MPI Colloquia Series Prof. Michael Shoham Patrascu, Technion, Haifa, Israel: CANCELLED

Unfortunately, Prof. Michael Patrascu will be unable to join us for his presentation. We hope to reschedule the talk as soon as possible and keep you updated.

The Max Planck Institute Magdeburg invites you to its series of colloquia.
Top-class scientists, from notable German and worldwide research institutions, give a survey of their research work.

Everybody who is interested, is invited to attend.

Einwahl per Zoom: https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/7302508065

Abstract

Process intensification (PI) has the potential to break the traditional chemical industry paradigm of ‘economy-of-scale’, by creating economic value even at low scales. Implementation of mature PI technologies together with other economic benefits of decentralized production (such as cheaper, simpler, and more efficient distribution and storage systems) may lead to a very different mode of production for some basic chemicals and fuels.
Membrane reactors are reactive separation units where reaction and separation by a membrane are integrated to intensify a chemical process. In this talk I will describe our efforts to understand and develop novel processess based on membrane reactors for hydrogen production and for CO2 utilization. Pd membranes are used in membrane reactors for decentralized pure hydrogen production. In-situ steam separation by zeolitic (e.g. LTA) or carbon membranes is a promising concept enabling the development of novel CO2 utilization routes where water are formed as a byproduct. The methods we use to study and develop such systems span from modelling molecular level interactions, through unit-scale modeling up to plant-wide simulations. I will also discuss some of our experimental techniques and systems used for the study of membrane reactors.

Über den Sprecher (Google-Scholar)

Michael Patrascu promovierte 2015 in Chemieingenieurwesen am Technion. Er hat den Process Intensification Excellence Award der European Federation of Chemical Engineering für seine Dissertation über die verkleinerte Wasserstoffproduktion in Pd-Membranreaktoren gewonnen. In seiner Postdoc-Arbeit am MIT (2015-2017) hat Michael dynamische Optimierungstechniken entwickelt und demonstriert, die im Bereich der kontinuierlichen Herstellung von Arzneimitteln angewendet werden. Später verbrachte Michael drei Jahre als leitender Forscher im F&E-Zentrum von ExxonMobil, NJ, USA, wo er unter anderem neuartige GTL-Prozesse und OSN-Membrantrennungen entwickelte. Seit 2020 ist Michael als Leiter des Labors für Prozessintensivierung und Reaktionstechnik an der Fakultät für Chemieingenieurwesen am Technion in Israel tätig. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt auf Membranreaktoren für die Wasserstofferzeugung und CO2-Nutzung, Prozessdynamik und -optimierung sowie katalytischen On-Board-Reaktoren.