Green Chemistry of Renewable Energy in Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

The increased industrialization and urbanization have significantly surged the emission of greenhouse gases in the environment. However, for the progress of society, the production of various industrially relevant chemicals cannot be stopped. Therefore, there is a need for alternatives, viz., the conversion of biomass and coal into syngas, methane, methanol, etc., and their further conversion to chemicals and fuels. All these reactions require very harsh conditions in terms of temperature and pressure. The use of green chemistry is an essential tool for achieving this goal. It involves the development of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. In addition to the benefits to human health, the environment, and economic sustainability, green chemistry emphasizes the development of safer chemicals and the elimination of by-products during the development of green products through cleaner production.

With the development and application of an appropriate catalyst, mild reaction conditions can be achieved. Effective catalysts can conveniently control the direction and rate of a reaction under suitable reaction temperature and pressure. In this regard, the heterogenous and electro-catalysis processes have been found efficient in chemical and fuel synthesis, biomass conversion, wastewater treatment, energy generation, etc. However, there are numerous challenges, such as catalysts deactivation, stability, search for low-cost catalysts, etc., in catalyst design with the required set of properties. Moreover, multiple engineering challenges, such as non-ideal mechanistic kinetics and thermodynamics, need to be studied for an effective outcome.

This Special Issue aims to cover catalyst design and engineering challenges for various catalysts developed for chemical and fuel synthesis, biomass conversion, wastewater treatment, energy generation, etc.

Dr. Praveen Kumar
Dr. Shilpi Verma
Prof. Dr. Romana Cerc Korošec
Guest Editors

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• heterogeneous catalysts
• catalyst design
• catalyst materials
• environmental catalysis
• catalysis for green synthesis and fine chemicals
• biomass conversion
• kinetics, scale-up
• chemical engineering