Overview

The need to manage waste sustainably has never been more important. The UK Government has mapped the opportunities of sustainable waste management contribution of building circular economies and reducing carbon emissions as part of the net-zero roadmap. Recycling, bioenergy and advanced biofuels produced through the newest waste treatment technologies will end up playing a valuable role in a modern, integrated sustainable energy system.

This talk will present the Warner medal and provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities related to some of the latest complementary technologies/innovations in recycling household waste into fuels and chemical feedstocks for industrial use, as well as the potential to utilise these technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Recent results from the UCL Bioenergy Technologies Research Lab and associated industrial activities will be presented.

Speaker

Massimilano Materazzi, Associate Professor, University College London

Massimiliano is a Principal Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and Associate Professor of Fluid Particle Systems in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University College London (UCL). Before moving to academic research, he worked ten years in the Waste-to-Energy industry as Process Engineer and R&D director. His research activity is mainly oriented to several aspects of thermochemical technologies, with particular attention given to design and operation criteria of plasma and fluidized bed reactors for industrial application (including nuclear and renewable energy sectors), reaction engineering and catalytic process design for biofuels.

Massimiliano has worked in waste gasification for more than ten years. During this time, he has built up a wealth of experience in the sector. He is an active member of several industry bodies and regularly contributes to sector research and articles.

The material presented in this webinar has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter's own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Clean Energy Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

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This webinar is free of charge and open to all to attend, but if you wish to access the slides and a recording to replay on demand then you will need to be a member of the Clean Energy Special Interest Group.