FOCUSED SESSION 2: Novel Ceramic Materials and Integrated Approaches for Industrial Decarbonization

Decarbonizing high-temperature and chemically intensive industries requires new systems and components incorporating ceramic materials that operate under aggressive environments while enabling carbon-managed process routes. This focused session will provide a platform for advances in ceramic membranes, catalysts, sorbents, coatings, reactors, heat-management and heat storage components, innovative solid-state energy production or conversion devices, and integrated process concepts that support industrial decarbonization, zero-emission operation, and carbon-negative pathways. The session is intentionally centered on hard-to-abate process technologies, where ceramics create unique value at the interface between materials, components, and process intensification. 

Proposed Session Topics  

• Ceramic technologies for hard-to-abate industrial sectors 

• Advanced ceramic membranes: Applications and membrane reactors 

• Catalytic and multifunctional ceramic systems for carbon-managed processes 

• Ceramic components for electrified process heat and energy storage 

• Scale-up, durability, and system integration 

• System integration and deployment of ceramic process technologies 

Symposium Organizers 

• Charles Lewinsohn, Rational Solutions, LLC, USA 

• Marta Boaro, Universita di Udine, Italy 

• Federico Smeacetto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy 

• Alexander Michaelis, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems, Germany 

• Takashi Makino, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan 

Points of Contact 

• Charles Lewinsohn; clewinsohn@rationalsolutions.tech 

• Marta Boaro; marta.boaro@uniud.it