Nanocatalysis for Fuels and Chemicals

Nanocatalysis includes the basics of working with particles 1 billionth of a meter (atomic particle level) in size. Approximately one third of the gross chemical product material involves a catalytic process somewhere in the production chain. Nanocatalysis is one of the most exciting fields emerging from nanoscience. The central focus of nanocatalysis is its contribution to chemical reactions by influencing size, dimension, chemical composition, and morphology, as well as changing the kinetics through nanopatterning. This approach opens new avenues for atom-by-atom design of nanocatalysts with distinct and tunable chemical activity, specificity, and selectivity. This book provides a pedagogical and methodological overview of this exciting and growing field and highlights specific examples in the fields of fuels and chemicals, serving as an instructive introduction for research. It can provide ideas for research and graduate work and as a reference for scientists already active in the field and related areas. The principle of nanocatalysis is based on the premise that the catalytic materials applied at the nanoscale have better properties, compared to what they exhibit on a macroscale. They enable unique applications in both basic and applied research. The synthesis of nanomaterials for catalytic applications has been the focus for academia and industry, leading to numerous research publications and patents. The topics in this book include the challenges and developments of new nanocatalysts for fuels and chemicals, focusing on the production of synthesis gas, hydrogen, mid-distillates, and alcohols. Hydrodesulphurization (HDS), hydrodenitrogenation (HDN), hydrodearomatization (HAD), hydrodemetalization (HDM), Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process, and other catalytic reactions are presented. The book also includes novel preparation methods and characterization techniques for synthesis of nanocatalysts for fuels and chemicals.PREFACE ; 1. INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF SURFACE NANOMETRIC SULFUR AND CARBON MOIETIES IN NI-CATALYZED STEAM REFORMING OF HYDROCARBONS ; NICOLAS ABATZOGLOU, KANDAIYAN SHANMUGAPRIYA, NADI BRAIDY, AND JASMIN BLANCHARD ; 2. PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM AQUEOUS ALCOHOL SOLUTION WITH TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES ; SATOSHI KANECO, TAKUYA MIWA, KATSUMASA HACHISUKA, HIDEYUKI KATSUMATA, TOHRU SUZUKI, SURESH CHAND VERMA, AND KUNIHIRO SUGIHARA ; 3. EFFECT OF METAL IONS ON LIGHT GAS OIL UPGRADING OVER NANO DISPERSED MOSX CATALYSTS USING IN SITU H2 ; LEI JIA, ABDULAZIZ ALGHAMDI, AND FLORA T. T. NG ; 4. PORE SIZE CONTROL OF A NOVEL AMORPHOUS SILICA-ALUMINA WITH LARGE MESOPORE BY THE GEL SKELETAL REINFORCEMENT AND ITS CATALYTIC CRACKING PROPERTIES ; ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, KOHEI NAKAJIMA, MOTOKI HIRADO, TADANORI HASHIMOTO, AND HIROYUKI NASU ; 5. THE EFFECT OF CALCINATION TEMPERATURE ON THE PROPERTIES OF MOP FOR THE HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF 4-METHYLPHENOL ; VICTORIA M. L. WHIFFEN AND KEVIN J. SMITH ; 6. CATALYTIC CRACKING OF HEAVY OIL OVER A COMPLEX METAL OXIDE CATALYST IN A STEAM ATMOSPHERE ; E. FUMOTO, S. SATO, AND T. TAKANOHASHI ; 7. HYDRODESULFURIZATION OF 4,6-DIMETHYLDIBENZOTHIOPHENE USING SOL-GEL ALUMINA-SUPPORTED COBALT?MOLYBDENUM CATALYSTS WITH HIGH METAL LOADING ; A. ISHIHARA, N. SATO, S. HAYASHI, T. ITOH, T. HASHIMOTO, AND H. NASU ; 8. TPA SUPPORTED ON SBA-15 AS SOLID ACID CATALYSTS FOR THE BIODIESEL PRODUCTION ; CHINMOY BAROI AND AJAY K. DALAI ; 9. RENEWABLE HYDROGEN GENERATION BY STEAM REFORMING OF ACETIC ACID OVER CU-ZN-NI SUPPORTED CALCIUM ALUMINATE CATALYSTS ; MADHUMITA PATEL, K. K. PANT, AND PRAVAKAR MOHANTY ; 10. INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SUPPORTS ON HYDROSULFURIZATION AND HYDRODENITROGENATION OF HEAVY GAS OILS USING FEW CATALYSTS ; PHILIP E. BOAHENE, KAPIL SONI, AJAY. K. DALAI, AND J. ADJAYE ; 11. INSIGHTS INTO STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ACTIVATED MONTMORILLONITE FOR FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS OVER SUPPORTED COBALT CATALYSTS ; QING-QING HAO, GUANG-WEI WANG, ZHAO-TIE LIU, AND ZHONG-WEN LIU ; 12. DESIGN AND PREPARATION OF NI-CO BIMETALLIC NANOCATALYST FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REFORMING OF METHANE ; JIANGUO ZHANG, HUI WANG, CHUNYU XI, MOHSEN SHAKOURI, YONGFENG HU, AND AJAY K. DALAI ; EDITOR'S BIOGRAPHY ; INDEXES