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SUMMARY:Prof. Maria-Chiara Ferrari  : Advanced polymeric membranes for car
 bon capture
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Maria-Chiara Ferrari\,\nSchool of Engineering\,\nUnivers
 ity of Edinburgh\, UK\nAbstract : Carbon capture is recognised as one of 
 the necessary tools for meeting both short and medium-term targets in lowe
 ring CO2 emissions. However\, implementing carbon capture is costly\, and 
 ongoing research into innovative technologies is crucial for facilitating 
 broader application. Polymeric membranes have attracted attention recently
  due to their potential to reduce the energy and costs of carbon capture b
 ut several challenges hinder their widespread use and therefore more effic
 ient materials are required.\nTraditional polymers operate under a solutio
 n-diffusion framework and are all constrained by a trade-off between produ
 ctivity (i.e: how much gas can be treated) and selectivity (i.e: how good 
 the separation is) as represented by the Robeson Upper Bound. Different st
 rategies have been employed to overcome this trade-off ranging from the fa
 brication of novel polymers of microporosity to the use of composite mixed
  matrix membranes.\nThis resulted in hundreds of membranes tested for carb
 on capture application over the years\; only a handful of the structure de
 veloped though have reached commercial application due to a lack of consid
 eration of the real process conditions and constraints including polymer a
 geing and impurities effect.\nIn this seminar\, the development of novel m
 aterials is discussed in relation to the impact of the membrane properties
  on the full separation process.\n\n\nBio : Maria-Chiara Ferrari is the C
 hair of Membrane Separations in the School of Engineering at the Universit
 y of Edinburgh. \nShe graduated with a PhD in Chemical and Environmental 
 Engineering from the University of Bologna in 2009. After a period of rese
 arch at the University of Texas at Austin\, she moved to the University of
  Edinburgh in 2010\, where she became lecturer in Carbon Capture in 2011 a
 nd Professor in 2020.\nProf. Ferrari leads the research on membranes for c
 arbon capture and energy applications in the School of Engineering\, looki
 ng at the development of polymeric and hybrid membranes and processes to t
 ackle environmental challenges with both experimental and modelling tools.
 \nProf Ferrari has secured national and international funding for projects
  related to membranes and in particular CCUS and currently is a Co-Investi
 gator on the EPSRC-funded Programme Grant SynHiSel\, which focuses on deve
 loping highly selective membranes to reduce separation costs. She is also 
 involved in the Horizon Europe EIC Pathfinder project DAM4CO2\, which aims
  to convert CO2 into aviation fuels using innovative membrane reactors.\nU
 ntil 2023\, Prof Ferrari was one of the 10 Directors of the SCCS (Scottish
  Carbon Capture and Storage centre)\, the largest group of academic workin
 g on CCUS in the UK. She served on the council of the European Membrane So
 ciety from 2017 till 2020. Currently she is the vice-chair of the Institut
 ion of Chemical Engineers Fluid Separation Special Interest Group.\n 
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