The decarbonization and defossilization of the global energy system requires an effective interface between electricity as the primary form of energy with molecular energy carriers and chemical products. In July 1925, the two chemists Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch patented a process that 100 years later provides a major contribution to address this challenge and holds tremendous opportunities still for innovation.
Their fundamental research revealed that a mixture of the gases carbon monoxide and hydrogen could be transformed over suitable catalysts into liquid and solid hydrocarbons: the “Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis” was born. The CO/H2 gas mixture known as syngas can be generated from virtually any source of carbon and hydrogen, and the process had a multifaceted history using coal or natural gas as alternative to crude oil. Today, the prospect is to generate syngas from biomass or from CO2 and water with electricity from carbon-free technologies, opening “Power-to-X” pathways to fuels for mobility in hard to electrify sectors and to feedstocks for the chemical industry.
The conference will reflect the most recent developments in technology and application, and highlight fundamental progress in the understanding and improvement of the catalytic reaction. The scientific program will be placed in the context of the historical development and feature platforms to discuss the societal and environmental prospects of the Fischer-Tropsch Process for sustainable energy systems.
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Michael Claeys, University of Cape Town (UCT)/SA |
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Andreas Förster, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt am Main/D |
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Walter Leitner, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC), Mülheim an der Ruhr/D |
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Unni Olsbye, University of Oslo/N |
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Gonzalo Prieto, ITQ Institute for Chemical Technology (CSIC-UPV), Valencia/ES |
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Ferdi Schüth, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr/D |
You are cordially invited to contribute to the scientific programme with a lecture or poster.
We look forward to your contributions from research institutions, universities, and industry. New work that is not yet completed, recently started or in the planning stage can also be presented.
The selection of the contributions will be based on the review of the abstracts by the scientific committee. Accepted abstracts will be published for all conference participants in a book of abstracts (PDF file).
The congress language is English.
Please note: Registration fee cannot be waived for authors.
Our support packages give institutions and companies the opportunity to make the conference more attractive to the Fischer-Tropsch community while increasing their own reach. Thanks to the support packages, the participation fees can be kept as favourable as possible, especially for students. We expect approx. 200 national and international delegates. At our 100-year anniversary you can connect with decision makers from both research and industry. Additionally, extensive pre-conference publicity will promote your organisation to the widest possible audience.
If you are interested, please contact Kristina Böhlandt-Brandes by telephone or e-mail.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.
Kristina Böhlandt-Brandes - DECHEMA e.V. | Conferences and Committee Support
The two Max Planck Institutes at the Mülheim Chemistry Campus – MPI für Kohlenforschung and MPI for Chemical Energy Conversion - have teamed up with the SynGas Convention conference from Cape Town, South Africa, and with DECHEMA for a scientific celebration of this landmark discovery at the birthplace of the invention in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
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