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Abstract

This chapter studies the use of catalysis in the future. The main areas of importance here are threefold: new routes to fuels; new routes to commodity chemicals from alternative feedstocks; and new areas of the application of catalysis to environmental protection. The chapter begins by considering how the process of catalytic invention and development will change as we advance into the 21st century. Over recent years, the importance of the application of computer technology to the field of chemistry has been realised. Catalysis has been rather backward in this area, but in the 21st century it will mature from a 'black art' to a truly predictive scientific discipline by the use of computer-based 'expert systems'. The chapter then looks at catalytic hydrogen production, fuel cells, and the reduction of indoor pollution.

Keywords

Commodity chemicalsCommodityNanotechnologyProcess (computing)CatalysisBiochemical engineering

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DOI
10.1093/hesc/9780198559580.003.0010
Journal
The Basis and Applications of Heterogenuous Catalysis
Year
1998