Catalysis for Energy (MC9)

Graham Hutchings, Cardiff University, UK

Programme:

Tuesday 4 August (morning and afternoon)

Keynote Speaker

Title TBA
Enrique Iglesia, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Award Lecture

Catalysts preparation: practice and concepts
Michel Che, Institut Universitaire de France and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
(Winner of the RSC Centenary Lectureship 2009-10)

Speakers

An aerosol catalyst that improves diesel performance
Trevor R. Griffiths, Redston Trevor Consulting Ltd., UK

The use of Inelastic Neutron Scattering to characterise the active phase of iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts
Neil G. Hamilton, University of Glasgow, UK

Towards new nitrogen transfer catalysts
Stuart M. Hunter, University of Glasgow, UK

Sustainable conversion of biogas over supported Nickel Catalysts
R. Mark Ormerod, Keele University, UK

Catalysis for lower emissions from Diesel (D)-Biodiesel (BD) emulsion-fuelled engines
Paul A. Semon, University of Surrey, UK

Catalytic conversion of bio-ethanol to energy and useful chemicals
John Staniforth, Keele University, UK

Catalytic supercritical water gasification of wet biomass: an in-situ XAS study
Frédéric Vogel, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland

Symposium Information

The provision of green and clean sources of energy is of paramount importance to society. In particular the need to decrease pollution in terms of sulphur content of liquid fuels, using bi-sustainable feedstocks for energy provision as well as ensuring that auto-exhaust emissions are minimised. These are all key areas in which catalysis plays a major role in providing new green sustainable technology. 

This conference session will focus on key recent developments in the fields of:

• Designing catalysts for new gas to liquids technology to ensure low sulphur diesel and gasoline can be secured
• Designing effective catalysts for the use of renewable feedstocks for the provision of energy, for example the generation of bio-diesel
• The latest approaches to catalysis in terms of auto emission controls