Catalysis for Renewables from Feedstock to Energy Production focuses on catalysis and addressing two very hot and timely topics with significant implications for our future lives.

The authors outline how the use of catalysis will promote the more extensive use of renewable feedstocks in chemical and energy production. They present the latest applications, their applicability and results, making this a ready reference for researchers and engineers working in catalysis, chemistry, and industrial processes.

Contents

1. Renewable Catalytic Technologies - a Perspective
2. Lignocellulose Conversion: An Introduction to Chemistry, Process and Economics
3. Process Options for the Catalytic Conversion of Renewables to Bioproducts
4. Industrial Development and Application of Biobassed Oleochemicals
5. Fine Chemicals from Renewables
6. Options for Catalysis in the Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass into Fuels
7. Thermal Biomass Conversion
8. Thermal Biomass Conversion and NO_x Emissions in Grate Furnaces
9. Bioethanol: Production and Pathways for Upgrading and Valorization
10. Conversion of Glycerol to Traffic Fuels
11. Catalytic Transformation of Glycerol
12. Catalytic Process for the Selective Epoxidation of Fatty Acids; More Environmentally Benign Routes
13. Integration of Biocatalysis with Chemocatalysis: Cascade Catalysis and Multi-step Conversions in Concert
14. Hydrogen Production and Fuel Cells as the Bridging Technologies Towards a Sustainable Energy System
15. Pathways to Clean and Green Hyrogen
16. Solar Energy for Hydrogen Production and CO₂ Conversion

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