The Imperial College Alumni Association of Northern California is hosting Professor Paul Fennell and alumni are invited to hear the latest on his exciting research and meet fellow alumni.
Talk synopsis
In order to meet the IPCC recommendation for an 80% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050, industries will be required to drastically reduce their emissions. To meet these targets, technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) must be part of the economic set of decarbonisation options for industry. This talk will explore new and interesting technologies to conduct CCS and their integration with different industries, including some detailed research conducted at IC investigating the applications of pressurized calcium looping when integrated with bioenergy for CO2 removal from the atmosphere. Professor Fennell will also discuss his recent work and spin-out company developing novel bioenergy processes running on contaminated waste materials.
Key details
Date: Sunday 10 September
Time: 18.00 – 21.00
Location: The Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Price: Free to attend, food and drink available to purchase
Parking: There is free parking in the rear of the pub, and additional free parking in the rear of the Starbucks.
Registration: RSVP by email and join the event on Facebook
Biography
Paul Fennell is a Professor of Clean Energy at Imperial College London. He obtained his degree in Chemical Engineering and PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and Scientist and Fellow of the IChemE. He also has Chaired the Institution of Chemical Engineers Clean Energy SIG, was a previous member of the International Energy Authority High-Temperature Solid Looping Cycles Network Executive, and has written reports for the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on future technologies for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and carbon capture readiness. He has been director of Imperial College’s Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage and is a deputy director of the UK CO2 Capture and Storage Research Centre, as well as one of the grant holders. He has published 90 + papers since 2005 and is the 2015 winner of the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ Ambassador prize.
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