Direct Natural Gas Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals

Direct Natural Gas Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals comprehensively discusses all major aspects of natural gas conversion and introduces a broad spectrum of recent technological developments. Specifically, the book describes heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, microwave-assisted conversion, non-thermal plasma conversion, electrochemical conversion, and novel chemical looping conversion approaches.

• Provides an excellent benchmark resource for the industry and academics
• Appeals to experienced researchers as well as newcomers to the field, despite the variety of contributing authors and the complexity of the material covered
• Includes all aspects of direct natural gas conversion: fundamental chemistry, different routes of conversion, catalysts, catalyst deactivation, reaction engineering, novel conversion concepts, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer issues, system design, and recent research and development
• Discusses new developments in natural gas conversion and future challenges and opportunities

This book is as an excellent resource for advanced students, technology developers, and researchers in chemical engineering, industrial chemistry, and others interested in the conversion of natural gas.

Preface
Editors
List of Contributors

Chapter 1 : Electrochemical Conversion of Natural Gas to Value Added Chemicals
Chapter 2 : Microwaves in Nonoxidative Conversion of Natural Gas to Value-Added Products
Chapter 3 : Nonthermal Plasma Conversion of Natural Gas to Oxygenates
Chapter 4 : Natural Gas Conversion to Olefins via Chemical Looping
Chapter 5 : Oxidative Coupling of Methane
Chapter 6 : Direct Natural Gas Conversion to Oxygenates
Chapter 7 : Hydrogen and Solid Carbon Products from Natural Gas : A Review of Process Requirements, Current Technologies, Market Analysis, and Preliminary Techno Economic Assessment
Chapter 8 : Methane Conversion on Single-Atom Catalysts
Chapter 9 : Active Sites in Mo/HZSM-5 Catalysts for Nonoxidative Methane Dehydroaromatization
Chapter 10 : Natural Gas Dehydroaromatization
Chapter 11 : Multifunctional Reactors for Direct Nonoxidative Methane Conversion
Chapter 12 : Homogeneous Methane Functionalization
Chapter 13 : 3D Printed Immobilized Biocatalysts for Conversion of Methane
Chapter 14 : Biological Conversion of Natural Gas
Chapter 15 : System Integration Approaches in Natural Gas Conversion
Chapter 16 : Techno-Economic Analysis of Microwave-Assisted Conversion Processes : Application to a Direct Natural Gas-to-Aromatics Process

Index