Wednesday 1 March 2023 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology
About
Speaker: Professor Paul Fennell, Imperial College London
Abstract
With the exception of clean water, concrete is the material that is produced in the greatest volume in the world, but produces around 7 % of mankind’s global CO2 emissions. The production of iron and steel contributes a similar amount of CO2. Professor Fennell will discuss the challenges associated with decarbonisation, and some current work ongoing to develop alternative processes producing the same (or very similar) materials, with radically lower CO2 emissions.