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Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications. Volume 7: Natural Gas Products and Uses

  • 1st Edition - April 17, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Mohammad Reza Rahimpour, Mohammad Amin Makarem, Maryam Meshksar
  • Language: English

Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications is a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discusses in detail the theoretical basics and practical… Read more

Description

Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications is a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discusses in detail the theoretical basics and practical methods of various aspects of natural gas from exploration and extraction, to synthesizing, processing and purifying, producing valuable chemicals and energy. The volumes introduce transportation and storage challenges as well as hydrates formation, extraction, and prevention.

Volume 7 titled Natural Gas Products and Uses comprehensively discusses natural gas conversion and applications for producing high-value chemicals and energy which are accompanied with related economic analysis. The book covers various methods for producing valuable materials such as synthesis and fuel gases, alkanes, aromatics, sulphurs, etc. and introduces power and electricity generation as well as heat production from natural gas and their applications on future energy systems.

Key features

  • Introduces various chemicals produced from natural gas
  • Describes power and energy generation methods from natural gas
  • Discusses cogeneration, trigeneration, and other techniques for effective integration of natural gas production with energy systems

Readership

Researchers in academia, students and professors in chemical engineering, oil and gas engineering, and mechanical engineering

Table of contents

Section 1. Natural Gas Conversion and Applications

1. Introduction to high value chemicals and energy production from natural gas

2. Economic assessments and cost analysis of natural gas utilization as an energy production source

3. Case studies on natural gas conversion units

4. Disasters in natural gas conversion units

5. Natural gas conversion using plasma technology

Section 2. Natural Gas to Products

6. Syngas production from natural gas by reforming process: dry, steam, partial oxidation, autothermal, etc.

7. Syngas production from CO2-rich natural gas via dry reforming

8. Fuel gas production from natural gas

9. Direct conversion of natural gas to methanol

10. Ethane extraction from natural gas

11. Propane and heavier hydrocarbon production from natural gas

12. Conversion of methane to aromatics

13. Sulfur recovery from natural gas

14. CS2 production from methane reforming with H2S

15. Bio-natural gas conversion to products

16. Natural gas conversion to value-added hydrocarbons via halomethanes

Section 3. Energy Production from Natural Gas and other Applications

17. Power and electricity generation from natural gas

18. Heat production from natural gas

19. Cogeneration and trigeneration applications of natural gas

20. Modern nanomaterials for future and efficient ANG adsorption/desorption in automotive application

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 18, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Mohammad Reza Rahimpour

Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a professor in Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University joint with University of Sydney, Australia 1988. He started his independent career as Assistant Professor in September 1998 at Shiraz University. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour, was a Research Associate at University of California, Davis from 2012 till 2017. During his stay in University of California, he developed different reaction networks and catalytic processes such as thermal and plasma reactors for upgrading of lignin bio-oil to biofuel with collaboration of UCDAVIS. He has been a Chair of Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University from 2005 till 2009 and from 2015 till 2020. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour leads a research group in fuel processing technology focused on the catalytic conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and renewable fuels such as bio-oils derived from lignin to valuable energy sources. He provides young distinguished scholars with perfect educational opportunities in both experimental methods and theoretical tools in developing countries to investigate in-depth research in the various field of chemical engineering including carbon capture, chemical looping, membrane separation, storage and utilization technologies, novel technologies for natural gas conversion and improving the energy efficiency in the production and use of natural gas industries.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

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Mohammad Amin Makarem

Dr. Mohammad Amin Makarem is an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Engineering, Taylor’s University, Malaysia, with a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University, Iran. Although his research spans gas separation and purification, green energy, nanofluids, microfluidics, and catalyst synthesis, Dr. Makarem has also established a strong reputation as an editor and contributor to scholarly publishing. He has served as Editor or Co-editor for numerous books, book series, and major reference works published by well-known academic publishers. His editorial contributions encompass a wide range of scientific and engineering disciplines, including carbon capture and storage, bioenergy, greenhouse gases, hydrotreating technologies, oily wastewater, crises in chemical industries, hydrogen energy, methanol production, homogeneous catalysis, nanofluids, synthesis gas, natural gas, and renewable energy systems. Through these efforts, he has helped shape authoritative resources that serve as critical references for researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers worldwide. By combining his deep technical expertise with editorial leadership, Dr. Makarem continues to advance knowledge dissemination in chemical engineering and energy sciences, supporting the global scientific community through high-impact publishing initiatives.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, Taylor's University, Malaysia

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Maryam Meshksar

Dr. Maryam Meshksar is currently a Process Engineer at Petrochemical Industries Design and Engineering Company (PIDEC). Beside the experience of design and construction of oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, she has worked at Shiraz University as a research associate for more than 2 years because she got her PhD in Chemical Engineering from this university in 2022. Her research has focused on gas separation, clean energy, and catalyst synthesis. In gas separation, she is working on the membrane separation process, and in the clean energy field, she has more than 14 articles on different reforming-based processes for syngas production from methane experimentally. She has also synthesized novel catalysts for these processes that are tested for the first time. These catalysts were synthesized via hard templating materials like leaf biotemplates and glucose. Dr. Meshksar has also contributed significantly to the writing and editing of numerous books and book chapters for esteemed publishers like Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. She served as editor of several book series on the fields of greenhouse gases, synthesis gases, natural gas, and homogeneous catalysis.
Affiliations and expertise
Process Department Petrochemical Industries Design and Engineering Company (PIDEC), Shiraz, Iran

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