Fuel Production with Heterogeneous Catalysis

This book presents the current state of the art and future perspectives of the heterogeneous catalytic production of fuels, complete with reaction mechanism schemes, engineering solutions, and valuable industry insights. It describes production of fuels from renewable sources using environmentally friendly technologies, exposing the advantages and disadvantages of each production process and suggesting solutions to minimize the impact of fuel transportation. Comprised of chapters authored by leading experts in the field, this authoritative text conveys the importance of catalysis for the sustainable production of fuels.

Jacinto Sá is the Modern Heterogeneous Catalysis Group leader at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. He received his M.Sc from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, and his Ph.D from The University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His work in using accelerator-based light sources to diagnose the mechanisms by which important catalytic processes proceed, and in conventional ultrafast laser sources, make him one of the most experienced researchers in the world in this area. Widely published and respected, Dr. Sá received an R&D 100 Award for his work with the CenTACat Group, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Solar Water Splitting Using Semiconductor Systems. Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. CO2 to Fuels. Methane Activation and Transformation over Nanocatalysts. Fischer-Tropsch: Fuel Production with Cobalt Catalysts. Syngas to Methanol and Ethanol. Steam Reforming. Biomass to Liquid Biofuels via Heterogeneous Catalysis. Catalytic Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass. Recent Trends in the Purification of H2 Streams by Water-Gas Shift and PROX.