8th Annual International
Sotacarbo Summer School on CCUS and Low Carbon Technologies
Carbonia, Sotacarbo Research Centre
September 21-25, 2020
Preliminary Programme
In collaboration with
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Monday, June 8th, 2020
| 09:00 | Registrations |
Opening session
| 10:45 | Presentation and general introduction |
| 11:00 | Welcome speech by Sardinian local authorities |
| 11:20 | To be defined |
| 11:50 | International policies on CCUS: SET Plan, CSLF and Mission Innovation |
| 12:20 | Lunch |
Session 1: Advanced combustion and gasification technologies for CCUS applications (part I)
| 13:30 | Low carbon power generation from renewable sources: prospects and limits |
| 14:00 | Advanced gasification technologies |
| 14:30 | Prospects for bioenergy CCS (BECCS) |
| 15:00 | Break |
Session 2: Advanced combustion and gasification technologies for CCUS applications (part II)
| 15:20 | Next generation approaches for coal plants |
| 16:20 | Advanced oxycombustion technology for easy integration of CCS in industrial applications |
| 16:50 | Biomethane from residual biomass |
| 17:20 | Underground coal gasification and CCUS |
| 17:50 | End of technical activities |
| 19:00 | Icebraker coktail |
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
Session 3: CO2 capture technologies
| 09:00 | Capturing CO2: a general introduction |
| 09:30 | CO2 capture by liquid solvents and mineral carbonation |
| 10:00 | CO2 capture with membranes |
| 10:30 | Next generation approaches for carbon capture plants |
| 11:00 | Break |
Session 4: Advanced modeling for gasification and CO2 capture
| 11:10 | Multiphase modeling of low carbon energy devices |
| 11:50 | Multiscale CFD modeling and validation of reacting gas-solid flows with application to fossil fuel reactors |
| 12:20 | CO2 capture: process modeling and experimental validation |
| 12:50 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Visit to the Sotacarbo platform and labs |
| 15:30 | Break |
Workshop 1: Power generation plants of the future that include CO2 capture approaches
| 15:50 | Program to be defined |
| 18:00 | End of technical activities |
Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
Session 5: CO2 utilization (part I)
| 09:00 | CO2 utilization: approaches and methods |
| 09:30 | CO2 to liquid fuels: hydrogenation processes |
| 10:00 | Hydrogenation processes: kinetical modelling |
| 10:30 | CO2 to liquid fuels: electrochemical and photo-electrochemical processes |
| 10:30 | Break |
Session 6: CO2 utilization (part II)
| 10:50 | CO2 to chemicals |
| 11:20 | Hydrogen production technologies from renewable sources |
| 11:50 | Liquid fuels from syngas: Fisher-Tropsch approach |
| 12:20 | Lunch |
Workshop 2 (by ECCSEL): An European network for CO2 capture, utilization and storage research
| 13:50 | Program to be defined |
| 17:30 | Touristic tour and dinner |
Thursday, June 11th, 2020
Session 7: CO2 geological storage I – concepts
| 09:00 | CO2 magic show |
| 09:30 | Site characterization for CCS and trapping mechanisms |
| 10:00 | Site monitoring technologies |
| 10:30 | The relevance of natural labs to test monitoring techniques and ecosystem response |
| 11:00 | Break |
Session 8: CO2 geological storage II – sites
| 10:50 | The role of public in CCS projects: the experience in Decatur |
| 11:20 | To be defined |
| 11:50 | The Otway project |
| 12:20 | lunch |
Workshop 3 (by ECO-BASE): Enhanced oil recovery
| 13:50 | Program to be defined |
| 18:00 | End of technical activities |
Friday, June 12th, 2020
Session 9: CCUS economics and legislation
| 09:00 | CO2 price and impact on CCUS diffusion |
| 09:30 | CO2-free power generation: how to assess the economic performance |
| 10:00 | CCUS: legal issues |
| 10:30 | Intellectual property and patents |
| 11:00 | Break |
Session 10: International partnerships and projects
| 11:20 | CLEANKER: Capturing CO2 from cement industry |
| 11:45 | To be defined |
| 12:00 | The CO2 Value Europe association |
| 12:20 | The European CO2GeoNet Association |
| 12:40 | ECCSEL: the European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure |
| 13:00 | lunch |
| 14:10 | Concluding remarks |
| 15:00 | Visit to the Serbariu Old Mine Museum |
| 16:30 | End of the School |
No Comments, Be The First!