📢 You are cordially invited to attend the CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR SERIES 2025.05B (CHESS 2025.05B) on Thursday 8th May 2025 from 13:00 – 14:30 hr.
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*** The Seminar will be delivered in English***
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👨🏫 Honorary Speaker:
Prof. Liang-Nian He
Professor
Nankai University
Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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📑 Topic: “CO2 Chemistry: Fundamental Science for CO2 Valorization”
⏳ Date & Time: 13:00 – 14:30 hr., Thursday 8th May 2025
🏢 Location: Lecture Hall, 10th Floor, Engineering 4 Building, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University (ห้อง Lecture Hall ชั้น 10 ตึกวิศวกรรม 4 คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย)
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🗓️ Schedule:
13.00 hr – Opening Remark
13.10 hr – Seminar
14.10 hr – Q&A
14.30 hr – Closing Remark & Group Photo
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👉 Contact: [email protected]
Seminar Chairman
Assoc. Prof. Supareak Praserthdam, PhD
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
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Abstract:
As an abundant renewable C1 chemical feedstock, CO2 can catalytically be converted into chemicals, energy products and functional materials, thus providing an effective way to alleviate the dependence of chemical production on fossil resources and developing green processes to replace toxic substances like CO and phosgene with CO2 [1-2]. As reported, we will not reach climate neutrality without carbon capture and utilization as climate-mitigating solutions [3].
However, CO2 valorization generally faces thermodynamic and kinetic limitations. In this context, understanding those scientific fundaments would be prerequisite to develop new reactions, methodologies and advanced technologies, thus resulting in facilitating production of CO2-derived products in a large scale in industry.
Based on the understanding of the CO2 activation principles and rational designing efficient catalysts associated with the conversion pathway, we have developed novel conversion strategies such as in situ catalysis, reductive functionalization, and renewable energy-driven CO2 valerization to organic molecules, fine chemicals and fuels [4-5].
