郑州大学化工学院邀请加拿大工程院院士、加拿大工程研究院院士、加拿大Western University教授，替代资源能源化工研究所副所长徐春保教授做学术讲座，欢迎广大师生积极参加。

报告题目：Advanced Biorefinery-Towards Net-Zero Emission & Hydrogen-/Bio-economy（生物精炼-迈向净零排放和氢/生物经济）

时间：2023年03月17日（周五）下午15：00

地点：化工学院四楼报告厅

报告摘要

Bioresources are plant-based materials, e.g., wood, microalgae, energy crops and agricultural/forestry biomass/residues, as well as organic wastes from industry, farms and household. Bioresources play a key role in capturing and storing solar energy on the earth. It has been estimated that globally 8500 EJ (×1018 Joules) of solar energy is captured/stored by nature in bioresources each year, contributing to fixing about 220 billion tons of carbon per year (GtC/year), which is about 15 times of world currently total energy consumption (580 EJ). Bioresources have been used by humans to produce bioenergy (fuels, heat or electricity) and bioproducts (bio-based chemicals and materials). It was predicted that globally 50% of chemicals and materials will be produced from renewable bioresources by 2050. As per the IEA's Net Zero Emission (NZE) by 2050 scenario, the conversional bioenergy (e.g., heat and electricity generation from biomass by combustion) is to phase out by 2030, while the share of modern bioenergy, e.g., production of 2nd or 3rd generation biofuels (methanol, F-T biofuel, “drop-in” biofuels and sustainable aviation fuels, renewable natural gas, renewable/green hydrogen, etc.) in the total energy supply is expected to increase from 6.6% in 2020 to 13.1% in 2030 and 18.7% in 2050. The production and uses of hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels will be increased drastically, particularly in heavy industry (steel and aluminum sectors, as a reducing agent to substitute coke/coal) and long-distance transport. Driven by sustainability, energy security and NZE targets, many countries (including EU countries, USA, Canada, China, Japan, etc.) are developing clean hydrogen strategies/programs and implementing various types of carbon prices/taxes. In this research talk, my past contributions in production of bio-based chemicals and materials (e.g., catalytic conversion of sugars to HMF-FDCA; biorefining agricultural/forestry biomass into bio-based chemicals/materials; commercialization of technologies) and in production of hydrogen are summarized. In addition, my future research on development of advanced biorefinery (co-production of renewable hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuels and green chemicals from bioresources) and advanced hydrogen storage materials (In particular, liquid hydrogen carriers: formic acid and ammonia) will be introduced.

      徐春保院士简介

Chunbao Charles Xu (徐春保)教授，1971年9月出生于江西省，现为加拿大工程院院士、加拿大工程研究院院士、加拿大西安大略大学化工系终身教授,曾任加拿大国家级工业讲座教授和林业生物炼制首席科学家。长期从事生物质转化技术、生物质能源、生物基化学品与材料开发利用研究，坚持理论研究与应用实践并重，重视科研成果的转化应用。在国际知名学术期刊发表论文280余篇，被引用16000余次，H因子69。主编学术著作3部；合著20部专著；授权/申请国外发明专利近20项。先后获得日本能源学会优秀青年科学家奖（1999）、加拿大化学工程学会Syncrude加拿大创新奖（2011）及工业设计和实践奖（2019）、加拿大新枫采创业奖等荣誉。应邀在国际学术会议上做大会特邀报告及主旨报告20余次。曾任丹麦奥尔堡大学讲座教授，新西兰University of Canterbury客座教授，2019年-2023年任郑州大学客座教授。