Catalysis in Syngas

Dear Colleagues,

Synthesis gas, in short, syngas, is the gaseous mixture that enabled a change in the energy and fuels paradigm a century ago, promoting and being the key element for setting unprecedented levels of development in many industrial sectors and, foremost, in the transportation sector. As early as 1925, Franz Fischer wrote: “The great advantages inherent in the possession of liquid fuel […] has led to keen competition for the control of the oil deposits in the world. (Referring to countries not having oil deposits): These other countries are therefore forced to seek means by which substitutes can be found for petroleum or for its components and products.” (Fischer, Franz (1925): “The conversion of coal into oils”, London: Erneste Benn Limited).

A century later, the pioneering works of Dr. Fischer in collaboration with his colleague Dr. Hans Tropsch have paved the path for developing and implementing technologies that are based on the conversion of this wonderful mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide known by the name of syngas. Syngas production offers a variety of possibilities, ranging from gasification of coal, biomass, and other C-containing materials to conversion processes of different substrates, namely, biogas reforming, among others. In many of these technologies for syngas production, the use of catalysts is crucial to attain the desired mixture and/or to finetune the proportion of H₂ to CO, the H₂/CO ratio, and to further downstream process this mixture in industrial units for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis of liquid fuels, or methanol, to name just a few examples.

It is therefore with great pleasure that we announce the release of a Special Issue dealing with the topic: “Catalysis in Syngas” hosted by ourselves in the role of Guest Editors, Dr. Panagiotis Kechagiopoulos and Dr. Fernando Bimbela. Recent intensive research efforts have led to the development of different catalytic systems for syngas production. This Special Issue aims to cover recent progress and trends in designing, synthesizing, characterizing, and evaluating advanced catalysts. Kinetic investigations and modeling studies of catalytic processes and structured catalytic reactors are particularly welcome. Contributions on methods aiming at electrifying the syngas production process, based, for example, on plasma-enhanced catalysis, are further invited. In any case, any original research and review articles dealing with any topic related to catalysis in syngas are welcome. We look forward to receiving your contributions soon.

Best regards,

Dr. Fernando Bimbela
Dr. Panagiotis Kechagiopoulos
Guest Editors

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• biogas
• biomass gasification
• methane
• kinetic modeling
• process intensification
• structured catalysts and reactors
• computational fluid dynamics
• scale-up
• dry reforming
• partial oxidation
• steam reforming
• combined reforming
• plasma-enhanced reforming
• catalyst deactivation and regeneration