Catalysis as applied to environmental issues

Catalysis as applied to environmental issues

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catalyst life (poisons and heavy components are fractionated downward away from the catalyst) and lower capital cost. The last process selected by Nakamura is a new hydrocracking process (MAK Hydrocracking) which has the flexibility to produce both distillate fuels and gasoline from a wide range of feedstocks. Developed jointly in a three-way venture by Mobil Oil Co., Akzo Nobel and The M.W. Kellogg Co., perhaps it points the way to future developments by different companies with complementary strengths. MIKE SPENCER

Catalysis as Applied to Environmental Issues The 1995 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM '95), to be held from 17 to 22 December 1995 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, will include a Symposium on Catalysis as Applied to Environmental Issues. The aim of this symposium is to discern the various scientific objectives in the development of catalysts and catalytic pro-

cesses for the protection of the environment. The symposium will be centred on fundamental and applied aspects of the following topics: 1. Control of emissions of environmentally unacceptable compounds, especially in flue and car exhaust gases. 2. Catalysts or catalytic processes for clean fuel production. 3. Conversion of solid or liquid waste, for example, VOC, into environmentally acceptable products. 4. Other new developments which provide catalytic solutions to environmental issues. Participants who wish to present a paper are invited to submit a short abstract to the organisers in a camera-ready form on the sheet distributed by each society (and a long abstract for paper selection). The camera-ready sheets are also available from the organisers. The deadline for receipt of contributed and invited papers is 31 March 1995. For more information contact Prof. M. Iwamoto, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan, fax. (+81-11) 7094748.

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applied catalysis A: General

Volume 122 No. 2 - - 16 February 1995