CO2 and CO as Feedstock

​Dr. Manfred Kircher, freelance consultant (KADIB - Kircher Advice in Bioeconomy), Member of the Board of BioBall e.V. (Bioeconomy in Metropolitan Regions) and Chairman of the Advisory Board of CLIB-Cluster e.V. (Cluster Industrial Biotechnology)Dr. Thomas Schwarz (†) , Chief Scientific Officer of bitop AG and Chairman of the Board of CLIB-Cluster e.V. (Cluster Industrial Biotechnology)

• CO2 and CO: sustainable carbon sources for circular value creation.- CO2: Sources and volumes.- Conventional processes for hydrogen production.- Alternative biological and biotechnological processes for hydrogen production.- Production of synthesis gas.- Chemical-catalytic conversion of CO2 and CO.- Microbial processes: Biocatalytic conversion.- Microbial processes for the conversion of CO2 und CO.- Microbial processes: Current developments in gas fermentation.- Microbial processes: Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from CO2.- Microbial processes: Photosynthetic microalgae.- Challenges in down streaming from chemical and biotechnological processes.- Utilization of C1 gas streams from steelworks.- Utilization of C1 gas streams from cement plants.- Utilization of C1 gas streams form power plants.- Utilization of C1 gas streams from chemical processes.- Utilization of C1 gas streams from bioprocesses including biogas plants.- Utilization of residuals and C1 gas streams: Organic waste, sludge and agricultural residuals.- Utilization of residuals and C1 gas streams: Pyrolysis process of Concord Blue.- Utilization of residuals and C1 gas streams: CO2 sources in agriculture.- Recycling CO2 from waste incineration closes carbon cycles.- Utilization of C1 gases: Impact on  sustainability.- Regional Development.- Utilization of C1 gases: The regulatory framework.- R&D&I and industry examples: Challenges and opportunities in scaling up.- R&D&I and industry examples: Covestro’s Dream Production.- R&D&I and industry examples: LanzaTech’s gas fermentation.- R&D&I and industry examples: The CCU project Carbon2Chem.- R&D&I and industry examples: The CO2 electrorefinery - a new concept for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and utilization (CCU).-R&D&I and industry examples: The vision of b.fab GmbH.-  R&D&I and industry examples: Industrial gases as a carbon source for terpene production.- ZeroCarbFP: A two-step microbial conversion of CO2-rich off-gas into valuable products.- Introduction.- R&D&I and industry examples: Ineratec’s  ICO2CHEM project to utilize CO2.- Piloting, scale-up, and demonstration.- Final evaluation and summary.