The article discusses the potential production processes for glucaric acid, and the efforts to develop more sustainable oxidation practices for its production, with a focus on the strengths and weaknesses of each method.

In this study, a comprehensive investigation of PET glycolysis has been performed. The research included the development of analytical techniques, experiments with different reactor systems, and the development of mathematical models to understand the kinetics of the process. Quantitative HPLC analysis was adopted and optimized for the detection of BHET, while the size-exclusion chromatography method was developed to determine the molecular weight distribution of solid PET residues. Over 33 experiments were performed with magnetically coupled shaft-stirred Amar reactors, resulting in more than 300 experimentally determined BHET concentration points at various reaction times, temperatures, catalyst concentrations, and ethylene glycol-to-PET ratios. Afterwards, a kinetic model was developed to describe the observed phenomena with a validation step.

Storing and transporting pressurized or liquid hydrogen is expensive and hazardous. As a result, safer methods, such as chemical storage in ammonia, are becoming increasingly important. However, the instantaneous start of a conventionally heated decomposition reactor is challenging. Here we report on the electrified and dynamically responsive decomposition of ammonia as a means of releasing on‐demand chemically bonded hydrogen based on the rapid magnetic heating of a well‐designed Ru‐based nanocomposite catalyst. Under relatively mild conditions (400 °C, 1 bar) a rapid decomposition rate of 5.33 mol_NH3 g_Ru⁻¹ h⁻¹ was achieved. Experimental observations under non‐isothermal, dynamic conditions coupled with modelling at the level of density functional theory and micro‐kinetic modeling confirmed the minute‐scale response of the H₂ release. The rapid response of our catalytic system would, at least in principle, enable the utilization of intermittent, renewable electricity and a tunable H₂/NH₃ ratio in the reactor's effluent.