Progress in Catalytic Hydrodechlorination

Dear Colleagues,

Catalytic hydrodechlorination is a featured technology for the treatment and valorization of organic chlorinated wastes, which finds application for gaseous and liquid residual effluents. In addition, it can be used as an intermediate and alternative process to obtain valuable hydrocarbons for the petrochemical industry (such as olefins), after former chlorination of renewable feedstocks like biogas or methanol. However, the development of this technology still faces important challenges. Advances in the optimization and design of new catalytic materials and processes to improve activity, selectivity, and stability, determination of reaction mechanisms and kinetics, analysis of the causes of catalyst deactivation, and formulation of regeneration procedures are relevant issues for the industrial application of hydrodechlorination processes. 

The aim of this Special Issue is to cover novel research and trends in all relevant aspects of catalytic hydrodechlorination, which may contribute to improve the current state of the technology as well as to increase the understanding of the process and the correlation between the composition and structure of the catalysts and their reactivity.  

Prof. Dr. Luisa Maria Gomez-Sainero
Guest Editor

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