Energy and feedstock materials for the chemical industry are in increasing demand and, with constraints related to the availability and use of oil, the energy and chemical industry is undergoing considerable changes. In recent years, major restructuring has occurred in the oil, petrochemical, and chemical industry, with increasing attention devoted to the use of natural gas, methane in particular, as a chemical feedstock rather than just as a fuel. The conversion of remote natural gas into liquid fuels or other transportable chemicals is a challenge to industrial catalysis. Few processes exist so far with the major ones involving the conversion of natural gas to synthesis gas by steam reforming, CO2 reforming, or partial oxidation, followed by the syntheses of methanol, hydrocarbons (Fischer-Tropsch synthesis), or ammonia.
In this book, a comprehensive overview of the field of processing natural gas is given, through a series of chapters written by leading scientists and engineers in the field. New developments are discussed and current work relevant to the area is shown by a series of recent works by researchers working in this and related fields.
Author(s): E.G. Derouane, Valentin Parmon, Francisco Lemos, Fernando Ramoa Ribeiro
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 456
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 9
Lectures......Page 12
Natural Gas: Fuel or Feedstock?......Page 13
Molecular Chemistry of Alkane Activation......Page 35
Economics of Alkane Conversion......Page 61
Theoretical Basis of the Activation of Light Alkanes......Page 94
Surface Organometallic Chemistry of Tantalum: Application to the Metathesis of Alkanes Catalyzed by a Tantalum Hydride Supported on Silica......Page 115
The Challenges in Converting Remote Natural Gas to Valuable Products......Page 132
Alternative Routes to Synfuel from Natural Gas......Page 144
New Technologies for Light Alkane Upgrading......Page 155
Fundamentals of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis......Page 178
Reactor Technology for Syngas and Hydrogen......Page 189
Engineering Alkanes to Olefins and Higher Value Chemicals......Page 221
Membrane Reactors for the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis......Page 252
Sources of Methane for Sustainable Development......Page 275
Communications......Page 287
CO[sub(2)] Separation by Membranes in Natural Gas Processing......Page 288
Structural and Textural Properties of MCM-41 Mesoporous Molecular Sieves Containing Nb, V, Mo – Alternative Catalysts for Hydrocarbons Oxidation......Page 294
Acidic and Catalytic Properties of Dealuminated BEA Zeolites......Page 301
Influence of the H-Ferrierite Sample on the Selectivity of Skeletal n-Butene Isomerization......Page 304
Study on the Lattice Defects in the Mixed Oxides of Neodymium and Alkaline Earth Elements and their Role on the Oxidative Coupling of Methane......Page 308
Molecular Mechanism of the Methane Dissociation on the Vanadium Oxides Clusters. DFT Calculations......Page 315
Acidity, Activity and Micro-Kinetics Studies in an H-ZSM5......Page 318
Microkinetic Model for Propane Activation over H-ZSM5......Page 324
[sup(13)]C MAS NMR Mechanistic Study of the Initial Stages of Propane Activation over Zn/H-MFI Catalyst......Page 330
Dehydrogenation of Propane over Chromium-Based Catalysts......Page 336
Catalytic Oxidation of Methanol to Formaldehyde......Page 341
Conversion of Gas Condensate over Metal-Containing MFI Catalysts......Page 346
Coke Formation on Alumina and Alumina Supported Platinum Catalysts......Page 353
Activation Studies of the Cs-Doped Cu/ZnO Catalyst for the Higher Alcohol Synthesis......Page 359
Development of High Temperature Catalytic Reactors for Oxidative Conversion of Natural Gas......Page 370
The Effect of Process Conditions on Product Formation in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis......Page 376
Mathematical Modeling of Steam Reforming Tubes with Shaped Particles......Page 381
Application of NMR Microimaging for the Investigation of the Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions inside Catalyst Pellets and Fixed Catalyst Bed......Page 387
Conclusions......Page 393
Natural Gas as Feedstock......Page 394
Sustainable Strategies for the Upgrading of Natural Gas......Page 404
Participants......Page 412
Subject Index......Page 425
D......Page 426
N......Page 427
S......Page 428
Z......Page 429
Author Index......Page 430
I......Page 431
R......Page 432
Z......Page 433
