Adolfo Iulianelli

Talk Tilte: Membrane technologies in the decarbonisation of the catalytic H₂ production: from carbon capture to electrification

Abstract:

In the transition from a carbon-based to a sustainable hydrogen economy, the European Clean Hydrogen Partnership agency is promoting research and innovative technologies on decarbonised hydrogen generation by the exploitation of renewable sources, as an alternative to fossil fuels. Membrane reactors may play a strategic role in the field of zero-net strategy, as they constitute an intensified solution presenting several benefits over the conventional processes to generate low impact carbon emissions hydrogen through biogas reforming. This work deals with the recent developments on foam structured membrane reactors to generate decarbonised hydrogen with the intent of meeting the strict targets of the European Clean Hydrogen Partnership. Furthermore, a pioneeristic design and development of an electrically-driven foam structured membrane reactor will be presented, outlining the benefits of an electricity-to-heat (Joule heating) assisted membrane reactor in terms of depletion of collateral CO2 emissions (conventionally due to the fossil fuel combustion heating), and higher energy efficiency, over other competing technologies.

Biographical Sketch

Adolfo Iulianelli, Master Degree in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemical and Material Engineering at the University of Calabria (Italy). Nowadays, he is Senior Researcher at the National Research Council – Institute on Membrane Technology of Italy. He is/was scientific responsible of various scientific projects, focusing on the application of membrane engineering in the field of green chemistry, renewable energy, decarbonized H2 generation, fuel processing, CO2 capture and valorization, gas separation.

Iulianelli is author and co-author of more than 270 scientific products (h-index = 48 (SCOPUS), 50 (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)) as peer reviewed articles, patents, books, chapters book, etc., and has been included since 2020 in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list compiled by Stanford University & Elsevier

Iulianelli serves as Associate Editor of Fuel Processing Technology (Elsevier), co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Membrane Science and Technology (Cosmos), Associate Editor of Frontiers of Chemical Engineering (Frontiers).

Iulianelli delivered several Plenary/Keynote and Invited lectures, serving as Chair/President and Member of numerous Scientific/Organizing Committees in international conferences, workshops and further scientific events.

He is President of the International Agency for Green Energy – Italian Chapter and served as Monitor Expert for the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and as Expert Independent Rapporteur for the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) Iulianelli is qualified as Full Professor in “Chemical plants and technologies” & “Systems, methods and technologies of chemical and process engineering” and is Member of the “Industrial & Civil Engineering Ph.D. board“ at University of Calabria (Italy), supervising several Post-doc researchers, PhD and Master Degree students.