When: 5 – 7 May 2025
Where: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
TheĀ decarbonizationĀ andĀ defossilizationĀ 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 chemistsĀ Franz FischerĀ andĀ Hans TropschĀ patented a process that 100 years later provides a major contribution to address this challenge andĀ 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: theĀ āFischer-Tropsch Synthesisā was born.Ā The CO/H2Ā 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 āPower-to-Xā pathways to fuels for mobility in hard to electrify sectors and to feedstocks for the chemical industry.
The conference will reflect theĀ 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 theĀ societal and environmental prospects of the Fischer-Tropsch Process for sustainable energy systems.
For more information visit – https://dechema.de/en/Fischer_Tropsch_Process_2025.html