美国哥伦比亚大学Marco J. Castaldi教授学术报告通知

哥伦比亚大学地球环境工程系副教授Marco J. Castaldi教授受岑可法院士邀请，于2010年5月24日访问浙江大学能源清洁利用国家重点实验室，本次访问得到了111计划项目支持。Castaldi教授将于2010年6月3日上午进行一场学术报告，欢迎感兴趣的老师和同学参加。

报告题目：Landfill gas to energy - low energy fuels upgrading

Abstract: This first lecture will be on investigating the suitability of landfill gas (LFG) as an alternative fuel for a spark ignition (SI) internal combustion (IC) engine, and experimentally determine the effects of carbon dioxide on the engine performance and exhaust emissions.  The LFG will be reformed using a precious metal monolith supported catalyst, for a variety of different applications such as synthesis gas for fuel cells, direct heating, or Fischer Tropsch gas to liquids technology without coke formation.  It will cover the use of catalytic technology to convert CH₄ and CO₂ to CO and H2.  Particular attention will be given to the combustion performance with the addition of H2 compared to H2 and CO. This type of process is applicable to all syngas generation systems such as gasification, reforming and partial oxidation.

报告时间：2010年6月3日（星期四）上午9:30-11:00

报告地点：热能工程研究所231会议室

附：Marco J. Castaldi教授简介

Assistant Professor, Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University

Research Interests: Reaction engineering for use of biomass and carbon dioxide to produce high value products; Catalytic reaction engineering to upgrade low energy fuels for low carbon energy production; flame chemistry for novel applications of CO2 usage; non-equilibrium catalytic reactions applied to highly selective processes, such as oxidative coupling; coal-biomass reactions; use of CO2 as a diluent in combustion systems.