Sustainable catalytic processes / edited by Basudeb Saha, Maohong Fan, Jianji Wang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saha, Basudeb, editor.

Fan, Maohong, editor.

Wang, Jianji, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catalysis.

Catalysts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Oxford, England ; Waltham, Massachusetts : Elsevier, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The development of catalysts is the most sophisticated art in chemical sciences. It can be read like a story book when the critical scientific contents are presented in a chronological manner with short and simple sentences. This book will meets these criteria. To address the sustainability issues of existing chemical manufacturing processes or producing new chemicals, researchers are developing alternate catalysts to eliminate toxic chemicals use and by-products formation. Sustainable Catalytic Processes presents critical discussions of the progress of such catalytic development. This book o

Contents:

Front Cover; Sustainable Catalytic Processes; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 - Role of Meso/Microporous Molecular Sieve Composite Materials on Various Catalytic Transformations; 1. Introduction; 2. Zeolite and Zeolite-Like Molecular Sieves; 3. Mesoporous Molecular Sieves; 4. Progress in Mesoporous Molecular Sieves Assembled from Microporous Precursors; 5. Meso/Microaluminosilicate Composite Materials as Potential Catalysts; 6. Titanium-Based Meso/Microcomposite as Sustainable Catalysts

7. Meso/Microcomposite of Aluminophosphate-Based Materials as Potential Catalysts8. Summary; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2 - Functionalized Mesoporous Materials as Sustainable Catalyst in Liquid Phase Catalytic Transformations; 1. Introduction; 2. Synthesis and Types of Functionalized Mesoporous Materials; 3. Different Organic Transformations over Functionalized Mesoporous Catalysts; 4. Summary; List of Abbreviations; References; Chapter 3 - Sustainable Catalysis Systems Based on Ionic Liquids; 1. Introduction

2. Physical Properties of Ionic Liquids and Their Potentials in Sustainable Catalysis3. The Utilization of Ionic Liquids in Sustainable Catalysis Procedures; 4. Outlook and Summary; References; Chapter 4 - Catalysis for the Production of Sustainable Chemicals and Fuels from Biomass; 1. Introduction; 2. Biomass and Biomass Compositions; 3. Strategy for Biomass Conversion; 4. Biomass to Value-Added Chemicals; 5. 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural; 6. Catalyst for Biomass Conversion; 7. Significance of 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural as a Platform Chemical; 8. Second-Generation Biofuels from Biomass; 9. Summary

ReferencesChapter 5 - Lignin Deconstruction: Chemical and Biological Approaches; 1. Introduction; 2. Lignin Valorization Techniques; 3. Enzymatic Techniques; 4. Carbonization; 5. Summary and Outlook; References; Chapter 6 - Integrated Bio- and Chemocatalytic Processing for Biorenewable Chemicals and Fuels; 1. Introduction; 2. Biocatalytic Transformation to Platform Molecules; 3. Challenges Related to the Nature of Biogenic Impurities; 4. Strategies for Catalytic Transformation of Platform Molecules; 5. Conclusions; References; Chapter 7 - Catalytic Coal Gasification; 1. Introduction

2. Catalysts for Coal Gasification3. Conclusion and Outlook; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 22, 2015).

ISBN:

0-444-59579-1