After passing this course, students will get deep knowledge in the field of applied catalysis. They could be engaged in managerial positions at production plants where various kinds of catalyst are envolved. This course gives also very high level knowledge for reasearch activities and engineering design od catalytic reactors. The gained knowledge is a good bases for activities in special materials branches.

Literature to be studied R(required-fundamental, A (additional-for further studies)

1.A- J. Koubek: "Industrial Catalytic Processes", VSCHT, 2007

2.R- Ch.N. Satterfield: Heterogeneous Catalysis in Practice" McGraw-Hill (2nd Edition), 1993

3.A- Baerns (Editor): "Basic Principles in Applied Catalysis", Springer 2003

4.A- Chorkendorff I., J.W. Niemantsverdriet : "Concepts of Modern Catalysis and Kinetics" Willey �VCH, Weinheim, 2003

5.R- Up-to-date materials on applied catalysis distributed by the lecturer

The crucial activity in this course is the preparation of the project task. It is the whole semester activity. Interim discussions on the project with the lecturer on seminars, together with the inspirations comming from the lectures on established catalytic processes, increase the quality of the final report. The written final report is defended as the part of the oral examination.

1. Technological aspects of applied catalysis

2. Zeolites in organic synthesis (alkylation, isomerization)

3. Catalytic cracking and hydrocracking

4. Kinetics and thermodynamics of multifunctional catalysis

5. Catalytic reforming

6. Multistep organic synthesis on a bifunctional catalyst

7. Steam reforming

8. Nonstationary catalytic oxidation of sulphur dioxide

9. Catalytic processes in environmental protection

10. Automobile catalytic systems

11. Catalytic abatement of volatile organic compounds

12. Homogeneous hydroformylation processes

13. Homogeneous catalytic carbonylation of methanol

14. Enzyme catalyzed synthesis of fructose

1. Technological aspects of applied catalysis

2. Zeolites in organic synthesis (alkylation, izomeration)

3. Catalytic cracking and hydrocracking

4. Kinetics and thermodynamics of multifunctional catalysis

Case studies:

5. Catalytic reforming

6. Multistep organic synthesis on a bifunctional catalyst

7. Steam reforming

8. Nonstationary catalytic oxidation of sulphur dioxide

9. Catalytic processes in environmental protection

10. Automobile catalytic systems

11. Catalytic abatement of volatile organic compounds

12. Homogeneous hydroformylation processes

13. Homogeneous catalytic carbonylation of methanol

14. Enzyme catalyzed synthesis of fructose

Other supports to studies.

Besides the recommended literature for studies, there is a plenty of supporting information resources available on the information system of the Central Library of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague. The search "catalysis" offers un enormous number of items. An excellent electronic resource is the "Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry", which is up-dated each year. This resource is recommended by the lecturer, and the efficient use of this encyclopedia is demonstrated by him during the seminars.

Basic (bachelor) courses in Catalysis, Physical Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering are the prerequisites for the course in Technical(applied)catalysis that increase the efficiency of the teaching process in Technical catalysis

Course on "Catalysis"