商品簡介
The current volume of this series focuses on a number of different areas of our discipline. As in past volumes, the number of chapters related to energy and fuel conversion continue to reflect the importance of these areas to researchers and funding agencies. Chapters presented here also deal with material synthesis (e.g., zeolites) and fundamental catalyst properties (e.g., cluster size effects).
First, Arno de Klerk (U. Alberta, Canada) reviews two types of acid catalysts for upgrading of Fischer-Tropsch syncrude. Roberto Lanza, Jorge Velasco and Sven Jaras (KTH, Stockholm) examine recent literature on partial oxidation of methane and the effect of steam this reaction. John Kuhn (U. South Florida, USA) reports on noble metal catalysts for deep hydrodesulfurization. Tatsuo Matsushima (Hokkaido Univ., Japan) and Kosuke Shobatake (Nagoya Univ., Japan) show how a technique known as angle-resolved product desorption can be used as a direct approach to probe the active sites responsible for product formation or active intermediates. Dmitry Murzin (Abo Akademi Univ., Finland) and Valentin Parmon (Boreskov Institute., Russia) review the subject of metal cluster size effects in heterogeneous catalysis. Vasile Parvelscu (U. Bucharest, Romania) and Hermenegildo Garcia (U. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain) discuss developments in the widely studied area of photocatalysis, especially for destruction of toxic compounds. D. P. Serrano and J. M. Escola (U. Rey Juan Carlos, Spain), along with J. Aguado (IMDEA Energy Institute, Spain) review a class of materials known as hierarchical zeolites. Eduardo Sousa-Aguiar (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Lucia Appel (National Technology Institute, Brazil) examine recent studies on the catalytic reactions leading to dimethyl ether (DME), and its use as a fuel additive, among others. Finally, Mizuki Tada (Institute for Molecular Science, Japan) discusses selective oxidation on rhenium-based catalysts. This chapter reviews attempts to minimize sublimation (e.g., with Sb or NH3), and highlights reactions such as selective oxidation and ammoxidation of isobutylene.
Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage in major areas of chemical research. Compiled by teams of leading experts in their specialist fields, this series is designed to help the chemistry community keep current with the latest developments in their field. Each volume in the series is published annually and is a superb reference point for researchers.
作者簡介
Professor Spivey is the McLaurin Shivers Professor of Chemical Engineering at Louisiana State University and Director of the DOE Energy Frontier Research Center at LSU. Professor Spivey's research interests include the application of the principles of heterogeneous catalysis to catalytic combustion, control of sulfur and nitrogen oxides from combustion processes, acid/base catalysis (e.g., for condensation reactions), hydrocarbon synthesis, and the study of catalyst deactivation.
