Fifth International Conference on Fluid Properties and PhaseEquilibria for Chemical Process Design held in Banff, Alberta, Canada from April 30-May 5, 1989

流体性质和流体相平衡对化学和生化过程的设计至关重要。在七十年代的十年里，人们意识到学术研究人员和工业实践者之间的交流出现了差距，学术研究人员经常决定该领域的趋势，而工业实践者则依赖学术研究的结果。在此期间，开始了化学过程设计流体特性和相平衡国际会议，以帮助将工业需求传达给学术界。这种需求在今天同样重要，因为不断变化的世界经济形势促使工业不断寻找新的工艺、新产品和新的原料。过去的会议显然有助于解决这一需要，人们完全期望第五次国际会议也将如此。

Fluid properties and fluid phase equilibria are critical to the design of chemical and biochemical processes. During the decade of the seventies it was realized that a communications gap had developed between academic researchers, who often determined trends in the field, and industrial practitioners, who depended upon the results of the academic research. The International Conferences on Fluid Properties and Phase Equilibria for Chemical Process Design were begun during that period to help communicate industrial needs to the academic community. This need is no less critical today, as the constantly changing world economic picture causes industry to continually look at new processes, new products, and new starting materials. Past conferences have demonstrably served to address this need, and there is every expectation that this will also be the case at this Fifth International Conference.