Chemical Reactions and Catalysis

Overview of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering.197... 

The scope of this chapter is to present a concise and fundamental overview of the relationship between modem catalysis and chemical reaction engineering through one of the topics that will certainly be present among the future directions in both fields production of hydrogen fuel from fossil and renewable energy sources and its use in the fuel cells-based energy conversion technology. 

Supercritical fluids continue to attract interest as media for catalysis and chemical reactions because of their unique properties. They offer possible strategies for more economical chemical processes by increasing reaction rates, prolonging catalyst lifetime, and simplifying downstream processing. In addition to these considerations, the current trend towards pollution prevention in the chemical processing industry and the attendant search for environmentally benign solvents is... 

Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratories, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada... 

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The authors are very grateful to many colleagues from academia and industry who shared their knowledge and expertise in kinetics and mass transfer. In particular the late Professor M.I. Temkin introduced one of the authors into the field of heterogeneous catalysis and chemical reaction engineering in the broader context of physical chemistry and practical industrial needs and was a role model as a scientist and a person. 

Harold H. Kung is professor of chemical engineering at Northwestern University, where his areas of research include surface chemistry, catalysis, and chemical reaction engineering. His professional experience includes work as a research chemist at E.I. du Pont de Nemours Co., Inc. He is recipient of the P.H. Emmett Award and the Robert Burwell Lectureship Award from the North American Catalysis Society, the Herman Pines Award of the Chicago Catalysis Club, the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Eellowship, the John McClanahan Henske Distinguished Lectureship of Yale University, and the Olaf A. Hougen Professorship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is editor of Applied Catalysis A General. He has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Northwestern University. 

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