Nanocatalysis for Fuels and Chemicals

Content: PREFACE ; 1. INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF SURFACE NANOMETRIC SULFUR AND CARBON MOIETIES IN NI-CATALYZED STEAM REFORMING OF HYDROCARBONS ; NICOLAS ABATZOGLOU, KANDAIYAN SHANMUGAPRIYA, NADI BRAIDY, AND JASMIN BLANCHARD ; 2. PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM AQUEOUS ALCOHOL SOLUTION WITH TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES ; SATOSHI KANECO, TAKUYA MIWA, KATSUMASA HACHISUKA, HIDEYUKI KATSUMATA, TOHRU SUZUKI, SURESH CHAND VERMA, AND KUNIHIRO SUGIHARA ; 3. EFFECT OF METAL IONS ON LIGHT GAS OIL UPGRADING OVER NANO DISPERSED MOSX CATALYSTS USING IN SITU H2 ; LEI JIA, ABDULAZIZ ALGHAMDI, AND FLORA T. T. NG ; 4. PORE SIZE CONTROL OF A NOVEL AMORPHOUS SILICA-ALUMINA WITH LARGE MESOPORE BY THE GEL SKELETAL REINFORCEMENT AND ITS CATALYTIC CRACKING PROPERTIES ; ATSUSHI ISHIHARA, KOHEI NAKAJIMA, MOTOKI HIRADO, TADANORI HASHIMOTO, AND HIROYUKI NASU ; 5. THE EFFECT OF CALCINATION TEMPERATURE ON THE PROPERTIES OF MOP FOR THE HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF 4-METHYLPHENOL ; VICTORIA M. L. WHIFFEN AND KEVIN J. SMITH ; 6. CATALYTIC CRACKING OF HEAVY OIL OVER A COMPLEX METAL OXIDE CATALYST IN A STEAM ATMOSPHERE ; E. FUMOTO, S. SATO, AND T. TAKANOHASHI ; 7. HYDRODESULFURIZATION OF 4,6-DIMETHYLDIBENZOTHIOPHENE USING SOL-GEL ALUMINA-SUPPORTED COBALT?MOLYBDENUM CATALYSTS WITH HIGH METAL LOADING ; A. ISHIHARA, N. SATO, S. HAYASHI, T. ITOH, T. HASHIMOTO, AND H. NASU ; 8. TPA SUPPORTED ON SBA-15 AS SOLID ACID CATALYSTS FOR THE BIODIESEL PRODUCTION ; CHINMOY BAROI AND AJAY K. DALAI ; 9. RENEWABLE HYDROGEN GENERATION BY STEAM REFORMING OF ACETIC ACID OVER CU-ZN-NI SUPPORTED CALCIUM ALUMINATE CATALYSTS ; MADHUMITA PATEL, K. K. PANT, AND PRAVAKAR MOHANTY ; 10. INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SUPPORTS ON HYDROSULFURIZATION AND HYDRODENITROGENATION OF HEAVY GAS OILS USING FEW CATALYSTS ; PHILIP E. BOAHENE, KAPIL SONI, AJAY. K. DALAI, AND J. ADJAYE ; 11. INSIGHTS INTO STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ACTIVATED MONTMORILLONITE FOR FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS OVER SUPPORTED COBALT CATALYSTS ; QING-QING HAO, GUANG-WEI WANG, ZHAO-TIE LIU, AND ZHONG-WEN LIU ; 12. DESIGN AND PREPARATION OF NI-CO BIMETALLIC NANOCATALYST FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REFORMING OF METHANE ; JIANGUO ZHANG, HUI WANG, CHUNYU XI, MOHSEN SHAKOURI, YONGFENG HU, AND AJAY K. DALAI ; EDITOR'S BIOGRAPHY ; INDEXES