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Contents
Recent Advances in Hydrotreating/Hydrodesulfurization
Catalysts: Part I: Nature of Active Phase and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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G. Valavarasu and B. Ramachandrarao
Recent Advances in Hydrotreating/Hydrodesulfurization
Catalysts: Part II—Catalyst Additives, Preparation Methods,
Activation, Deactivation, and Regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
G. Valavarasu and B. Ramachandrarao
Recent Developments in FCC Process and Catalysts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ajay R. Khande, Prabha K. Dasila, Supriyo Majumder, Pintu Maity,
and Chiranjeevi Thota
Emerging Trends in Solid Acid Catalyst Alkylation Processes . . . . . . . . . . 109
Shivanand M. Pai, Raj Kumar Das, S. A. Kishore Kumar, Lalit Kumar,
Ashvin L. Karemore, and Bharat L. Newalkar
C3-Based Petrochemicals: Recent Advances in Processes
and Catalysts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Chanchal Samanta and Raj Kumar Das
Selective Hydrogenation of 1,3-Butadiene to 1-Butene:
Review on Catalysts, Selectivity, Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism. . . . . 205
P. R. Selvakannan, Long Hoang, V. Vijay Kumar, Deepa Dumbre,
Deshetti Jampaiah, Jagannath Das, and Suresh K. Bhargava
Thermocatalytic Conversion of Natural Gas to Petrochemical
Feedstocks Via Non- oxidative Methods: Theoretical
and Experimental Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sourabh Mishra, Tuhin Suvra Khan, M. Ali Haider, and K. K. Pant
Insights into Sustainable C–H Bond Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Dewal S. Deshmukh, Vaishali S. Shende, and Bhalchandra M. Bhanage