Contemporary Catalysis: Fundamentals and Current Applications - Hardcover

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Julian Ross is a Physical Chemist with wide experience in the field of heterogeneous catalysis applied particularly to the conversion of hydrocarbons and to environmental protection. He was the founding editor of Catalysis Today and acted as Senior Editor of that journal for almost 30 years. He holds two Honorary Visiting Professorships in China where he has lectured frequently. Julian Ross has had wide experience assessing projects associated with energy and the environment, for example, for EU programmes. He was a member of the Council of Scientists of INTAS (funding projects in the former Soviet Union) and was its Chairman for three years during its final three years of operation. He was also for a number of years a member of the European Research Council panel assessing Advanced Grant proposals on engineering topics. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

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Contemporary Catalysis is divided into two distinct sections, one dealing with the fundamentals of the subject and the second dealing with modern practical applications of catalysis. Topics to be addressed in the first section on fundamentals include: the historical development of the subject and the importance of heterogeneous catalysis in the modern world; surfaces and adsorption; the catalyst (preparation and characterization); the reactor (integral and differential reactors, etc.); introduction to spectroscopic and thermal characterization techniques; kinetics and mechanism using examples from well-established reaction/catalyst combinations; selectivity; catalyst deactivation. The second section on applications contains chapters discussing examples of important industrial processes and potential processes and separate chapters are included on subjects such as syngas production, Fischer Tropsch synthesis, petroleum refining, environmental protection, and biomass conversion.

• Coverage of all aspects of catalysis in carefully organised text
• Inclusion of material on the historical development of the subject and the personalities involved
• All concepts illustrated by practical examples
• Inclusion of a wide range of problems and solutions, case studies, and supplementary web based material which will be regularly updated
• Author has over 40 years research experience of almost all covered subjects
• Provides companion materials website