Catalysis for Green Energy and Technology

• Main Author: Bagheri, Samira (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Biochemical engineering.; Catalysis.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Automotive engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Automotive Engineering.; Biochemical Engineering.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

This book describes the importance of catalysis for the sustainable production of biofuels and biochemicals, focusing primarily on the state-of-the-art catalysts and catalytic processes expected to play a decisive role in the "green" production of fuels and chemicals from biomass. The book...

Table of Contents:

• Design of catalysts, characterization, kinetics and mechanisms of reactions, deactivation/regeneration
• Design of fuel cells and reactors, estimation of process parameters, their modelling and optimization
• Catalysis in fuel cells (PEMC, SOFC)
• Hydrogen energy in general
• Catalysis in production of syngas, hydrogen and biofuels
• Biodiesel and green diesel production, upgrading of fats and oils from renewable sources
• Catalytic upgrading of glycerol
• Catalytic pyrolysis of biomass
• Catalytic upgrading of bio-oil: biomass gasification in the presence of catalysts
• BTL, production of renewable hydrogen
• Catalytic transformation of CO2 to fuels.