Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications: Volume Seven, Natural Gas Products and Uses is a volume in a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discuss the theoretical basics and practical methods of various aspects of natural gas, from exploration and extraction, to synthesizing, processing, purifying, and producing valuable chemicals and energy. This volumes introduces transportation and storage challenges as well as hydrates formation, extraction, and prevention. It comprehensively discusses natural gas conversion and applications for producing high-value chemicals and energy which are accompanied with related environmental challenges and economic analysis. In addition, it covers various methods for producing valuable materials such as synthesis and fuel gases, alkanes, aromatics, sulphurs, etc., and introduces power and electricity generation, heat production from natural gas, and applications on future energy systems.
Section I: Natural Gas Conversion and Applications1. Introduction to high value chemicals and energy production from natural gas2. Economic assessments and cost analysis of natural gas utilization as an energy production source3. Environmental impacts and challenges of natural gas usage for synthesizing products and energy4. Case studies on natural gas conversion units5. Disasters in natural gas conversion units
Section II: Natural Gas to Products6. Syngas production from natural gas by reforming process: dry, steam, partial oxidation, autothermal, etc.7. Syngas production from CO2-rich natural gas via dry reforming8. Fuel gas production from natural gas9. Direct conversion of natural gas to methanol10. Ethane production from natural gas11. Propane and heavier hydrocarbons production from natural gas12. Conversion of methane to aromatics13. Sulfur recovery from natural gas14. CS2 production from methane reforming with H2S15. Bio-natural gas conversion to products
Section III: Energy Production from Natural Gas and other Applications16. Power and electricity generation from natural gas17. Heat production from natural gas18. Cogeneration and trigeneration application of natural gas19. Integration of natural gas production technologies with future energy systems
Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a professor in Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University joint with University of Sydney, Australia 1988. He started his independent career as Assistant Professor in September 1998 at Shiraz University. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour, was a Research Associate at University of California, Davis from 2012 till 2017. During his stay in University of California, he developed different reaction networks and catalytic processes such as thermal and plasma reactors for upgrading of lignin bio-oil to biofuel with collaboration of UCDAVIS. He has been a Chair of Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University from 2005 till 2009 and from 2015 till 2020. Prof. M.R. Rahimpour leads a research group in fuel processing technology focused on the catalytic conversion of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and renewable fuels such as bio-oils derived from lignin to valuable energy sources. He provides young distinguished scholars with perfect educational opportunities in both experimental methods and theoretical tools in developing countries to investigate in-depth research in the various field of chemical engineering including carbon capture, chemical looping, membrane separation, storage and utilization technologies, novel technologies for natural gas conversion and improving the energy efficiency in the production and use of natural gas industries.
Dr. Mohammad Amin Makarem is a research associate at Taylor's University, Malaysia. He former worked at Shiraz University. His research interests are gas separation and purification, nanofluids, microfluidics, catalyst synthesis, reactor design and green energy. In gas separation, his focus is on experimental and theoretical investigation and optimization of pressure swing adsorption process, and in the gas purification field, he is working on novel technologies such as microchannels. Recently, he has investigated methods of synthesizing bio-template nanomaterials and catalysts. Besides, he has collaborated in writing and editing various books and book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer and Wiley, as well as guest editing journals special issues.
Maryam Meshksar is a research associate at Shiraz University. Her research has focused on gas separation, clean energy, and catalyst synthesis. In gas separation, she is working on membrane separation process, and in the clean energy field, she has worked on different reforming-based processes for syngas production from methane experimentally. She has also synthesized novel catalysts for these processes which are tested in for the first time. Besides, she has reviewed novel technologies like microchannels for energy production. Recently, she has written various book-chapters for famous publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley.
