Chemistry: Graduate Lecture Series: (CA5) Sustainability of Catalytic Chemical Processes: Technical and Environmental Aspects (2L)

CATALYSIS (CA)

(CA5) Sustainability of Catalytic Chemical Processes: Technical and Environmental Aspects (2L)

During the two lectures we will examine the concept of sustainability and its implications for catalytic chemistry and processes. We will learn how to quantify sustainability to be able to argue for adoption of new catalytic processes and we will examine how development of one part of the overall process, i.e. new catalyst, impacts on the rest - feedstocks, separations etc. Several examples of novel reactor technology and novel catalytic systems will be examined in terms of their claims for sustainability. Finally, we shall develop a system-level approach to design of catalytic processes.

Table of Contents 1. The concept of sustainability 2. Sustainability frameworks 3. Sustainability metrics 4. Catalytic process as part of an integrated system 5. Examples of new catalysts in new processes - are new processes more sustainable? 6. Do not optimise one part of your process! 7. System-level understanding of catalytic processes: from molecular fundamentals to sustainability.

Postgraduates in the Department of Chemistry

Lecture

1 hour