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The production of a methane rich gas that is interchangeable with natural gas has again become prominent as it can be easily transported in already existing natural gas pipelines and used in high efficient and mature end-use technologies such as compressed natural gas vehicles. In addition, it offers benefits in terms of energy security, climate change and economic development. Biomass derived natural gas (synthetic or renewable natural gas, RNG) from our domestic resources could provide ~16% of the current natural gas demand in Canada. It has been projected that ~21 million tonnes of RNG per year could be produced in Canada (Quebec 4.5 MtRNG/yr). The associated reduction in greenhouse gas emissions has been estimated with 90 million tonnes of CO2 per year for Canada and 23 MtCO2/yr for Quebec. This presentation by Dr. Jan Kopyscinski, will discuss how renewable natural gas is produced and what challenges this process entails. In detail, the talk will focus on chemical engineering aspects such advance laboratory reactor concepts to study reaction kinetics and hydrodynamics effects that influence the process.

Jan Kopyscinski is an Assistant Professor at McGill’s Department of Chemical Engineering, where his research is focused on Catalytic Process Engineering for Sustainable Energy Systems. In detail, his research ranges from investigating detailed catalyzed reaction mechanisms, kinetic modeling to reactor and process development. Prior to joining McGill University in January 2014, Dr. Kopyscinski spent four years as a postdoc at University of Toronto and Calgary.  During that time, we worked on catalyzed gasification of coal, petroleum coke and biomass. He received his Doctor of Science (Dr.Sc.) in Chemical Engineering and Catalysis from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) in 2010. From 2006 to 2010, Jan Kopyscinski was also a research associate at the Paul-Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland, where he focused on catalyzed methanation in a fluidized bed reactor, kinetic experiments and modeling, and the design of a pilot plant for the production of 1MW (100 m3/h) synthetic natural gas from biomass. In 2005, he graduated as Diplom-Engineer (equivalent to MSc.) from the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU Cottbus) in Germany.