Programme

Moderation: Dr. Jürgen Kintrup, Covestro Deutschland AG, Leverkusen/Germany

10:00

Infoday Opening and Welcome Address

Dr. Kathrin Rübberdt, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt a.M./Germany

ELECTROLYSIS IN 2020 – CHALLENGES & SUSTAINABILITY

10:15

Perspectives for electrolysis in Horizon Europe

• A new future based on renewable energy
• How to change the processes to become both safe and sustainable?
• Future ares of priority for materials and surface coatings

Dr. Soren Bowadt, Deputy Head of Unit Materials for Tomorrow; European Commission, Brussels/Belgium

10:35

Introducing the funding program “Decarbonisation of Industry" (German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety) in the context of electrochemical processes

• Relevance and examples of electrolysis / electrochemical processes in a climate-neutral industry 2050
• Introduction to the new funding program "Decarbonisation of Industry” by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Maximilian Hassatzky, Policy Advisor, Competence Centre on Climate Change Mitigation in Energy-intensive Industries, Cottbus/Germany

10:55

Hydrogen production in a municipal environment

• Electrolytic hydrogen production in the energy industry environment
• Practical experience from five years of power-to-gas plant operation (2015-2020)
• Intelligent interlinking of different business areas in a regional context

Jonas Aichinger, Head of Innovation Management, Mainzer Stadtwerke AG, Mainz/Germany

11:15

Panel Discussion

11:45

Bio break

11:55

Exhibitor Pitches

• Innovative solution for treatment of polluted waste brines with recycling to Electrolysis units, kvt.technology, Graz/Austria
• The technology behind mass production of electrolyzers, VoltaChem/TNO, Delft/The Netherlands
• Your Partner for Corrosion Protection in Plant Engineering, DECHEMA Corrosion Center, Frankfurt a.M./Germany

12:10

Interview:

New electrochemical processes for water treatment

• Wastewater treatment is undergoing a transformation due to changes in regulations
• Removal of highly refractory or toxic anthropogenic contaminants
• New challenge: brine

Dr. Yuliya Schießer, Global Expert Separation Technology, Covestro Deutschland AG, Leverkusen/Germany

Guest moderator: Dr. Thomas Track, Head of Water Technologies, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt a.M./Germany

12:40

Lunch break

ELECTROORGANIC ELECTROLYSIS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

13:10

Rheticus - artificial photosynthesis

• Developing a platform to manufacture chemical products in a profitable and environment-friendly way
• We are developing a flexible system that can provide answers to various questions raised by the energy transition
• RHETICUS smooths the way in industrial application

Dr. Günter Schmid, Principal Key Expert Research Scientist, Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG, Nuremberg/Germany

Anja Hecker, Project Manager / CRE-ST-CS, Science & Technology, Marl/Germany

13:40

Electrosynthesis for making highly value-added chemicals

• Electrification of organic synthesis
• Target: highly value added-compounds
• Electroorganic synthesis needs appropriate downsstream processing

Prof. Dr. Siegfried Waldvogel, Chief Technology Officer, ESy-Labs, Regensburg/Germany

14:00

A roadmap towards a sustainable electromicrobial production

• One-carbon compounds can be made from CO₂ to provide renewable microbial feedstocks
• Methanol and formate have key advantages over gaseous one-carbon feedstocks
• New-to-nature pathways should outperform natural ones

Dr. Charlie Cotton, Chief Scientific Officer, Cambrium GmbH, Berlin/Germany

Prof. Dr. Elias Klemm, Institute Director Institute for Technical Chemistry, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart/Germany

14:30

Panel Discussion

15:00

End of first Infoday

Moderation: Dr. Jürgen Kintrup, Covestro Deutschland AG, Leverkusen/Germany

WATER ELECTROLYSIS: PEM, ALKALINE

10:00

Requirements of the chemical industry on advancements of electrolysis processes for the power system of the future

• research policy requirements
• technological requirements

10:20

Large Scale PEM Electrolysis for Industrial Applications

• Siemens Energy electrolysis technologies
• Requirements for scalability
• Recent R&D and demo activities

10:40

Prospects of alkaline water electrolysis for the coming large scale marked and operation on renewable energy

• Alkaline water electrolysis in the past and today
• Large-scale requirements for alkaline water electrolysis
• Operating large-scale alkaline water electrolysis on renewable energy

11:00

Panel Discussion

11:30

Interview:

The world of surface refinement

Dr. Constanze Donner, Head of Electrochemistry, Chemical and Physical Characterization, Electrochemistry, Atotech Deutschland GmbH, Berlin/Germany

Guest moderator: Dr. Markus Stöckl, Electrochemistry, DECHEMA Forschungsinstitut, Frankfurt a.M./Germany

12:00

Lunch break

CO-ELECTROLYSIS – KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGY?

13:00

Co-Electrolysis – a key enabling technology for Integrated Energy?

• Co-Electrolysis - Principle of Operation
• Co-Electrolysis - Technology Readiness and Scaleability
• Co-Electrolysis - Upstream Sustainable Value Chaines

13:20

Solid Oxide (Co-)Electrolysis: Technology Background and Opportunities 

• Solid Oxide Cells (SOC): materials, conversion principles, stack assembly unit
• Steam and co-electrolysis operation
• Efficiency enhancement utilizing SOC co-electrolysis stacks and modules
• Materials science for electrolysis 

Dr. Mihails Kusnezoff, Fraunhofer IKTS, Dresden/Germany 
Dr. Matthias Jahn, Fraunhofer IKTS, Dresden/Germany

13:50

Panel Discussion

14:20

End of second Infoday