Structured Catalysts and Reactors conveys the scientific as well as economic advantages of using these unconventional catalytic techniques.

Features:

• Provides detailed descriptions of monolithic, membrane, and arranged catalysts for use in two- and three-phase processes
• Presents an updated account of all currently known structures and all aspects of the structured catalysts and reactors containing them
• Addresses configurations, micro- and nano-structure, physical properties, and manufacture of ceramic and metallic monoliths
• Explains commercial and developmental catalysts and reactors used for environmental protection
• Includes over 1500 references, tables, drawings, and photographs
• Comprises an international panel of top specialists from universities and companies that are advanced in the technology of structured catalysts

Contents

Part I

• Reactors with Structured Catalysts Where no Convective Mass Transfer Over a Cross Section of the Reactor Occurs (Monolithic Catalysts = Honeycomb Catalysts) Ceramic Catalyst Supports for Gasoline Fuel
• Metal and Coated Metal Catalysts
• Autocatalysts: Past, Present, and Future
• Treatment of Volatile Organic Carbon (VOC) Emissions from Stationary Sources: Catalytic Oxidation of the Gaseous Phase
• Monolithic Catalysts for NOx Removal from Stationary Sources
• Catalytic Fuel Combustion in Honeycomb Monolith Reactors
• Monolithic Catalysts for Gas-Phase Syntheses of Chemicals
• Modeling of Automotive Exhaust Gas Converters
• Monolithic Catalysts for Three-Phase Processes
• Two-Phase Segmented Flow in Capillaries and Monolith Reactors
• Design and Modeling of Monolithic Reactors for Three-Phase Processes
• Film Flow Monolith Reactors

Part II

• Reactors with Structured Catalysts Where Convective Mass Transfer Over the Cross Section of the Reactor Occurs
• Parallel-Passage and Lateral-Flow Reactors
• Structured Packings for Reactive Distillation

Part III

• Monolithic Reactors with Permeable Walls (Membrane Reactors)
• Catalytic Filters for Flue Gas Cleaning
• Reactors with Metal and Metal-Containing Membranes
• Inorganic Membrane Reactors
• Ceramic Catalysts, Supports and Filters for Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment
• Zeolite Membranes - Modeling and Application

Index

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