Methanol
Science and Engineering
- 1st Edition - October 31, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Angelo Basile, Francesco Dalena
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 9 0 3 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 4 0 1 0 - 9
Methanol: Science and Engineering provides a comprehensive review of the chemistry, properties, and current and potential uses and applications of methanol. Divided into… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMethanol: Science and Engineering provides a comprehensive review of the chemistry, properties, and current and potential uses and applications of methanol.
Divided into four parts, the book begins with a detailed account of current production methods and their economics. The second part deals with the applications of methanol, providing useful insights into future applications.
Modeling of the various reactor systems is covered in the next section, with final discussions in the book focusing on the economic and environmental impact of this chemical. Users will find this to be a must-have resource for all researchers and engineers studying alternative energy sources.
- Provides the latest developments on methanol research
- Reviews methanol production methods and their economics
- Outlines the use of methanol as an alternative green transportation fuel
- Includes new technologies and many new applications of methanol
Chemistry and chemical engineers researching catalytic phenomena in an academic /government /industrial research environment as well as materials scientists. The book is a key reference text for R&D managers in industry interested in the development of bioenergy technologies as well as academic researchers and postgraduate students
PART 1: SCIENCE AND PRODUCTION
1. Methanol Production and Applications: An Overview
2. State of the Art of Conventional Reactors for Methanol Production
3. Fossil or Renewable Sources for Methanol Production?
4. Waste as a Source of Carbon for Methanol Production
5. Direct Synthesis of Methanol and Dimethyl Ether From a CO2-Rich Feedstock: Thermodynamic Analysis and Selective Membrane Application
6. Direct Methane to Methanol: Historical and Kinetics Aspects
7. Direct Methane to Methanol: Reaction Products and Effect of Gas Composition
8. Direct Methane to Methanol: Promising Technologies Based on the DMTM Process
9. Reforming and Partial Oxidation Reactions of Methanol for Hydrogen Production
PART 2: APPLICATION AND INNOVATION
10. Methanol to Dimethyl Ether
11. Methanol As An Internal Combustion on Engine Fuel
12. From Methanol to Electricity and Hydrogen Through Bioelectrochemical Systems
13. Methanol Separation From Liquid Mixtures Via Pervaporation Using Membranes
14. Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
15. Coproduction of Electrical Energy and Methanol in IGCC Plants
16. Which Future Route in the Methanol Synthesis? Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2, the New Challenge in the Solar Energy Exploitation
PART 3: MODELING AND TECHNOLOGY
17. Modeling in Methanol Synthesis
18. Inorganic Membrane Reactors for Methanol Synthesis
19. Highly Conductive Structured Catalysts for the Intensification of Methanol Synthesis in Multitubular Reactors
20. Methanol Production in Thermally Coupled, Fluidized-Bed, Bubble-Column and Membrane Reactors
21. Modeling of the Di Methyl Ether Production Reactors
PART 4: ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY
22. Methanol Economy: Environment, Demand, and Marketing With a Focus on the Waste-to-Methanol Process
23. Economic Assessment of Methanol Production
24. Cost Estimation of an Integrated System for Co-production of Electricity and Methanol
25. Methanol Economy Versus Hydrogen Economy
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 31, 2017
- No. of pages (Paperback): 706
- No. of pages (eBook): 706
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780444639035
- eBook ISBN: 9780444640109
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Angelo Basile
Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR where is responsible of the research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. Basile is also Editor associate of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy and Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol. and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the international journal Membranes: Basile also prepared 42 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible of many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. Basile served as Director of the ITM-CNR during the period Dec. 2008 – May 2009. In the last years, he was tutor of 30 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Calabria (Italy). From 2014, Basile is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Processes.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Institute of Membrane Technology, Italian National Research Council, ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, Rende, ItalyFD
Francesco Dalena
Francesco Dalena a European PhD, specializes in chemistry of advanced materials at the University of Calabria (Italy). His research field ranges from the bioenergy sector and inorganic membrane reactors to chemical kinetics. Dr. Dalena serves as a member of the editorial boards of two international scientific journals. Recently he was involved in a project concerning the functionalization of cellulose fibers that produced a patent.
Affiliations and expertise
Chemical Department, University of Calabria, Rende, ItalyRead Methanol on ScienceDirect