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Preface
Considering the need for clean energy and environmental sustainability, significant
progress has been made in catalyst synthesis processes using green chemistry principles and their applications in petrochemicals and refining processes. However,
most of the books published on petrochemicals and refining processes have discussed primarily conventional catalysts which are in use for decades. As a result,
there are not many books published which exclusively discuss green chemistry principles applied in the development of catalytic materials for petrochemicals and
refining applications. Thus, volume II of the book covers current industrial catalytic
processes that employ green chemistry principles and conventional catalytic processes. Several chapters have been written by scientists and researchers working in
India’s largest oil and gas industries for publication in volume II of the book, which
includes the practical problems faced by the refiners and a real-life understanding of
the catalytic processes. Also, chapters highlighting fundamental aspects of the catalytic processes in refining, petrochemicals and allied areas have been contributed by
prominent academicians from different parts of the world.
Volume II contains 22 chapters covering different aspects of refining and petrochemicals that include insights into the nature of active phase, support, additives,
catalyst synthesis, activation, deactivation and regeneration for hydrotreating, and
hydrodesulfurization process, recent developments in catalysis for fluid catalytic
cracking processes, alkylation processes, and C 3 -based petrochemicals production.
The discussions have been further extended to the selective hydrogenation of
1,3-Butadiene, natural gas conversion to petrochemicals, C-H bond activation, and
flue gas treatment via dry reforming of methane, followed by a discussion on catalysts deactivation and challenges in refining and petrochemicals. Eventually, nonconventional catalytic materials for petrochemicals and refining have been
introduced and discussed. Further chapters in the book cover technologies related to
handing and conversion of refining industries by-products conversion such as petcoke gasification and steam reforming followed by a discussion on technologies for
syngas conversion to via Fischer-Tropsch reaction. A detailed discussion on microchannel microreactors, catalyst synthesis, reaction kinetics and effect of CO 2 in syngas has been presented. Eventually, further discussions have been directed towards
Preface
Considering the need for clean energy and environmental sustainability, significant
progress has been made in catalyst synthesis processes using green chemistry principles and their applications in petrochemicals and refining processes. However,
most of the books published on petrochemicals and refining processes have discussed primarily conventional catalysts which are in use for decades. As a result,
there are not many books published which exclusively discuss green chemistry principles applied in the development of catalytic materials for petrochemicals and
refining applications. Thus, volume II of the book covers current industrial catalytic
processes that employ green chemistry principles and conventional catalytic processes. Several chapters have been written by scientists and researchers working in
India’s largest oil and gas industries for publication in volume II of the book, which
includes the practical problems faced by the refiners and a real-life understanding of
the catalytic processes. Also, chapters highlighting fundamental aspects of the catalytic processes in refining, petrochemicals and allied areas have been contributed by
prominent academicians from different parts of the world.
Volume II contains 22 chapters covering different aspects of refining and petrochemicals that include insights into the nature of active phase, support, additives,
catalyst synthesis, activation, deactivation and regeneration for hydrotreating, and
hydrodesulfurization process, recent developments in catalysis for fluid catalytic
cracking processes, alkylation processes, and C 3 -based petrochemicals production.
The discussions have been further extended to the selective hydrogenation of
1,3-Butadiene, natural gas conversion to petrochemicals, C-H bond activation, and
flue gas treatment via dry reforming of methane, followed by a discussion on catalysts deactivation and challenges in refining and petrochemicals. Eventually, nonconventional catalytic materials for petrochemicals and refining have been
introduced and discussed. Further chapters in the book cover technologies related to
handing and conversion of refining industries by-products conversion such as petcoke gasification and steam reforming followed by a discussion on technologies for
syngas conversion to via Fischer-Tropsch reaction. A detailed discussion on microchannel microreactors, catalyst synthesis, reaction kinetics and effect of CO 2 in syngas has been presented. Eventually, further discussions have been directed towards