Overview
- Overview on natural gas applications and economics
- State-of-the-art technology analysis
- Covers topics from the molecular level up to the engineering and economic issues
- Shows natural gas to be a useful feedstock for valuable chemicals and not just as fuel
- A reference book, valuable for all engineers and researchers interested in the field
Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 191)
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Table of contents (33 papers)
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Front Matter
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Lectures
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Communications
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About this book
Energy and feedstock materials for the chemical industry are in increasing demand and, with constraints related to the availability and use of oil, the energy and chemical industry is undergoing considerable changes. In recent years, major restructuring has occurred in the oil, petrochemical, and chemical industry, with increasing attention devoted to the use of natural gas, methane in particular, as a chemical feedstock rather than just as a fuel. The conversion of remote natural gas into liquid fuels or other transportable chemicals is a challenge to industrial catalysis. Few processes exist so far with the major ones involving the conversion of natural gas to synthesis gas by steam reforming, CO2 reforming, or partial oxidation, followed by the syntheses of methanol, hydrocarbons (Fischer-Tropsch synthesis), or ammonia.
In this book, a comprehensive overview of the field of processing natural gas is given, through a series of chapters written by leading scientists and engineers in the field. New developments are discussed and current work relevant to the area is shown by a series of recent works by researchers working in this and related fields.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Strategies for the Upgrading of Natural Gas: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Opportunities
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Vilamoura, Portugal, July 6 - 18, 2003
Editors: Eric G. Derouane, Valentin Parmon, Francisco Lemos, Fernando Ramôa Ribeiro
Series Title: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3310-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3308-7Published: 01 June 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3309-4Published: 01 June 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3310-0Published: 15 June 2006
Series ISSN: 1568-2609
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 445
Topics: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Physical Chemistry, Industrial and Production Engineering, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Industrial Pollution Prevention