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Sustainable Catalysis: challenges for the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries
BOOKSHELF The Role of Catalysis for the Sustainable Production of Bio-fuels and Bio-chemicals A very substantial book from 44 contributors. K Triantafillidis, A Lappas, and M Stöker (eds), 2013, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ISBN 978-0-444563309, 464 pp, £95
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Arising from meetings organised jointly by the Applied Catalysis Group of the SCI and the Fine Chemicals Group of the SCI, held in 2007, 2009, and 2011. Sixteen varied contributions from 33 authors from 7 countries, including several industrial case studies.
Modelling of Processes and Reactors for Upgrading of Heavy Petroleum Part III, ‘Modelling of Catalytic Processes’, will be of most interest to readers of this newsletter. The author’s background is in the Mexican petroleum industry. J Ancheyta, 2013, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, ISBN 978-1-4398-8045-6, 537 pp, £95
PJ Dunn, KK Hii, MJ Krische, and MT Williams (eds), 2013, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, USA, ISBN 978-1-118-15542-4, 421 pp, £83.50
4-6 June 2014
Applications for Enzyme Technologies San Francisco, CA, USA Website: http://www.ibclifesciences.com
23-26 June 2014
22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Hamburg, Germany Website: http://www.conferences-biomass.com
24-28 June 2014
Gordon Research Conference – Catalysis New London, NH, USA Website: http://www.grc.org
14-19 July 2014
Gordon Research Conference – Enzymes, Coenzymes, & Metabolic Pathways Waterville Valley, NH, USA Website: http://www.grc.org
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