SusChEM: Workshop on Supercritical Fluids and Energy, Brazil, October 2013

该奖项由国际和综合活动办公室共同资助。 本次超临界流体和能源研讨会的主要目的是创造一个独特的机会，（1）审查超临界流体科学和技术的现状，以评估其未来的潜在用途和在与能源有关的各个领域的影响;（2）评估阻碍大规模实施的瓶颈，并帮助制定建议，以促进从实验室到工业实践的转变;（3）确定未来的研究需求，促进国际合作研究努力;（4）建立一个平台，直接吸引未来一代的研究人员，并为他们提供与该领域现任领导者密切互动并建立国际网络的机会。该研讨会打算吸引约25-30名领先的专家作为小组成员，他们将提供关于未来方向的合理和知情的观点，以及超临界流体科学和技术在能源的几个关键领域可以发挥的作用。这些措施包括：（a）将生物量转化为燃料和开发生物精炼厂;（B）超临界流体作为发电和制冷循环的工作流体;（c）超临界流体用于开发或加工影响能源效率的材料，如导热率低的多孔绝缘材料或燃料电池膜;和（d）超临界流体作为绿色化学和可持续技术（如废物最小化）的良性溶剂，研讨会还打算邀请50 - 60名可能成为未来领导者的年轻科学家参加研讨会。讲习班将成为新的合作努力和可能的多国研究倡议的核心。研讨会将由Erdogan Kiran（美国弗吉尼亚理工大学）和Angela Meireles（巴西坎皮纳斯大学）共同主持。讲习班将在巴西圣保罗的坎皮纳斯大学举行。巴西在生物基替代燃料方面处于领先地位，因此是解决能源中心问题的天然地点。Flavio C.博士来自巴西石油公司的阿尔伯克基将担任当地组委会的工业代表。巴西在利用超临界流体加工生物基材料领域也非常活跃，并将提供一个平台，以研究将台式研究成果转化为工业实施的局限性。

This award is being co-funded by the Office of International and Integrated Activities. The primary objective of this workshop on Supercritical Fluids and Energy is to create a unique opportunity to (1) Review the state of Supercritical Fluid Science and Technology to assess its future potential utilizations and impact in various areas pertaining to energy; (2) Assess the bottlenecks that are hindering advances towards large scale implementations and help develop recommendations to facilitate transformation from laboratory to industrial practice; (3) Identify future research needs and promote international collaborative research efforts; (4) and Create a platform to directly engage future generation of researchers, and give them the opportunity to interact closely with the current leaders in the field and build their international networking.The workshop intends to bring about 25-30 leading experts as panel members who will provide sound and informed perspectives on the future directions and the role Supercritical Fluids Science and Technology can play in several key areas on energy. These will include: (a) Conversion of biomass to fuels and development of bio-refineries; (b) Supercritical fluids as working fluids in power generation and refrigeration cycles; (c) Supercritical fluids in the development or in processing of materials that impact energy efficiency such as porous insulation materials with low thermal conductivity, or membranes for fuel cells; and (d) Supercritical fluids as benign solvents for green chemistry and for sustainable technologies such as waste minimization, carbon capture and storage.The workshop also intends to bring about 50 - 60 young scientists to this workshop who may become the future leaders. The workshop will form a nucleus for new collaborative efforts and possible multi-national research initiatives. The workshop will be co-chaired by Erdogan Kiran (Virginia Tech, USA) and Angela Meireles (University of Campinas, Brazil). The workshop will be held at the University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazil is leading in its activity in bio-based alternative fuels, and as such is a natural location to address the central topic of Energy. Dr. Flavio C. Albuquerque from PETROBRAS, Brazil will be serving as an industrial representative in the local organizing committee. Brazil is also very active in the area of processing of bio-based materials using supercritical fluids, and will provide the platform to look at the limitations in transforming bench-top research findings to industrial implementation.