Designing Catalysts for Biofuels and Biochemicals Production

LEVEL : BEGINNER    HRDF : CLAIMABLE

 Trainer: ASSOC. PROF. DR ANITA RAMLI

 

WHEN

9 - 10 SEPTEMBER 2021

 

WHERE

MS TEAMS (ONLINE)

 

TIME

9.00AM - 1.00PM

 

RM 420 FOR PROFESSIONALS

10% Discount for Early Bird (until 5 July 2021) / Group / Students

COURSE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Green chemistry is an approach to maximise efficiency and minimize hazardous effects to human health and environment. The twelve Principles of Green Chemistry should be the guiding principles in production of renewable fuel and chemicals. The selective transformation of renewable feedstock to fuel and chemicals requires the use of a suitable catalyst formulation. Before the catalyst formulation could be designed, the characteristics of the feedstock should be understood which would be the basis in the design of the catalyst. Once catalyst has been designed, it is crucial to determine its physicochemical properties so that they could be correlated to the catalytic performance. This course will share the insights in designing catalyst for production of renewable fuel and chemicals using specific case studies. 

COURSE CONTENT

  • Introduction to renewable fuel and platform chemicals.
  • Feedstock required and its characteristics.
  • Key characteristics of catalysts required.
  • Designing the catalyst.
  • Physicochemical properties of the catalyst.


WHO SHOULD JOIN US TO :

  • Researchers, postgraduate students interested to learn about catalysts for production of renewable fuel and chemicals.


OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand about renewable fuel and chemicals.
  • Understand the properties of feedstock required for production of renewable fuel and chemicals.

  • Understand the physicochemical properties of catalyst required for production of renewable fuel and chemicals.





OUR TRAINERS



1. Associate Professor Dr. Anita Ramli

Dr Anita receives PhD in Chemistry from University of Reading, United Kingdom in 1996 where she developed a catalyst system for removal of nitric oxide from natural gas vehicle exhausts. Since then, she has developed numerous catalysts formulations for catalytic cracking of solid wastes to liquid fuel, selective ammoxidation of propane to acrylonitrile, steam gasification of palm kernel shell to biohydrogen, hydrogenolysis of glycerol to propanediol, hydrodeoxygenation of low-grade oil to green diesel, selective oxidation of lignocellulosic biomass to vanillin and catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to 5-hydroxymethyl furfural, a platform chemical. The highlight of her research was in development of bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for simultaneous esterification-transesterification of low-grade oil to biodiesel where the patent was selected as one of the finalists for Anugerah Harta Intelek Negara 2013.


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REGISTRATION FEES

      Professionals       

myr420

*fee quoted does not include SST, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable)

Early bird/ group/ student

myr378

*fee quoted does not include SST, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable)

OUR LOCATION

Centre for Advanced & Professional Education (CAPE)

 Level 16, Menara 2, Menara Kembar Bank Rakyat, 50470, Jalan Travers, Kuala Lumpur.

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+605 - 368 7558 /

+605 - 368 8485

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