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The Queen Mary Carbon Capture and Storage Minisymposium

Metal production, ammonia production, cement - these industries can be decarbonized using geological storage. But we, the chemical engineers, should first solve all the issues! (snapshot from doi 10.2139/ssrn.5472887)

Date:	Tuesday 31 March 2026 14:00 - 16:00
Location:	IQ Court East 1.04, Mile End Campus (link to join online below)

Join engineers from Shell and RWE leading large decarbonization projects and QM students doing projects on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) – five presentations dedicated to one route to tackling the climate crisis.

Date: 31 March, 14:00-16:00
Place: IQ Court East 1.04, Mile End Campus
Or join online: MS Teams link - click here

Programme:

14:00-14:20 Introductions

14:40-15:00 CCS hub projects - pipeline corrosion and specifications for the purity of CCS streams
Hans Sonke, Shell (online)

15:00-15:20 Cement plant decarbonization - distillation CCS
team KJW Cement, Queen Mary

15:20-15:40 Gas plant decarbonization - solvent CCS
team Gas Girlies, Queen Mary

15:40-16:00 Cement plant decarbonization - oxocombustion
team Cement Crew, Queen Mary

14:20-14:40 The Staythorpe CCS project
Jamie Hopkins, RWE