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Fuel Production
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Heterogeneous
Catalysis
Jacinto Sá
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Contents
Preface......................................................................................................................vii
Editor ........................................................................................................................ix
Contributors ..............................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1 Solar Water Splitting Using Semiconductor Systems ..........................1
Lorenzo Rovelli and K. Ravindranathan Thampi
Chapter 2 Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution ....................................................63
Yusuke Yamada and Shunichi Fukuzumi
Chapter 3 CO to Fuels .......................................................................................93
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Atsushi Urakawa and Jacinto Sá
Chapter 4 Methane Activation and Transformation over Nanocatalysts ..........123
Rajaram Bal and Ankur Bordoloi
Chapter 5 Fischer–Tropsch: Fuel Production with Cobalt Catalysts ................147
Cristina Paun, Jacinto Sá, and Kalala Jalama
Chapter 6 Syngas to Methanol and Ethanol ......................................................169
Martin Muhler and Stefan Kaluza
Chapter 7 Steam Reforming .............................................................................193
Karin Föttinger
Chapter 8 Biomass to Liquid Biofuels via Heterogeneous Catalysis ................213
Michael Stöcker and Roman Tschentscher
Chapter 9 Catalytic Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass ...............................253
K. Seshan
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Chapter 10 Recent Trends in the Purification of H Streams by Water–Gas
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Shift and PROX ................................................................................281
A. Sepúlveda-Escribano and J. Silvestre-Albero
Preface
This book describes the importance of catalysis for the sustainable production of
fuels, focused primarily on the state-of-the-art catalysts and catalytic processes
anticipated to play a pivotal role in the production of fuels. The growth in energy
prices, environmental trepidations, and population commanded the development of
new and/or improved processes to attain sustainability and energy stability, and ulti-
mately mankind’s current way of life.
Heterogeneous catalysis plays an essential role in improving industrial processes,
including a water–gas shift, and coal combustion in respect to greenhouse gas emis-
sions and profitability. Novel technologies, including solar energy harvesting and
conversion, provide an attractive means toward carbon independence; however, they
are not yet economical, thus requiring further research.
Herein, we compile the latest developments on fuel production processes with
heterogeneous catalysis, including reaction mechanism schemes, engineering solu-
tions, and perspectives for the field. The book is aimed for undergraduate and gradu-
ate students as well as scientists working in the area. It should be mentioned that the
goal of the book is to provide an overview of the field. The examples were chosen to
cover a larger range of scientific experiments as concisely as possible. Therefore, and
on behalf of the authors, we would like to apologize for any work that has not been
referenced or mentioned. The omission was decided simply on the basis of chapter
concision. Finally, the book was written in a language that we consider accessible
to most science undergraduate students. Technical terms were mentioned only when
strictly necessary.
On a personal note, I thank the chapter authors for their contribution and all the
scientific works that made the execution of this book possible.
Jacinto Sá
Polish Academy of Sciences
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