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The development of selective Pd-based catalyst for semi-hydrogenation of dehydroisophytol (DIP), a C20-alkynol, is reported. A series of unsupported mono- (Pd) and bimetallic (Pd-M) nanoparticles (NPs) with Pd/M molar ratios of 1.5 - 5.0 (M = Ag or Cu) wer ...
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Catalyst design for selective hydrogenations is of major importance for the manufacturing of fine chemicals. Catalytic procedure which uses scarce and expensive noble metals is very challenging in terms of exclusive attack of a single functionality or subs ...
Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass for the production of commodity chemicals using various chemical methods continues to attract considerable attention. A wide and diverse range of different chemicals can be obtained from biomass and many different do ...
Biotechnology promises the biologically and ecologically sustainable production of commodity chemicals, biofuels, pharmaceuticals and other high-value products using industrial platform microorganisms. Metabolic engineering plays a key role in this process ...
Catalyst design is of major importance for fine chemicals industry due to
complexity of the synthesis and high product quality requirements. Moreover, the
catalyst formulation has to comply with the standards of health, safety and
environmental regulati ...
This work presents a synthesis method that leads to the preliminary design of industrial energy systems. Such systems are composed of several technologies that transform, through a set of physical unit operations, raw materials and energy into products and ...
Product Description Inspired by the leading authority in the field, the Centre for Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College London, this book includes theoretical developments, algorithms, methodologies and tools in process systems engineering and a ...