Books in the Chemical Industries series

This guide discusses the principles and theory of temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) used for sold materials characterization. It describes the recent trends, instrumentation needed, as well as the application of TPR in heterogeneous catalysis, materials science, and analytical chemistry.

This book covers hydrogen effects in catalysis in the broadest sense, from surface science to industrial applications. It draws the attention of the catalysis community to the importance of the phenomena of hydrogen effects both in the science and technology of catalysis.

This book discusses the mechanisms that have been proposed for the main corrosion phenomena, providing a thorough discussion of the pros and cons of the various corrosion mechanisms with support by experimental and theoretical results.

This guide discusses the principles and theory of temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) used for sold materials characterization. It describes the recent trends, instrumentation needed, as well as the application of TPR in heterogeneous catalysis, materials science, and analytical chemistry.

This book contains papers, presented at the Second Berkeley Catalysis and Surface Science Conference, held in California in 1984, on topics including chemicals from methanol, hydrotreating of hydrocarbons, catalyst preparation, monomers and polymers, and photocatalysis and photovoltaics.

Presents a compilation of technical papers and poster synopses delivered at the 14th Conference on Catalysis of Organic Reactions. This book investigates developments in the study of catalysis as it relates to organic synthesis, detailing industrial applications.

A guide for chemists and engineers to use in their day-to-day work. It details particle characterization, dynamics, manufacturing, handling, and processing for the use of multiphase reactors, as well as procedures in reactor scale-up and design for applications in the chemical, mineral, petroleum, power, cement, and pharmaceuticals industries.

Details the chemistry and the process modifications required for hydroprocessing heavy crude oils and residua. This book explains how to obtain maximum yields of high-value hydrocarbon products using available technologies. It provides examples of commercial processes and discusses methods of hydrogen production.

Based on the proceedings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Spring National Meeting in Houston, Texas, March 28 to April 1, 1993, this work details various facets of residue upgrading and distillate hydrotreating, stressing the importance of selective catalysts in aromatics reduction.

Presenting strategies in control policies, this text uses a systems theory approach to predict, simulate and streamline plant operation, conserve fuel and resources, and increase workplace safety in the manufacturing, chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, biochemical and energy industries.

Spectroscopic techniques are essential to the understanding of catalyst performance and feedstock properties. This volume examines the use of adsorption microcalorimetry to measure acidity, acid site density, and strength of the acid sites in heterogenous catalysts. It discusses the use of H-NMR to characterize the properties of FCCU feedstock.

Gasification technologies offer the potential for converting coal and negative-value feed stocks such as, petroleum coke, and various waste materials into a usable energy source. This book discusses gasification techniques and the benefits of each technology, including gas clean-up technologies, and those used in hybrid systems and fuel cells.

Highlights contemporary approaches to resource utilization. This book covers technological advances in residuum conversion. It illustrates engineering methods for the refinement of heavy oils, bitumen, and other high-sulphur feedstocks. It also covers pretreatments, thermochemical equilibrium, data analysis, reactor design, and catalysis.

Examines known industrial processes using shape selective zeolites. This work contains information on the specific features that make zeolites shape selective, the role shape selective catalysis can play providing environmentally clean fuels, 12-membered oxygen ring systems and mesopore systems.

This new edition continues to blend conventional topics with a broader perspective of integrated process operation, control, and information systems. Updated throughout, it addresses issues relevant to today's teaching and discusses smart manufacturing, new data preprocessing techniques, and machine learning and artificial intelligence concepts.

This book describes lubricant additives, their synthesis, chemistry, and mode of action. Important areas of application are covered, detailing which lubricants are needed. Includes new content on chlorohydrocarbons, hydrogenated styrene-diene viscosity modifiers, alkylated aromatics, and the impact of REACh and GHS on the lubricant industry.

The Chemistry and Technology of Coal, Third Edition covers the relationship of coal industry processes with environmental regulations, as well as the effects of combustion products on the atmosphere. It introduces the science of coal, beginning with its formation in the ground, leading to the production of a wide variety of products and petrochemical intermediates in the twenty-first century. The book is designed for scientists, engineers, and students engaged in the coal and/or catalyst manufacturing industry looking for a general overview or update on the science of coal.

Combines a description of the origin and use of fundamental chemical kinetics through an assessment of realistic reactor problems with a discussion of kinetics and its relation to chemical thermodynamics. This title provides exercises, open-ended situations drawing on creative thinking, and worked-out examples.

Offering discussions and various approaches to catalytic processes, this text provides descriptions of monolithic, membrane, and arranged catalysts for use in two- and three-phase processes. It addresses configurations, micro- and nano-structure, physical properties, ceramic and metallic monoliths as well as commercial and developmental catalysts.

Presents a description of catalytic systems commonly used as model systems in the laboratory and as industrial catalysts in large-scale operations, and a discussion of the mechanisms operating in these reactions. This title shows attempts to describe the elementary steps by quantum chemical methods.

This expanded and completely revised second edition of a bestseller presents the scientific foundations of particle motion in non-Newtonian media and demonstrates how understanding the fluid-dynamic behavior of single particles is used for modeling transport processes in complex multiphase flows. It covers macroscopic momentum, heat and mass transfer from a single rigid or fluid particle or ensembles of particles involving strong inter-particle interactions, such as in granular and fibrous media, with different types of non-Newtonian fluids. The book also treats wall effects and falling-object rheometry. No other book offers such a rich selection of topics related to this field.

Offers a guidance to the preparation, production and operation of various commercially used catalysts. This title takes into account general safety considerations and regulations from the Occupational Health Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. It contains material on the regeneration, reactivity and recovery of used catalysts.

Details the chemistry of naphtha reforming, the preparation and characterization of catalysts, and the commercial technologies and industrial applications. This book addresses the development of catalysts and revamp process improvements propelled by regulations on sulfur, benzene, and oxygenate content in gasoline and refinery pressure.

Offers information on the technological aspects of refining heavy oils, residua, bitumen, and other high-sulfur feedstocks. This book focuses on the range of next-generation refining processes.

Presents a description of the major aspects of natural gas clathrate hydrates. This book also presents case studies on low dosage hydrate inhibitor prevention and hydrate drilling in nature, phase equilibrium data and kinetic models, and descriptions of the paradigm change in flow assurance to risk management.