Molten membranes and solid sorbents for next-generation carbon dioxide separation
| Dates: | 26 October 2022 |
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| Times: | 12:00 - 13:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Photon Science Institute |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Dr. Greg Mutch |
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Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Dr Greg A. Mutch. Chemical separation processes account for 10 – 15% of global energy consumption and 40 – 90% of capital and operating costs in industry. However, their importance is often overlooked and underappreciated. Carbon dioxide capture is a prime example; separation from point sources and from air is needed to limit global warming to less than 1.5C, yet contemporary technologies have seen limited deployment due to substantial energy penalties and significant materials demands. In this talk, first the importance of chemical separation processes to our everyday lives will be discussed, in the context of the “Periodic Table of Chemical Separations”. Second, the state-of-the-art in carbon dioxide capture will be presented, including technologies proposed to separate carbon dioxide directly from air. Finally, work from my group on carbon dioxide capture and reaction engineering using solid sorbents and molten-carbonate membranes will be presented. The importance of close collaboration between scientists working with cutting-edge characterisation techniques and engineers developing new processes will be shown to be key for developing next-generation carbon dioxide capture processes.
Speaker
Dr. Greg Mutch
Organisation: Newcastle University
Biography: Dr Greg A. Mutch obtained degrees in chemistry (MChem) and chemical engineering (PhD) from the University of Aberdeen, before moving to Newcastle University in 2016 to take up an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship. In 2020 he was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship, and in 2022 became a co-investigator on the ~£9M EPSRC Programme Grant ‘SynHiSel’ and the ~£2M EPSRC Grant ‘Design, Program, Evolve’ (both of which involve the University of Manchester). His research is focussed on carbon dioxide capture using membranes and sorbents, with extensive use of in-situ spectroscopic and tomographic techniques from the molecular to whole-device scale. He is a member of the Steering Group in the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy CCUS Council ECPF Working Group and contributed to the Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges report by EPSRC in 2022.
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