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Conversion of Carbon Carriers

Carbon is chemically a very special atom, it has the ability to form complex molecules and has the greatest variety of chemical compounds of all chemical elements. This property makes carbon and its compounds the basis of life on earth and a major component of our everyday life.

The major industrialized nations today face the challenge of achieving CO₂ neutrality across all sectors of the economy in the next two decades. In this context, carbon compounds are the basis for a wide range of products such as medicines, clothing, paints or plastic parts.
At present, the generation processes are based for the absolute majority on fossil fuels. When these products are consumed and subsequently incinerated as waste, the carbon bound up to that point is released into the atmosphere as CO₂.

In the future, we want to close carbon cycles by processing biomasses, sewage sludge, residual materials and CO₂ from industrial processes or the atmosphere and synthesizing them with hydrogen from renewable energies to create CO₂-neutral products.

Research into processing and drying, gas processing and synthesis had its beginnings in Germany more than 100 years ago; in addition to coal as a feedstock, there were repeated attempts to use renewable energy sources.

We combine this knowledge and new research on the conversion of carbon carriers to scientifically support the switch from carbon from fossil to renewable sources. To this end, we organize the C³ - Conversion of Carbon Carriers conference every two years.

Your Contact to the DGMK Office

Dr. Gesa Netzeband

Head of the Conversion of Carbon Carriers Department

Ines Musekamp

Coordination Conversion of Carbon Carriers

Boards and Committees

Technical Committees

Head of Division

Tilman Bechthold

RWE Power AG
Essen

Members

Prof. Dr. Frank Behrendt

Deputy Chairman of the DNK and Member of the WPC-Congress Programme Committee

Technische Universität Berlin
Institut für Energietechnik
Berlin

Dr. Michael Bender

BASF SE
Ludwigshafen

Dr. Karsten Büker

thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
Dortmund

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Epple

Technische Universität Darmstadt
Institut Energiesysteme und Energietechnik
Darmstadt

Dr.-Ing. Steffen Krzack

TU Bergakademie Freiberg Institut für Energie­­verfahrens­­technik und Chemie­­ingenieur­­wesen
Freiberg

Dr. Matthias Müller-Hagedorn

AIR LIQUIDE Forschung und Entwicklung GmbH
Frankfurt

Events

The Division Management and the Carbon Conversion Committee organise a public technical-scientific symposium and a workshop for members and invited guests every year.