Stefan Ernst Livres
Energy integration in the refinery, use of hydrogen produced using renewable electricity in refining and petrochemistry, chemical energy storage (e. g., via synthesis of methane or higher hydrocarbons, methanol etc.). Process intensification and sector coupling between energy and fuels/chemicals. Also welcome are contributions addressing the topic electro-mobility versus conventional fuels, including the properties and manufacture of synthetic fuels based on renewable resources. Abstracts on both fundamental studies and applied research on the above topics will be highly welcome.
Changes in the availability and the nature of raw materials for fuels and petrochemicals always have consequences for technologies in the refining and the petrochemical industry. Currently, these industries face such changes based on the increased availability of cheap natural gas, shale gas etc. on the one hand. On the other hand, refiners have to cope with varying feedstock qualities and an increasing need for tailored high-quality fuels.
Covering the areas: • Production of synthesis gas (raw materials, e. g. natural gas, heavy oils, coal, waste materials, biomass; process design and technology; new developments) • Purification and separation processes • Direct catalytic conversion of syngas • methanol production • Fischer-Tropsch-Synthesis: gas-to-liquids (GTL), coal-to-liquids (CTL), biomass-to-liquids (BTL) • biocatalytic conversion and other processes • Carbon dioxide as carbon source in synthesis gas • Hydroformylation, Oxo processes • Special fields of industrial interest in carbonylation, e. g.: • amidocarbonylation • alcohol carbonylation • oxidative carbonylation • hydrocarboxylation, hydrocarbonylation and others • Methanol and derivates as building blocks for chemicals and fuels
•Development of Oxidation Processes in Industrial Environment – Challenges, Proceedings and Advancements, H. Zanthoff et al., Evonik Industries, Marl, Germany •Hydrogen Peroxide: Its Use in Selective Homogeneous Oxidations in Water and some Recent Advances for its Direct Synthesis from H2 and O2, G. Strukul et al., Università Ca`Foscari, Venezia, Italy •Redox-Catalysis with Biorelevant Metal Catalysts: Replacing Noble Metals with Nano-Rust, M. Beller, Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse an der Universität Rostock, Germany •Biocatalytic C-H Functionalization, A. Schmid et al., Laboratory of Chemical Biotechnology, TU Dortmund University, Germany •The Selectivity and the Sustainability Issues Meet in Modern Oxidation Catalysis: The Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids, F. Cavani, Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale “Toso Montanari”, Università di Bologna, Italy •High Presssure Hydroformylation, R. Paciello, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany •How to Increase the Yield of the Oxidative Coupling of Methane by Reaction Engineering?, R. Schomäcker et al., Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany •Heterogeneous Catalysis Meets Micro Reactors: Partial Oxidations in the Explosion Regime, E. Klemm, Institut für Technische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Germany •High Selective Oxo-functionalization of Important Basic Chemicals with Zeolyte Catalysts, A.-N. Parvulescu, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany