An international team with participation of the ITQ, has developed an electrolysis system that allows to obtain hydrogen under pressure more efficiently

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The results can be applied to both the transport sector and the production of chemicals.

The finding facilitates the use and control of renewable electricity through the efficient storage of energy in the form of hydrogen. The production of hydrogen from the electrolysis of water allows the storage of energy on a large scale from renewable energy sources.

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Collaboration scholarships for Master students in Centers of Excellence “Severo Ochoa”. Term June 15

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The call for collaboration scholarships for Master students has been opened in accredited institutes such as the “Severo Ochoa” Centers of Excellence and the “María de Maeztu” Units of Excellence of the CSIC.

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The registration period for the Master’s Degree in Sustainable Chemistry has been opened

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The Master’s Degree in Sustainable Chemistry aims to ensure that students are able to develop new chemical processes that are efficient, economically viable and that are carried out in a way that respects the environment. This will minimize the consumption of energy and raw materials and also reduce the risks associated with the production, handling and use of chemical products necessary for our current life system.

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Professors Roger Kornberg and Michael Levitt, winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, visited the ITQ facilities yesterday

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On the occasion of los Premios Rei Jaume, professors Roger Kornberg and Michael Levitt, winners of the Nobel Prizes in Chemistry 2006 and 2013 respectively, visited the ITQ. The event began with a presentation of the institute by its director, Prof. Fernando Rey, and the two members of the center who won the Jaime I Award for New Technologies in previous years, Prof. Avelino Corma (2000) and Prof Hermenegildo García (2016). We also have the presence of Prof. Jaime Primo on behalf of Professor D. Eduardo Primo (Jaime I Award for New Technologies 2001). On behalf of the Universitat Politècnica de València, Prof José Capilla, Vicerrector de Investigación, Innovación y Transferencia, accompanied us in this event

“The idea, when the Institute started, was that we wanted to generate good fundamental research, but at the same time, we wanted to transfer whatever knowledge we could develop to the productive system. With the subject that we selected to start, we had to build a multidisciplinary team. We needed it. “Prof. Avelino Corma summarized the origin of the ITQ.

The presentation of the center was followed by a colloquium between the center’s scientific staff and the two Nobel Prize winners, where topics such as the future of computational chemistry or the analysis of biological structures were addressed by tomographic electron microscopy techniques. Finally, Professors Kornberg and Levitt made a visit to the center’s facilities, accompanied by professors Corma and Rey.

On the occasion of Premios Rey Jaime I, Professor Roger Kornberg and Professor Michael Levitt, Nobel Prizes in Chemistry will visit the ITQ

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On the occasion of the Rey Jaime I Prizes, Professor Roger Kornberg (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006) and Professor Michael Levitt (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013) will visit the ITQ facilities on Monday, June 3, 2019

 

Kick-off meeting of H2020 project eCOCO2 in Valencia, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, UPV. Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 of May

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A great Kick-off, excellent participation and interesting discussions as a start point for this project!

The eCOCO2 (Direct electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 into chemical energy carriers in a co-ionic membrane reactor) kick-off meeting is held on May 21th-22nd 2019, at UPV in Valencia (Spain).

The meeting is attended by representative of all project partners, members of the advisory board and by a representative of the European Commission (EC). The consortium comprises reference international research and academic centers and leader European companies.
The Agenda led by the project coordinator Jose M. Serra (CSIC) includes the partners and Advisory Board (AB) members´ presentation, H2020 rules and reporting aspects, WPs presentation and parallel work groups to define quantifiable goals and plans.

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ITQ researchers participate in the Pint of Science International Scientific Festival. May 20 and 21

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ITQ researchers participate in the Pint of Science International Scientific Festival on May 20, in the session “El futur de l’energia: de gasos i aigua”, María Balaguer, Julio García and Sonia Remiro will talk about the reuse of CO2 and the use of hydrogen as fuel. And on May 21, in the session “Women scientists and the history of the universe”, Jose Luis Jordá will show us a review of the role that women have played in science throughout history.

Program:

https://pintofscience.es/events/valencia

Valencia will hold the 3rd DNA Damage and Repair workshop (DNADNR) on September 25-26th 2019

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All the information is available at http://dnadnr.uv.es/

Workshop limited to 50 participants

  • Registration is free. Registration deadline: July, 15th, 2019
  • Abstract submission deadline: June, 15th, 2019.
  • Lectures will take place in Centre Cultural La Nau
  • Any question? Just send us an email to: Vicente.Perez@uv.es

ITQ researchers take part in the european project REDIFUEL which aims to produce a new generation of biogenic liquid fuels. April 8

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ITQ researchers take part in the REDIFUEL project.

ITQ researchers, in cooperation with other academic institutions, Max Planck Society (Germany), Technical University of Aachen (Germany), Free University of Brussels (Belgium), the Technological Institute VTT (Finland), the Technological Institute OWI (Germany) and the companies FEV (Germany), Uniresearch (The Netherlands), Neste (Finland), MOL (Hungary), INERATEC (Germany) and TEC4FUELS (Germany), participate in the project REDIFUEL.

The major goal of the project is to develop and demonstrate a process for the production of 100% drop-in and biogenic diesel fuels from a wide variety of biomass feedstocks, including wastes. The new biofuels would have a composition enriched in high-cetane oxygenate compounds. Such oxygenate content is expected to confer them with rather unique combustion properties which should enable a significant reduction in the soot and NOx emissions from cargo road transport. ITQ researches, coordinated by Dr. Gonzalo Prieto, contribute to the development of innovative catalytic processes geared at the conversion of biosyngas streams into synthetic hydrocarbons with unconventional compositions, as required to achieve the project’s goal.

Mor information:
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/218224/factsheet/en

Project’s website: http://redifuel.eu/

 

Offer of internships for students of chemical engineering. Application before April 20

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Offer of research practices in chemical engineering for students

Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ, UPV-CSIC) of Valencia and Cátedra de Empresa AINIA de la UPV.

INFORMATION: Candidate is sought to perform research practices in chemistry within a project in collaboration with the Cátedra de Empresa AINIA de la UPV. The duration of the practices will be 4 months (400 hours). Remuneration: 450 euros gross monthly. Start date: negotiable, as soon as possible.

REQUIREMENTS AND PROFILE OF THE CANDIDATE: Student of Degree in Chemical Engineering (ETSII or EPSA). Previous experience in research and laboratory, as well as languages.

APPLICATIONS: Interested can send CV to Dr. Jose Luis Jordá to the following address: jjorda@itq.upv.es, before April 20, 2019.