Book description
The chemical process industry faces a tremendous challenge of supplying
a growing and ever more demanding global population with the products we
need. The average efficiency at which resources are converted into the
final products is however still dramatically low. The most obvious
solution is to carry out chemical conversions at much higher yields and
selectivity and this is where active and selective catalysts and
efficient chemical reactors play a crucial role. Written by an
international team of highly experienced editors and authors from
academia and industry, this ready reference focuses on how to enhance
the efficiency of catalysts and reactors. It treats key topics such as
molecular modeling, zeolites, MOFs, catalysis at room temperature,
biocatalysis, catalysis for sustainability, structured reactors
including membrane and microchannel reactors, switching from batch to
continuous reactors, application of alternative energies and process
intensification. By including recent achievements and trends, the book
provides an up-to-date insight into the most important developments in
the field of industrial catalysis and chemical reactor engineering. In
addition, several ways of improving efficiency, selectivity, activity
and improved methods for scale-up, modeling and design are presented in
a compact manner. Dr. Andrzej Cybulski was an international recognized
expert in chemical and catalytic reaction engineering. He was the Head
of the Chemical Engineering Research Laboratory at the Industrial
Chemistry Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland, Head of Department of
Chemical and Process Engineering in the Institute of Pharmaceutical
Industry and Head of Process Development Department at CHEMIPAN R&D
Laboratories of Polish Academy of Sciences. Member of the Working Party
on Chemical Reaction Engineering at the European Federation of Chemical
Engineering, Andrzej Cybulski was author of more than 100 scientific
papers in refereed journals and filed circa 20 patents. Together with
Jacob Moulijn he co-authored and co-edited two books: ?Technology and
Engineering in Fine Chemicals Manufacture? (Elsevier) and ?Structured
Catalysts and Reactors? (Marcel Dekker).
Jacob A. Moulijn is emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at the
Delft University of Technology (1990-2007). At present he serves as
part-time Professor at the same university and as Distinguished Research
Professor at Cardiff University. He was Full Professor at the University
of Amsterdam (1986-1990), visiting Professor at several universities and
active in China for the UN. He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate
of the Abo University, Finland. He is author/co-author of over 650
technical papers, co-author of two books, and editor of seven books as
well as holding several patents to his name (reactor design, zeolitic
membranes, and catalyst development). He is active as a consultant and
is the Director of Science and Technology for a newly formed R&D
company in the field of biomass conversion.
Andrzej Stankiewicz is Professor of Process Intensification and
Scientific Director of the Delft Research Center for Sustainable
Industrial Processes at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
With over 30 years of industrial and academic research experience, he is
author/co-author of ca. 100 publications on chemical reaction
engineering, industrial catalysis and process intensification, and holds
several patents in the field. He is Chairman of the Working Party on
Process Intensification at the European Federation of Chemical
Engineering and Chairman of the Board of the European Process
Intensification Centre (EUROPIC). Andrzej Stankiewicz received his M.
Sc. degree in chemical engineering from Warsaw University of Technology
and a Ph. D. degree from the Industrial Chemistry Research Institute in Warsaw.
