Chemistry Addressing Climate Change

Convener: 

Michael Whitehouse, RWE Npower plc, UK

Programme:

Wednesday 5 August (morning and afternoon)

Keynote Speakers

OXYCOAL-AC: Developing components for an integrated coal-firing power plant process with membrane-based oxygen supply
Reinhold Kneer, University of Aachen, Germany

Amine selection to reduce energy use for CO2 capture by aqueous scrubbing
Gary T. Rochelle, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Speakers

Development of the IUPAC database for evaluated kinetic data for atmospheric chemistry
R. Anthony Cox, University of Cambridge, UK

Developing solid sorbent materials and processes for post-combustion CO2 capture
Trevor C. Drage, University of Nottingham, UK

Numerical investigation of oxy-coal combustion to evaluate radiation concepts in coal-fired boilers
Penny Edge, University of Leeds, UK

Attrition effects during the reactivation of limestone-based sorbents
Paul Fennell, Imperial College, London, UK

Commercialising carbon capture technology
Matthew Hunt, Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd

Charge photogeneration in molecular solar cells
John Oakey, Cranfield University, UK

The transformation of carbon dioxide to methanol with silanes catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes
Siti Nurhanna Riduan, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Industrial applications of chemistry in power plant flue gas cleaning including post-combustion CO2 capture
Christopher J. Satterley, E.ON Engineering Ltd, UK

Symposium Information

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a multidisciplinary technology with a significant involvement from chemical process and mechanical engineers, geologists and geophysicists. However, chemistry lies at the core of all the processes involved.

This symposium will open up the chemistry of CCS to the wider chemical community, helping chemists understand the latest innovations and the challenges still to be met to bring the technology to the market place. It will also provide those working in the field of CCS an opportunity to discuss ideas and solutions employed in other industries that may potentially be employed to improve the performance of carbon capture technologies.

It will focus on some of the important issues for the chemical community in establishing the long-term viability and safety of CCS and communicating this to the public, namely:

• Post-combustion capture, with attention to key chemical issues of solvent thermodynamics, chemical degradation pathways affecting raw materials consumption, toxicity issues and materials selection, which all impact on commercial viability
• Update on the status of emerging technologies, such as oxyfuel combustion and chemical looping
• Compression and storage, including issues associated with CO2 purity, geochemistry associated with storage of captured CO2 and advanced sensors for monitoring