| TOPIC | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Catalysis & Reaction Engineering for Defossilization |
Catalytic Processes for Circular Economy, New Possibilities for the Coupling and Integration of Chemical, Chemo-Catalytic and Biotechnological Processes, Data Management and Data based Optimization of Catalysts and Processes, Novel Reactor Concepts, Reaction Engineering and Catalysts for non-thermal Activation of Processes (Photo-, Electro-, Plasma-Catalysis), Scale-up and Reaction Engineering of Catalysts Manufacturing, Catalyst Deactivation |
| Electrification of the Process Industry | Utilization of Electricity in the Process Industry, Electrochemical Processes & Products, Energy Integration and Efficiency (e.g. Heat Pumps, Direct Heating), Energy Storage/Converters |
| CO₂ Capture, conversion and utilization (chemical & biotechnological) |
CCU/CCS, Direct Air Capture, Adsorptive Processes, Membranes and Membrane Processes for Carbon Capture, Biotechnological CO₂ Utilization: Gas Fermentation, Cultivation of algae |
| Integrated Bio-/Chemo-/Catalytic Process Chains | Hybrid Processes, Interface Management, Process Coupling, New Network Structures |
| Feedstock and Raw Material Flexibility | Biogenic Raw Materials, CO₂, Plastic Recycling, Platform Chemicals, Alternative Material Flows |
| Separation Technologies and Downstream Processes | Energy-efficient Separation Processes, Membranes, Hybrid Concepts, Process Intensification, Membrane Reactors, Membranes for Electrolysis/Fuelcells, Desalination by Reverse Osmosis |
| Circular Economy & Chemical Recycling | Material Cycles, Plastic/Battery Recycling, Circular Composites, Remonomerisation, Technologies for Chemical Recycling of Waste Plastics, Sustainable Hydrogen Resources for Defossilisation |
| Digitalization, AI & Automation | Process Synthesis, Data Analysis, ML/AI, Modelling, Predictive Maintenance, Modular Systems, Seamless Data Streams and Connectivity, Flexibilisation in the Process Industry |
| Safety and Scaling of Alternative Processes | Safety in alternative Processes, Successful Scaling, Large-scale Realization, Consideration of Safety Technology in the Planning Stage of Transformation Processes |
| Water in Defossilized Processes | Water as Enabler of new Process Routes, Wastewater Challenges from Bio-based and Chemical Recycling Processes, Resource Recovery from Aqueous Streams, Impact of Transformation on Water Management and Balances |
| System Analysis, LCA & Sustainability Assessment | Life Cycle Assessment, Technological Readiness Level (TRL), Benchmarking of New Technologies |
| Education, Qualification & Innovation in the Transformation | Training for Sustainable Processes, Innovation Policy, Shortage of Skilled Labour, New Learning Formats |
| Bioeconomy, Bio-based products | Biotechnological Production Systems, Special Biotechnological Processes, Biomanufacturing |
| Defossilization of Resource-Intensive Industries | Cement, Steel, Lime Industry: H₂ Utilisation, CO₂ Separation, Industry-specific Solutions, CO2-neutral Production of Basic Chemicals |
