Methanol

Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR where is responsible of the research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. Basile is also Editor associate of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy and Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol. and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the international journal Membranes: Basile also prepared 42 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible of many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. Basile served as Director of the ITM-CNR during the period Dec. 2008 – May 2009. In the last years, he was tutor of 30 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Calabria (Italy). From 2014, Basile is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Processes. Francesco Dalena a European PhD, specializes in chemistry of advanced materials at the University of Calabria (Italy). His research field ranges from the bioenergy sector and inorganic membrane reactors to chemical kinetics. Dr. Dalena serves as a member of the editorial boards of two international scientific journals. Recently he was involved in a project concerning the functionalization of cellulose fibers that produced a patent.

• PART 1: SCIENCE AND PRODUCTION1. Methanol Production and Applications: An Overview 2. State of the Art of Conventional Reactors for Methanol Production3. Fossil or Renewable Sources for Methanol Production?4. Waste as a Source of Carbon for Methanol Production5. Direct Synthesis of Methanol and Dimethyl Ether From a CO2-Rich Feedstock: Thermodynamic Analysis and Selective Membrane Application6. Direct Methane to Methanol: Historical and Kinetics Aspects 7. Direct Methane to Methanol: Reaction Products and Effect of Gas Composition8. Direct Methane to Methanol: Promising Technologies Based on the DMTM Process 9. Reforming and Partial Oxidation Reactions of Methanol for Hydrogen ProductionPART 2: APPLICATION AND INNOVATION10. Methanol to Dimethyl Ether11. Methanol As An Internal Combustion on Engine Fuel12. From Methanol to Electricity and Hydrogen Through Bioelectrochemical Systems 13. Methanol Separation From Liquid Mixtures Via Pervaporation Using Membranes14. Direct Methanol Fuel Cell15. Coproduction of Electrical Energy and Methanol in IGCC Plants16. Which Future Route in the Methanol Synthesis? Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2, the New Challenge in the Solar Energy ExploitationPART 3: MODELING AND TECHNOLOGY17. Modeling in Methanol Synthesis18. Inorganic Membrane Reactors for Methanol Synthesis19. Highly Conductive Structured Catalysts for the Intensification of Methanol Synthesis in Multitubular Reactors 20. Methanol Production in Thermally Coupled, Fluidized-Bed, Bubble-Column and Membrane Reactors 21. Modeling of the Di Methyl Ether Production ReactorsPART 4: ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY22. Methanol Economy: Environment, Demand, and Marketing With a Focus on the Waste-to-Methanol Process23. Economic Assessment of Methanol Production24. Cost Estimation of an Integrated System for Co-production of Electricity and Methanol25. Methanol Economy Versus Hydrogen Economy