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SUMMARY:MechE Colloquium: CO2 capture and conversion
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Christoph Müller\, ETH Zurich\nAbstract:\nThere is sign
 ificant scientific evidence that climate change is linked to the increasin
 g concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. A possible mid-term solution to 
 mitigate climate change is to capture CO2 and store it underground in geol
 ogical formations (CCS). Depending on the operating temperature of the CO2
  capture process\, different classes of sorbents have been proposed. This 
 talk is concerned with the use of alkali earth metal oxides\, in particula
 r CaO\, as CO2 sorbents. In the beginning of the talk we will discuss chal
 lenges associated with the use of CaO-based CO2 sorbents\, such as the sin
 tering-induced decay of their cyclic CO2 uptake capacity or kinetic limita
 tions due to product layer formation. This will be followed by a summary o
 f recent advances made by our research group in fabricating more effective
  CO2 sorbents and elucidating the key deactivation mechanisms. In the last
  part of our talk we will present examples of how CO2 capture can be integ
 rated into catalytic reactions to yield high purity hydrogen or a synthesi
 s gas in a single step.\n\nBio:\nAfter graduation with a Ph.D. at the Univ
 ersity of Cambridge in 2008\, having performed fundamental studies on flui
 dized bed reactors\, Christoph Müller took up a junior research fellowshi
 p at Queens’ College\, University of Cambridge\, investigating calcium a
 nd chemical looping-based CO2 capture processes. In 2010\, he established 
 his own research group at ETH Zürich. In 2015 he was promoted to tenured 
 associate professor at the same institution. Christoph Müller heads the L
 aboratory of Energy Science and Engineering. The three main research areas
  of the laboratory are: (i) CO2 capture\, (ii) heterogeneous catalysis and
  (iii) multi-phase granular systems.
LOCATION:MED 0 1418 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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