OCMOL Project Conference on 'Chemical Reaction Engineering for Methane Valorization' in Munich, Germany

As the global energy demand and crude oil price rise, alternative production routes for the same hydrocarbon products are becoming more and more economically attractive. In this respect, synthetic fuels created from natural gas offer now an alternative to the traditional fuel supply mix.

Unfortunately, approximately one third of the world’s natural gas reserves are considered stranded and, hence, remain unexploited so far. Today, the established processes for natural gas transformation into synthetic fuels, i.e. natural gas liquefaction and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, require large investments which are prohibitive for the exploitation of small natural gas reservoirs.

The OCMOL project aims at developing an innovative chemical route adapted to the exploitation of small gas reservoirs from both a technical and an economic point of view. The corresponding process is, among others, based on oxidative coupling of methane followed by its subsequent oligomerization to liquids.

This conference is for (Junior) Scientists with a background in chemistry or chemical engineering sharing a common interest in reaction kinetics, catalysis and reactor design will find a unique opportunity in this colloquium to get in touch with experts in the field of methane valorization.
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Venue
Technical University Munich
Lichtenbergstrasse 4
85748 Garching (Germany)


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Confirmed Speakers
Claude Mirodatos (IRCELyon, France)
Enrico Tronconi (Polimi, Italy)
Anders Holmen (NTNU, Norway)
Johannes Lercher (TUM, Munich)
Ganpiero Groppi (Polimi, Italy)

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Travel information reaching Garching (Munich)
by plane

Munich (Franz Josef Strauss airport) can be easily reached by a direct flight from all major European airports. From the airport a taxi can readily bring you to the venue.
In case you'd like to rent a car, you'll have to follow the motor way A92 to direction 'Munchen', take exit 'Freising-Sud', follow B11 en route to 'Munchen', approx. 2 km after 'Dietersheim', turn left, follow directions to "Forschungsinstitut"
You can also opt for public transport: option 1 is to take suburban train line S8 to 'Ismaning', change for bus 230 to 'Garching Forschungszentrum' while option 2 is to take suburban train line S1 to 'Neufahrn', change for bus 690 to 'Garching Forschungszentrum'

by car
When travelling by car from the north one should follow motorway A9, Munich-Nuremberg 'Munchen-Nurnberg'; exit 'Garching-Nord' and follow directions to "Forschungsinstitut'

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Hotel information
Two recommended hotels are:

Hotel Konig Ludwig II in the centre of Garching: http://www.hkl.de/index_e.html(opens in new window)
ETAP Hotel Garching Hochbruck slightly remote from Garching Centre, next to the Allianz Arena: http://www.etaphotel.com/gb/hotel-3089-etap-hotel-muenchen-nord-garching/index.shtml(opens in new window)

Both hotels are located near to a stop of the metro line to the venue.

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Contact info

Scientific information: Joris Thybaut (Joris.Thybaut@UGent.be)
Scientific information: Andre Van Veen (Andre.VanVeen@TUM.de)
Administrative information: Petra Vereecken (Petra.Vereecken@UGent.be)For more information: http://www.ocmol.eu(opens in new window)
http://www.ocmol.eu/fileadmin/templates/template1/images/PDF/firstcircularCCRE2011.pdf(opens in new window)