Feature Session
Flue2Chem - INSIGHT SESSION
Time & Location
Thursday: 12.30 to 13.00, Stage 3
Hosted by BASF plc
About this presentation
If we are to deliver net zero, in addition to replacing our current main source of energy, we will need to move away from the use of fossil carbon feedstocks for the wide variety of supply chains that depend on chemistry. These currently use about 2.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.
Flue2Chem is a two-year programme made up of 17 businesses, universities and non-governmental organisations and supported by Innovate UK. Its goal is to validate a complete supply chain from flue gases generated by industries such as paper and steel, through the chemical transformations necessary to make appropriate intermediates and their reaction to make a non-ionic surfactants for the home care market, to the formulation and testing of cleaning products using this “non-traditional” source of carbon.
Flue2Chem set out to address this route to non-virgin fossil feedstocks and is now about ¾ of the way though the project. How are we doing?
Speakers – from Flue2Chem consortium:
Hosted by: Tony Heslop, EMEA Regional Lead Sustainability, BASF plc
Sean Rouse: Technology Specialist. Croda Europe Ltd
Jin Xuan: Associate Dean (Research & Innovation). Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences, University of Surrey
Jenny Readman: Business Development Manager. Centre for Process Innovation.
Professor Peter Styring: Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry. Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield
Sam Lowe: Clean Futures Technical Management, Home Care. Unilever
Session Host – Tony Heslop
EMEA Regional Lead Sustainability - BASF plc
Tony Heslop is Senior Sustainability Manager for BASF in the UK and Ireland. He is a Polymer Chemist by training and has worked in the chemical industry all his working life. His current role involves helping to support colleagues, customers, and other stakeholders to understand sustainability trends and drivers and find solutions to their problems. This is done by bringing an expert insight into the corporate sustainability strategy of BASF, the world’s largest chemical company.
Sean Rouse
Technology Specialist - Croda Europe Ltd
Jin Xuan
Associate Dean (Research & Innovation). Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences, University of Surrey
Jenny Readman
Business Development Manager. Centre for Process Innovation
Professor Peter Styring
Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry. Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield
Sam Lowe
Clean Futures Technical Management, Home Care - Unilever