IACC2024 - Nature-inspired CO2 capture and conversion
The nature-inspired route to CO2 capture and utilisation presents a promising avenue in the fight against global warming, leveraging the principles of biomimicry to mimic, accelerate, or enhance natural processes for sustainable solutions. These approaches draw inspiration from the Earth's inherent mechanisms for balancing carbon, offering the potential for lower energy consumption, reduced environmental impact, and increased efficiency in capturing and repurposing CO2. Promising nature-inspired CO2 capture and utilisation approaches include enhanced weathering, mineralisation, biological CO2 conversion and photo-based CO2 utilisation etc. These approaches serve as valuable complements to existing industrial DAC methods, offering promising prospects for further development. These nature-inspired strategies not only offer a path to significantly reduce atmospheric CO2 levels but also align with the principles of circular economy by utilizing captured carbon as a resource for creating valuable products, thereby contributing to a more sustainable and resilient future.
Online | Tuesday 9th April 2024
Organiser: International Association for Carbon Capture (IACC)
Host organiser:
University of Surrey (UK)
Co-organiser:
KU Leuven (Belgium), Loughborough University (UK), Jiangsu University (China)
Chair:
Dr Lei Xing (University of Surrey, UK)
Co-chair:
Prof dr. Veerle Vandeginste (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Prof Eileen Yu (Loughborough University, UK)
Dr Jonathan Wagner (Loughborough University, UK)
Prof Pengwei Huo (Jiangsu University, China)
Abstract submission and registration (deadline: 10 March 2024):
https://science-event.com/event/conference-iacc2024-nature-inspired-co2-capture-and-conversion/
Conference Programme
UK time zone
9:30 – 9:35 | Welcome and Introduction Dr. Lei Xing, Prof. dr. Veerle Vandeginste Prof. Eileen Yu, Dr. Jonathan Wagner | |
9:35 – 9:45 | IACC-SMS Awards Announcements Dr. Chunfei Wu (IACC chair) & Dr Paul Iacomi (Surface Measurement System) | |
Session 1: Keynote talk chaired by Lei Xing | ||
9:45 – 10:25 | Single-step carbon dioxide capture and polymer-mediated mineralization | Prof. dr. Veerle Vandeginste (KU Leuven, Belgium) |
10:25 – 11:05 | Process intensification of Microalgae energy conversion | (Chongqing University, China) |
11:05 – 11:45 | Evolving CO2-Based Electro-biorefineries for practical implementation | (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany) |
11:45 – 12:30 | Break | |
Session 2: Invited talk Mineralisation-based CO2 capture and utilisation chaired by Prof dr. Veerle Vandeginste | ||
12:30 – 12:50 | Enhanced rock weathering as a climate change stabilization wedge | (University of Guelph, Canada) |
12:50 – 13:10 | Indirect mineralization of industrial residues: from the laboratory to the industrial demonstration | (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) |
13:10 – 13:30 | Developing an integrated CO2 capture and mineralization process with lower energy consumption | (A*STAR, Singapore) |
13:30 – 13:40 | Break | |
Session 3: Invited talk Bio- and photo- based CO2 capture and utilisation chaired by Prof. Eileen Yu | ||
13:40 – 14:00 | Microbial Electrosynthesis for Carbon Capture and Utilization: Dynamic Modelling and LCA | (University of Surrey, UK) |
14:00 – 14:20 | Engineering CO2-Fixing Cell Metabolism for Sustainable Commodity Chemicals | (Loughborough University, UK) |
14:20 – 14:40 | Engineering a photosynthetic electron transport chain in bacteria to drive CO2 fixation | (University of Oxford, UK) |
14:40 – 14:50 | Break | |
Session 4: Invited talk Algae-based CO2 capture and utilisation chaired by Dr Jonathan Wagner | ||
14:50 – 15:10 | Bio-decarbonization by microalgae: A comprehensive analysis of CO2 transport in photo-bioreactor | Miss. Peirong Li (Chongqing University, China) |
15:10 – 15:30 | Capture CO2 as bicarbonate for microalgae cultivation | |
15:30 – 15:50 | The challenge of scaling up CO2 capture using microalgae | (Phyco-F Ltd) |
15:50 – 16:00 | Closing remarks and awards discussion | |
After panel discussion, Dr Lei Xing will email the winner separately by email on behalf of the 2 best presentations on behalf of IACC (£50 and certificate/each).