Students have to develop a project task that they work on throughout the semester. For the final exam, it is also necessary to prepare a protocol and its defense.

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. Introduction; Division of Applied Catalysis; Importance of Catalysis for the Chemical Industry

2. Zeolites; Their Preparation and Rapid Expansion in Industrial Practice; Shape Selectivity

3. Fluid Catalytic Cracking

4. Hydrocracking and Other Significant Processes Catalyzed by Zeolites

5. Catalytic Reforming

6. Steam Reforming

7. Ammonia Synthesis

8. Ostwald Process and Treatment of Waste Gases from Nitric Acid Production

9. Methanol Synthesis

10. Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

11. Hydrorefining, Claus Process

12. Catalysis in Environmental Protection

13. Examples of Industrial Homogeneous Catalysis (Hydroformylation, Metathesis, Oligomerization, and Polymerization)

14. Examples of Industrial Biocatalysis = Biotechnology

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.

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.

Basic (bachelor) courses in 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.