Catalysis in Petroleum Refining Processes of the Future

by Jens Weitkamp (Editor), Vincenzo Calemma (Editor)

A volume that will review future developments in petroleum refining catalysis. Topics covered will include: removal of sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen and metals by catalytic hydrotreating; conversion of non-conventional fossil feedstocks into tomorrow's fuels; developments for adapting fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) to increasing demands of diesel fuel; improved catalysts for the oligomerization of light alkenes to middle distillate fuels; catalytic routes for manufacturing middle distillate fuels from renewable raw materials; selective catalytic ring opening of polynuclear aromatics in diesel fuels; making high-octane gasoline components by catalytic isomerization of heptanes; new routes for hydrogen production; gas-to-liquids and coal-to-liquids (CTL) as non-petroleum-based routes to liquid fuels; emissions from mobile sources and the potential of their control by the structure of the fuel components. The audience will be inorganic, organic and physical chemists working in heterogeneous catalysis and chemical engineers working in petroleum chemistry in both industry and academia.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1999