The Yin and Yang in the Development of Catalytic Processes: Catalysis Research and Reaction Engineering

The Yin and Yang in the Development of Catalytic Processes: Catalysis Research and Reaction Engineering

Type	Journal Article
Author	Gonzalo Prieto
Author	Ferdi Schüth
URL	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201409885/abstract
Volume	54
Issue	11
Pages	3222-3239
Publication	Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Date	March 9, 2015
Abstract	For the implementation of commercial catalytic processes, catalyst development and reactor design and engineering must work in tandem. Since the two fields are interdependent, a co-evolution of catalysts and chemical reactors has been the best path to successful, large-scale technologies. Over the 150 years of its existence, the contributions of BASF to the development of several commercial catalytic processes constitute perfect illustrations of this necessary and synergetic interplay between catalyst science and reactor engineering.