"13th International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors, ICCMR-13," to be held in Houston, TX July 10-13 2017

“第十三届膜反应器催化国际会议，ICCMR-13”将于 2017 年 7 月 10-13 日在德克萨斯州休斯顿举行

• 批准号: 1742961
• 负责人: Benjamin Wilhite
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2017-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742961&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 13th; International; Conference; Catalysis; Membrane

This grant is to provide travel support for US-based academic researchers to attend the 13th International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors, ICCMR-13, to be held in Houston, TX, from July 10 to 13, 2017. The ICCMR-13 will cover the major current research topics in the field of membrane reactors with participants from around the world. The continued development and implementation of membrane reactors has significant societal, economic and environmental impacts. For example, electrochemical membranes (fuel cells) promise direct conversion of hydrocarbon fuels from multiple renewable sources (e.g., biomass) or net-zero carbon fuel cycles (e.g., those based upon ammonia, methanol) thus avoiding the Carnot-cycle limit on thermal efficiency inherent to combustion-based power systems. Hydrogen and/or oxygen-permeable membranes promise the ability to efficiently manipulate a broad range of industrial chemistries in order to minimize waste and associated energy costs related to product separation and recycle. Biological and enzymatic membranes, alongside more conventional catalytic membrane reactors, provide low-energy pathways to water purification. This is the first time that this biennial international conference will be held in the United States, thus providing a uniquely valuable opportunity for US researchers, students and young investigators to engage with the international catalytic membrane community. It is anticipated that approximately 30 US-based researchers will receive partial travel support to attend this conference.The main topics of the ICCMR-13 include: Modeling of Membrane Reactors and Processes, Biochemical & Enzymatic Membrane Reactors, Inorganic (Metal-Organic Framework, Zeolitic) Membranes and Membrane Reactors, Environmental Application of Membrane Reactors, Sustainable Energy Application of Membrane Reactors, Proton-conducting Ceramic Membranes and Membrane Reactors, Oxygen-conducting Ceramic Membranes and Membrane Reactors, Hydrogen Generation in Membrane Reactors, Fabrication and Characterization of Palladium Membranes for Reactor Applications, Palladium Membrane Reactors, Demonstrations and Applications. Over the past two decades, the ICCMR-13 Conference has served as the driving force behind the membrane reactor community for advancing such technologies. Anticipated outcomes of the Conference are the presentation of 50 oral and at least 20 poster papers, in addition to invited plenary presentations. The PI has secured agreements with Elsevier to generate special issues of Catalysis Today, and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy resulting from papers presented at ICCMR-13. The Conference organizers plan to aggressively pursue attendance of US-based researchers, with particular emphasis upon enhancing attendance by members of underrepresented groups, through financial assistance.

这笔赠款将为美国学术研究人员提供差旅支持，以参加将于 2017 年 7 月 10 日至 13 日在德克萨斯州休斯顿举行的第 13 届膜反应器催化国际会议 ICCMR-13。ICCMR-13 将涵盖膜反应器领域当前的主要研究主题，与会者来自世界各地。膜反应器的持续开发和实施具有重大的社会、经济和环境影响。例如，电化学膜（燃料电池）有望直接转化来自多种可再生能源（例如生物质）的碳氢化合物燃料或净零碳燃料循环（例如基于氨、甲醇的燃料循环），从而避免基于燃烧的电力系统固有的热效率卡诺循环限制。氢和/或氧渗透膜有望有效地操纵广泛的工业化学物质，以最大限度地减少与产品分离和回收相关的废物和相关能源成本。生物膜和酶膜以及更传统的催化膜反应器为水净化提供了低能量途径。这是两年一度的国际会议首次在美国举行，从而为美国研究人员、学生和年轻研究人员与国际催化膜界接触提供了独特的宝贵机会。预计约 30 名美国研究人员将获得部分差旅资助参加本次会议。 ICCMR-13 的主要议题包括：膜反应器和过程的建模、生化和酶膜反应器、无机（金属有机框架、沸石）膜和膜反应器、膜反应器的环境应用、膜反应器的可持续能源应用、 质子传导陶瓷膜和膜反应器、氧传导陶瓷膜和膜反应器、膜反应器中的氢气生成、用于反应器应用的钯膜的制造和表征、钯膜反应器、演示和应用。在过去的二十年里，ICCMR-13 会议一直是膜反应器界推动此类技术发展的推动力。会议的预期成果是除了受邀的全体会议报告外，还将提交 50 篇口头论文和至少 20 篇海报论文。 PI 已与 Elsevier 达成协议，根据 ICCMR-13 上发表的论文制作《今日催化》和《国际氢能杂志》特刊。会议组织者计划积极争取美国研究人员的出席，特别强调通过财政援助提高代表性不足群体成员的出席率。