GRICU & AIDIC DAET School 2022 - Process Decarbonization and Energy Transition

13 Oct 2022, 14:00 → 28 Oct 2022, 19:00 Europe/Rome

Online Webex Event

Alessandro Galia (University of Palermo) , Alessio Frassoldati (Polytechnic of Milan) , Debora Fino (Polytechnic of Turin) , Fabrizio Bezzo (University of Padova) , Fabrizio Scala (University of Naples Federico II) , Valerio Cozzani (Università di Bologna - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali)

 

Climate change calls for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

CO2 formed in fossil fuels combustion for the production of heat and electric power plays a major role in this framework. For over one century, the Chemical and Process industry has based most of its production processes on raw materials derived from fossil fuels.

Thus, energy transition and decarbonization require an epochal change in the production processes and energy supplies used in industrial chemical processes and, more generally, in the manufacturing industry. Several alternative processes are rapidly coming available for the production of renewable energy and energy vectors, as well as for the decarbonization of industrial processes.

However, the societal call for a rapid implementation of the transition to renewables poses a number of challenges concerning the technological maturity, the economic viability, and the overall sustainability and safety of decarbonized technologies.

This distance learning school, organized by the Italian Association of Chemical Engineering (AIDIC) and by the Association of Researches in Chemical Engineering of Italian Universities (GRICU) aims at providing the fundamentals needed to understand the general context of energy transition and decarbonization in the chemical and process industry, framing the state of the art and introducing to technologies and tools able to support this global change.

The program aims at addressing the needs of Master’s and Ph.D. students and young professionals to develop new knowledge in this field, and to cope with decommissioning programs and opportunities.

All lessons and teaching material will be in English

AIDIC: https://www.aidic.it/

GRICU: https://www.gricu.it/

DCMC - Politecnico di Milano: https://www.cmic.polimi.it 

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Thursday, 13 October

14:00 → 18:10 Day 1 – October 13th, 2022: Transition to new Energy Vectors

14:00 Welcome and presentation of the initiative (GRUCU, AIDIC and organizing committee)

14:10 Introduction to Day 1 (A. Galia, University of Palermo)

14:15 Hydrogen: processes and technologies (S. Bensaid – Polytechnic of Turin)

Speaker: Samir BENSAID

15:10 Ammonia: processes and technologies (M. De Joannon – CNR-STEMS)

Speaker: Mara DE JOANNON

16:10 Salinity gradient power technologies for energy production, conversion and storage (A. Cipollina – University of Palermo)

Speaker: Andrea CIPOLLINA

17:10 Hydrogen distribution (P. Ercoli – SNAM)

Speaker: Piero ERCOLI

18:00 Conclusion of day 1 (A. Galia – University of Palermo)

Friday, 14 October

14:00 → 18:10 Day 2 – October 14th, 2022: Biofuels and Biomass

14:00 Introduction to Day 2 (F. Scala – University of Naples Federico II)

14:05 From oil and gas to biofeedstocks: availability, conversion processes, the biorefinery concept (P. Salatino – University of Naples Federico II)

Speaker: Piero SALATINO

15:00 Biomass, biofuels, and biorefineries: biochemical processes (M. Majone – University of Rome La Sapienza)

Speaker: Mauro MAJONE

16:00 Biomass, biofuels, and biorefineries: thermochemical processes (L. Tognotti – University of Pisa)

Speaker: Leonardo TOGNOTTI

17:00 PROESA®: Break-through Technology for Producing Advanced Bio-Fuels and Renewable Chemicals (F. Mantovani – Versalis)

Speaker: Filippo MANTOVANI

18:00 Conclusion of Day 2 (F. Scala – University of Naples Federico II)

Thursday, 20 October

14:00 → 18:10 Day 3 – October 20th, 2022: Decarbonization and integration of renewable energy in existing processes

14:00 Introduction to Day 3 (D. Fino – Polytechnic of Turin)

14:05 Power-to-X: Heat to Fuels (M. Antonini - Hysytech)

Speaker: Massimiliano Antonini

15:00 Solar heat/power for industrial processes (A. Giaconia - ENEA)

Speaker: Alberto Giaconia

16:00 Decarbonization of hard-to-abate industrial sectors: overview on economical constraints and opportunities (D. Chiaramonti - Polytechnic of Turin)

Speaker: David Chiaramonti

17:00 Navigating the energy transition: technology solutions to decarbonise the petrochemical value chains (D. Winch - JM Low Carbon Solutions)

Speaker: Dominic Winch

18:00 Conclusion of Day 3 (D. Fino – Polytechnic of Turin)

Friday, 21 October

14:00 → 18:10 Day 4 – October 21st, 2022: Carbon capture, utilization and storage

14:00 Introduction to day 4 (F. Bezzo – University of Padova)

14:05 Carbon capture and sequestration: technologies, opportunities and challenges (F. Bezzo - University of Padova)

Speaker: Fabrizio Bezzo

15:00 CO2 to platform molecules - thermo/electrical routes (S. Hernandez - Polytechnic of Turin)

Speaker: Simelys Hernandez

16:00 CO2 to platform molecules - biochemical routes (T. Tommasi - Polytechnic of Turin)

Speaker: Tonia Tommasi

17:00 The role of CCUS in the decarbonization of the cement industry: technologies, challenges, perspectives (M. Romano - Polytechnic of Milan)

Speaker: Matteo Romano

18:00 Conclusion of Day 4 (F. Bezzo – University of Padova)

Thursday, 27 October

14:00 → 19:00 Day 5 – October 27th, 2022: Safety and sustainability of decarbonization technologies

14:00 Introduction to day 5 (V. Cozzani – University of Bologna)

14:05 Risk management and trade-off in the framework of technologies for energy transition (V.Cozzani – University of Bologna)

Speaker: Valerio Cozzani

15:00 The importance of life cycle assessment for the early sustainability assessment of emerging energy technologies (S. Cucurachi – University of Leiden)

Speaker: Stefano Cucurachi

16:00 Life Cycle Assessment of conventional and innovative waste-to-energy technologies (U. Arena – University of Campania L. Vanvitelli)

Speaker: Umberto Arena

17:00 Safe Hydrogen Fuel Handling and Use for Efficient Implementation - SH2IFT project (F. Ustolin - NTNU)

Speaker: Federico Ustolin

18:00 Conclusion of Day 5 (V. Cozzani – University of Bologna)

Friday, 28 October

14:00 → 19:00 Day 6 – October 28th, 2022: Chemical recycling and Carbon-negative processes

14:00 Introduction to day 6 (A. Frassoldati – Polytechnic of Milan)

14:05 Waste recovery and recycling by pyrolysis and gasification processes: state of the art, open issues and future directions (M. Pelucchi – Polytechnic of Milan)

Speaker: Matteo Pelucchi

15:00 The role of CCS and CCU in delivering negative emissions for a climate neutral society (M. Mazzotti – ETH Zurich)

Speaker: Marco Mazzotti

16:00 Store&Go Project (D. Trimis – Karlsruhe Institut of Technology)

Speaker: Dimosthenis Trimis

17:00 An outlook on future directions of Process Decarbonization (G. De Santi, Politecnico di Torino / past director EC JRC)

Speaker: Giovanni De Santi

17:30 A holistic perspective on Energy Transition (A. Tilche, Strategic Committee - Italian Ministry of Infrastructure)

Speaker: Andrea Tilche

18:00 Conclusion of the School (G. Veronesi, EFCE President)