The Imperial alumni network in British Columbia are excited to be hosting Professor Paul Fennell. You are invited to hear the latest on his exciting, climate change critical research and to 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 novel high temperature CO2 capture cycles, including integration with cement manufacture. Professor Fennell will also discuss his recent work and spin-out company developing novel bioenergy processes running on contaminated waste materials.
Key details
Date: Thursday 12 October
Time: 18.30 – 20.00
Location: “The Boardroom”, The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 900 West Georgia Street, Vancouver V6C 2W6
Format: Presentation followed by Q&A
Cost: Free to attend – donations welcome
Parking: Both hotel and public parking nearby. The venue is a short walk from Translink’s Vancouver City Centre station.
Registration: Please register via Eventbrite. Contact Linda Liu (MSci Chemistry 2014) for further information.
Guests: Alumni of other institutions may be invited by Imperial alumni.
Speaker 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-Temp erature 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.