Introduction to Catalysis and Industrial Catalytic Processes

Introduces major catalytic processes including products from the petroleum, chemical, environmental and alternative energy industriesnn Provides an easy to read description of the fundamentals of catalysis and some of the major catalytic industrial processes used todayn Offers a rationale for process designs based on kinetics and thermodynamicsn Alternative energy topics include the hydrogen economy, fuels cells, bio catalytic (enzymes) production of ethanol fuel from corn and biodiesel from vegetable oilsn Problem sets of included with answers available to faculty who use the book