Industrial Catalysis
A section of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344).
Section Information
The “Industrial Catalysis” Section of Catalysts publishes original and high-quality research communications, articles, and review articles on topics related to the practical application of catalysts and catalysis in industrial processes.
It is a fact that most industrial chemical processes (likely more than 85%) are catalyzed, to allow the desired reaction to occur with sufficient productivity and limiting by-reactions, as well as waste production, and with the simplification of the product purification and separation steps. This is certainly true for the fields of refinery and petrochemistry, and for fine chemistry as well. On the other hand, the growing fields of biomass conversion and e-fuel production are also, and will be, mainly based on catalytic processes.
Thus, the Industrial Catalysis Section is mainly devoted to research aimed at the development and optimization of industrial catalytic processes. Electrocatalytic processes will also be considered, in particular with respect to their practical commercial applications. Both already-established industrial processes and processes under development are of interest to the Section. Thus, catalyst engineering studies concerning improving the conversion, selectivity, and productivity of reactants, the optimization of stability, limiting deactivation, improving regeneration, and optimizing composition and particle morphology, as well as extrudate production and shape optimization, etc., will be the main objects of the Section. The experimental research work should be realized in practical industrial reaction conditions, or, in any case, in relevant reference conditions, and should involve real commercial catalytic materials or catalysts under development with promising properties, acceptable costs, and environmental friendliness.
As said, the development of industrial catalysts is a step forward for the development of industrial catalytic reactors and processes. Thus, molecular, reactor, and process modelling studies, as well as kinetic investigations, will also be welcome. Finally, interest will be devoted to studies concerning the end-of-life of spent catalysts and their reutilization.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Catalysis for Bitumen/Heavy Oil Upgrading and Petroleum Refining (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advances in Catalysts for Water-Gas Shift Reaction (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- New Catalytic Materials for Low Carbon Molecules Conversion (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- Heterogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Conversion of Biomass, Carbon Dioxide and Plastic Waste into Fuels and Chemicals (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Recent Advances in Catalytic Ordered Transformation and Applications (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- The Synthesis and Catalytic Application of Functional Mesoporous Materials (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Applied Catalysis in Chemical Industry: Synthesis, Catalyst Design, and Evaluation, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Ionic Liquids and Eutectic Mixtures for Green Catalytic Processes (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Advanced Catalytic Materials for Sustainable Energy (Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Catalytic Reforming and Hydrogen Production: From the Past to the Future (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Nano- and Cluster-Catalysts to Single-Atom Catalysts (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Feature Papers in "Industrial Catalysis" Section (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Rare Earth Catalysis: From Synthesis to Sustainable Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- New Insights into Catalysis for Hydrogen Production and Fuel Conversion (Deadline: 15 February 2025)