Novel Materials and Reactor Concepts for CO2 Conversion into Methane, Methanol and DME
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 6539
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: CO2 capture & utilization; multifunctional reactors; heterogeneous catalysis; membrane and adsorption separation processes; modeling and simulation of chemical reactors
Interests: multifunctional reactors; membrane reactors; hybrid adsorption–reaction processes; CO2 capture and valorization; H2 production and purification
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Interests: chemical engineering; bioengineering; materials engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The present Special Issue focuses on CO2 utilization towards the production of methane, methanol, and DME, which can be used for energy production and as intermediates for obtaining other important chemicals. However, such CO2 conversion processes have associated energy and thermodynamic barriers that can be overcome through the development of new catalysts and reactor concepts. Hence, we encourage the submission of manuscripts related to the conversion of CO2 into these chemicals and covering the following topics:
- Catalyst development, screening, and deactivation tests;
- Development of non-conventional catalysts (e.g., dual-function materials, structured catalysts, etc.);
- Multifunctional reactor concepts (e.g., membrane, sorption-enhanced, etc.);
- Determination of reaction kinetics and mechanisms;
- Modeling (lab, pilot, and industrial scale reactors and phenomena at a particle scale).
Dr. Carlos V. Miguel
Prof. Dr. Luís Madeira
Prof. Alírio E. Rodrigues
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- CO2 conversion
- heterogeneous catalysis
- multifunctional catalysts and reactors
- reaction kinetics
- modeling and simulation
- methane
- methanol
- DME
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