INMA Impulso: Izumi Kumakiri

On Tuesday 12th March a new session of the INMA Impulso conference series will take place, a series of conferences that aims to bring cutting-edge research closer to society.

The next session entitled: “Exploring inorganic microporous membranes: applications in Sake and Food industries” will be given by Dr. Izumi Kumakiri of Yamaguchi University.

Summary of the talk:

The chemical industry is a significant contributor to CO₂ emissions. As separation processes occupy a significant portion of energy consumption, substituting conventional distillation with membrane separation can drastically reduce the energy utilized by this particular industry.

 

Inorganic microporous membranes represent a relatively new class of membranes, which accelerated developments starting in the early 2000s. For example, A-type zeolite membrane was commercialized by a Japanese company, named Mitusi-ship engineering, based on the method developed at Yamaguchi University.

 

In this talk, we will look into the diverse applications and requirements of such membranes. In addition to the history of zeolite membranes, the current state of the art in development of microporous carbon membranes will be shared.

 

The conference will take place on Tuesday 12 March at 12 noon in the Conference Room of the Edificio I+D+i, University of Zaragoza.