Parallel Events

Conversion Technologies to Valorise Crops from Contaminated Land

Tuesday 25 June 2024 | 16:15 - 18:15 | Exhibition Forum

agenda

16:15 – 16:20
Introduction
George Vourliotakis, Exergia

Presentations on conversion technologies (45 mins)

  • 16:20 – 16:35
    CERESiS project:
    Nikos Boukis, KIT
  • 16:35 – 16:50
    GOLD project:
    Nicolas Abatzoglou, Université de Sherbrooke, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Engineering Dpt.
  • 16:50 – 17:05
    Phy2Climate project:
    Christopher Kick, Fraunhofer UMSICHT

 

17:05 – 17:50
Discussion: The challenges of conversion technologies (45 mins)
Organised discussion with technology reps from each project + external specialists.
Moderator: Marco Buffi, DG JRC

Panellists:

  • Nikos Boukis, KIT
  • Nicolas Abatzoglou, Université de Sherbrooke, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Engineering Dpt.
  • Christopher Kick, Fraunhofer UMSICHT
  • Lasse Rosendahl, Aalborg University, Energy, Denmark
  • Matteo Prussi, Politecnico di Torino, DENERG Dpt.

These three Horizon 2020 projects; GOLD, CERESiS, Phy2Climate are aiming to bridge the gap between remediation of contaminated sites and the production of clean energy. All three projects will use phytoremediation techniques, which uses plants to remove contaminants from soil, and in turn the cultivated energy crops will be used as biomass feedstock and converted to produce clean advanced biofuels.

In this session we will hear about the different conversion and separation technologies that are being researched by the three projects.

The aim of the workshop is to enable these three H2020 sister projects to present together, each giving an overview of the individual project and the different conversion and separation technologies that each project is researching.

At the time of the workshop CERESiS will be in the final part of the project so will be able to present some of the most important results of the project.

GOLD and Phy2Climate will have completed two years of trial crops in the field, and therefore will present more of the first stages of the conversion process.

 

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