National University of Singapore (NUS), Level 5 Seminar Room, T-Lab Building, 5A Engineering Drive 1 Singapore 117411
12 Dec 2024
10.00am - 11.00am (Registration starts at 9.40am)
NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI) and Frontier Lab
Zarina
6601 1383
z18i@nus.edu.sg
Event Details
About the Talk
The world is moving toward carbon neutrality, and many countries aim to achieve a carbon-neutral society by ~2050. The generation of waste plastic is annually increasing, and the demand for waste plastic recycling is rapidly and globally growing to allow sustainable plastic use. Therefore, rapid and substantial promotion of plastic recycling technology is a global preferential task. I'll talk about the latest trends in plastic production and waste plastic recycling and chemical recycling technologies that have been investigated in my research group. Specifically, I’ll share pyrolytic approaches for recovering chemical feedstock from waste plastics and biomass, the application of pyrolysis-gas chromatography (Py-GC) for the development of pyrolytic recycling processes, and chemical separation technique for copper and polyvinyl chloride coatings from waste thin cables which is a hard-to-recycle waste.
About the Speaker
Dr. Shogo Kumagai is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University. He is working on the Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (Elsevier), which is a leading journal of pyrolysis, as an editor. His academic background covers the development of plastic recycling technologies and applied and analytical pyrolysis of polymeric materials such as plastic, lignocellulosic biomass, and petroleum. He received his Ph.D. from Tohoku University in 2015 and started his current career immediately. He received the JSPS IKUSHI Prize (the best Ph.D. Award in Japan) in 2015, established by an endowment from His Majesty Emperor Emeritus Akihito in the 20th year of his reign. Also, he was selected as one of 100 finalists in the Falling Walls Lab competition 2017 from 3,000+ candidates in 50+ countries. Dr. Kumagai has published 150+ research papers in SCI journals and 30+ reviews and book chapters.
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