Catalysis technologies

Catalysis is a core technology of the current fossil fuel based economy. Over 90% of industrial chemical processes involve catalytic steps and, also, several processes in current refineries are catalytic ones. Without continuous progress and innovation in catalysis, the current pervasive oil-based economy is not possible. Similarly, catalysis technology will also have a key role in the transition to a biobased economy. The possibility of realizing this transition and to develop effective bio-refineries will depend on the progress made in developing new catalytic processes and concepts. 

A. Hagemeyer, P. Strasser, A.F. Volpe (Ed.), High-Throughput Screening in Chemical Catalysis - Technologies, Strategies and Applications. Wiley VCH, Weinheim, 2004. 

N.B. Jackson, Catalysis Technology Roadmap Report, SAND97-1424 UC-1404 (Albuquerque, N.Mex. Sandia National Laboratories, 1997). 

Novel Catalysis Technology A Case Study - the Albene Process, keynote lecture, d World Chemical Engineering Congress, Karlsruhe, Germany, June 1991. 

The concept of zeolite membranes is almost as old as the discovery of thetic zeolites. Inspired by the potentially revolutionary advances in their use in both separation and catalysis technologies, research on the synthesis of zeolite membranes enjoys worldwide activity. One of the attractive approaches is to induce contiguous zeolite growth onto suitable porous surfaces. If this approach succeeds, the transformation of... 

Halpern, M. E., Benefits and Challenges of Applying Phase-Transfer Catalysis Technology in the Pharmaceutical Industry. In Process Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry Gadamasetti, K.G., Ed. Marcel Dekker New York 1999, pp. 283—298. 

Despite the explosion of asymmetric homogeneous catalysis technologies, very few have been able to make the jump from laboratory to manufacturing [10,17,18]. The focus of this chapter is to highlight and discuss the industrial feasibility of both old and new asymmetric hydrogenation technologies, as well... 

The hydroformylation of propylene was an obvious choice as the first application of the new aqueous biphasic catalysis technology for several rea-... 

Despite all these advantages, two limitations remain, i.e., the continuous catalyst carry-over by the products that implies disposal, and the conversion level for olefins is highly dependent on their initial concentration in the feed. These commercial limitations have been greatly overcome through Difasol two-phase catalysis technology. 

CRITERIA FOR INDUSTRIAL READINESS OF CHIRAL CATALYSIS TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF PHARMACEUTICALS... 

Process conditions that can be operated on scale. To use catalysis technology for the manufacture of pharmaceutical agents, as with any chemistry, the process conditions need to be workable industrially. This means that the process needs to be operable in an... 

Scheme 20.13 Ligands for use in Trost asymmetric palladium-catalysis technology.

Process and catalysis technology revolutionized the chemical industry in the 20th century. Now the same thing is happening in the production of industrial... 

D. E. Carrera, The Development of Bronsted Acid Catalysis Technologies and Mechanistic Investigations Therein, PhD Thesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 2010. 

This catalysis technology can also be used in the production of other amino acids, such as glycine. It is also a general method for conversion of primary alcohols to carboxylic acid salts, and is potentially applicable to the preparation of many other agricultural, commodity, specialty, and pharmaceutical chemicals. 

Aika K. The Trend and Expectation of Catalysis Technology (in Japan), 14-23, 1997. 

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