ITQ Severo Ochoa Lecture «Use of zeolites in catalysis of lower alcohol/ether reactions: challenges and perspectives»

El jueves 20 de junio a las 12h el Salón de Actos del ITQ (UPV-CSIC) acogerá el ITQ Severo Ochoa Lecture «Use of zeolites in catalysis of lower alcohol/ether reactions: challenges and perspectives». Impartirá la ponencia el profesor Girolamo Giordano, CECaSP Laboratory, Department of Environmental  Engineering (University of Calabria).

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Because of the increasing demand of de-fossilized resources, non-traditional carbon-based feedstocks could represent a strategic answer to global fuel and chemicals demand. In this context, ethanol and methanol are relevant platform molecules as they can be derived from CO2 recycling processes, and the conversion of these simple alcohols into chemicals and fuel, such as ethers or light olefins, could play a significant role in the energy transition and sustainability strategies. Most work in dedicated literature is focused to the study of pure alcohols reaction and, on the contrary, the research in simultaneous alcohols conversion remains almost unexplored. In this seminar, the main challenges of reactions involving lower alcohols/ethers are discussed, with particular focus on the role played by zeolites in both alcohols synthesis and conversions to ethers. Recent results about the simultaneous alcohols conversion are also presented.