Catalytic Conversion of Carbonaceous Materials to Fuels and Chemicals

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2021) | Viewed by 5417

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Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511, USA
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; hydrogenation of CO or CO2 to fuels and chemicals (Fischer-Tropsch synthesis); H2 production; hydrocracking; process simulation
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Interests: catalysts for fischer-tropsch reactions; bioenergy and biochemicals; pyrolysis; gasification; super-critical extraction; activated carbon; nanomaterials; materials synthesis; materials characterization; pollution control
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Dear Colleagues,

To meet more and more stringent environmental regulations, the utilization of various carbonaceous materials (X) such as coal, natural gas, biomass, biogas, organic wastes, and CO2 in fuels and chemicals urgently require cleaner technologies. Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS), water–gas shift reaction (WGS), reforming reaction, etc. are catalytic processes to convert X to ultra-clean liquid or hydrogen fuels (XTF) and various chemicals (XTC), and continuously attract significant interest worldwide because these technologies can provide scientific basis to meet substantially increased energy demands, particularly in the nations which possess low oil reserve but with abundant other types of fossil fuels.  

The FTS plus wax upgrading, WGS and wet/dry reforming reactions, as the heart of the XTF/XTC process, produce various types of fuels and chemicals including gasoline, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, lubricants, waxes, methanol, ethanol, higher alcohols, and hydrogen. Despite vast number of basic studies on the XTF/XTC topics, many issues related to the catalyst structure-performances, reaction mechanisms, kinetics, product upgrading, and reactor efficiency still remain unsolved. This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in experimental and theoretical research in XTF/XTC catalysts, catalysis, and chemical reactor technology, including (i) development of improved catalysts (heterogeneous and liquid crystal types) or novel reactor technologies for directly making gasoline, diesel fuels, or chemicals from syngas or hydrogen fuel from steam gas, methane, and oxygenates; (ii) experimental or theoretical studies on catalyst structural characteristics and catalytic performance, reaction mechanisms, and kinetics; (iii) FTS product upgrading; and (iv) techno-economic analysis and life-cycle analysis related to XTF/XTC.

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Dr. Wenping Ma
Prof. Dr. Ajay K. Dalai
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Keywords

  • carbonaceous materials
  • catalytic conversion
  • catalysis
  • novel catalyst studies
  • novel reactor studies
  • liquid fuel synthesis
  • oxygenate synthesis
  • hydrogen fuel
  • techno-economic studies
  • life-cycle analysis

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Oxidative Coupling of Methane: Perspective for High-Value C2 Chemicals
by Palle Ramana Murthy, Yang Liu, Guohao Wu, Yanan Diao and Chuan Shi
Crystals 2021, 11(9), 1011; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11091011 - 24 Aug 2021
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The oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to C2 hydrocarbons (C2H4 and C2H6) has aroused worldwide interest over the past decade due to the rise of vast new shale gas resources. However, obtaining higher C2 [...] Read more.
The oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to C2 hydrocarbons (C2H4 and C2H6) has aroused worldwide interest over the past decade due to the rise of vast new shale gas resources. However, obtaining higher C2 selectivity can be very challenging in a typical OCM process in the presence of easily oxidized products such as C2H4 and C2H6. Regarding this, different types of catalysts have been studied to achieve desirable C2 yields. In this review, we briefly presented three typical types of catalysts such as alkali/alkaline earth metal doped/supported on metal oxide catalysts (mainly for Li doped/supported catalysts), modified transition metal oxide catalysts, and pyrochlore catalysts for OCM and highlighted the features that play key roles in the OCM reactions such as active oxygen species, the mobility of the lattice oxygen and surface alkalinity of the catalysts. In particular, we focused on the pyrochlore (A2B2O7) materials because of their promising properties such as high melting points, thermal stability, surface alkalinity and tunable M-O bonding for OCM reaction. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Catalytic Conversion of Carbonaceous Materials to Fuels and Chemicals)
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