Group Travel to Advanced Adsorption and Separation Science and Technology Symposium in Hangzhou, China, September 18-21, 1988

近年来，吸附科学和技术领域有了显着的增长。越来越多的新吸附剂和吸附工艺正在开发和商业化。日本在这一领域一直非常活跃，有一些独特的发展只为包括美国在内的其他国家所知。日本独特发展的一个例子是活性炭膜，它具有像活性碳一样的高比表面积，但形状像中空纤维。这笔资金是作为美国学术与会者参加讨论这些发展的三方研讨会的部分支持提供的。了解日本和中国的发展将刺激美国该领域的进一步增长，并在分离/纯化是关键部分的化学和生化技术方面为美国提供更好的竞争优势。

There has been a significant growth in recent years in the field of adsorption science and technology. An increasing number of new adsorbents and adsorption processes are being developed and commercialized. Japan has been very active in the field, and has some unique developments which are only vaguely known to other countries including the U.S. An example for the unique Japanese developments is the activated carbon membrane which has the high surface area like activated carbon but shaped as hollow fibers. This funding is provided as partial support for the American academic participants to attend a tri-lateral workshop to discuss these developments. An understanding of the developments in Japan and China will stimulate further growth in the field in the U.S. and provide a better competitive edge for the U.S. in chemical and biochemical technologies where separation/purification is a critical part.