-reactions, as well as waste production, and with the simplification of the product purification and separation steps. This is certainly true for the fields of refinery and petrochemistry, and for fine chemistry as well. On the other hand, the growing fields of biomass conversion and e-fuel production are also, and will be, mainly based on catalytic processes.

Thus, the Industrial Catalysis Section is mainly devoted to research aimed at the development and optimization of industrial catalytic processes. Electrocatalytic processes will also be considered, in particular with respect to their practical commercial applications. Both already-established industrial processes and processes under development are of interest to the Section. Thus, catalyst engineering studies concerning improving the conversion, selectivity, and productivity of reactants, the optimization of stability, limiting deactivation, improving regeneration, and optimizing composition and particle morphology, as well as extrudate production and shape optimization, etc., will be the main objects of the Section. The experimental research work should be realized in practical industrial reaction conditions, or, in any case, in relevant reference conditions, and should involve real commercial catalytic materials or catalysts under development with promising properties, acceptable costs, and environmental friendliness.

As said, the development of industrial catalysts is a step forward for the development of industrial catalytic reactors and processes. Thus, molecular, reactor, and process modelling studies, as well as kinetic investigations, will also be welcome. Finally, interest will be devoted to studies concerning the end-of-life of spent catalysts and their reutilization.