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Heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation is of significant importance for the production of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, flavours and fragrances, agrochemicals and fine chemicals. Indeed, an average of approximately 10% of all chemical steps in the production of such chemicals are catalytic hydrogenations. However, due to the multidisciplinary nature of heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation, this technology is frequently improperly or inadequately used, which results in problems during scale up and negatively affects the economy of chemical processes and the quality of products.  

Participants on this comprehensive course will be familiarized with all the important aspects of heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation.

Attendees will learn how to successfully design, develop and realize economic, safe, foolproof and ecological hydrogenation processes. The main focus will particularly be on a deeper understanding of the underlying disciplines such as catalysis on surfaces and transport processes.

Guidelines on how to approach specific hydrogenation problems and concepts and tools for the design, development and scale up of catalytic hydrogenation processes will be presented, rather than summing up transformations of functional groups by catalytic hydrogenation, as this information can nowadays easily be searched and found in literature and patents.

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Surfaces and metal surfaces

Theory of catalysis on surfaces

Transport steps and chemical steps in heterogeneous catalysis

Kinetics (micro- and macrokinetics)

Influence of variables (overview)

Hydrogen sources (molecular hydrogen, hydrogen transfer agents, hydrogen solubilities)

Hydrogenation catalysts (catalyst types, catalyst preparation, catalyst properties, catalyst activation and deactivation)

Influence of solvents

Influence of acids, bases, additives, modifiers

Influence of substrates

Influence of reaction conditions (concentrations, temperature, agitation)

Chemical group transformations

Reaction engineering aspects: suspension and fixed bed reactors; batch, semibatch and continuous operation modes

Tools and guidelines for selection of chemical systems, determination of basic reaction data and successful scale up from laboratory to plant

Hydrogenation in laboratory and plant

Economical aspects

Safety aspects

Analysis of surfaces and catalysts

Rules of thumb, pitfalls

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Dr Will WatsonTechnical Director+44 (0)1435 873062

Dr Claire FrancisDirector+44 (0)1435 873062

Debbie ReeveOffice & Events Manager+44 (0)1435 873062

Sue ParsonsAdministrative Assistant+44 (0)1435 873062

Hannah MayEvents Manager+44 (0) 1435 873062