Workshop: High-Pressure Processes in Sustainable Energy May 13-14, 2012, San Francisco, CA

PI：Aaron ScurtoProposal编号：1226226本高压工艺研讨会定于2012年5月13日至14日在旧金山凯悦酒店举行。研讨会将集中讨论高压下能源转换的几个重要领域：1)生物可再生加工：气化、生物柴油和木质纤维素；2)工艺强化，以降低能源和/或原料使用量。约10位演讲者将被邀请分享他们的最新研究成果，并就发展趋势和可能富有成效的研究方向提供他们的见解。就更广泛的影响而言，各级教育(从本科生到研究生到博士后)的学生将得到这一拟议讲习班的帮助。这将有助于教育和激励下一代研究人员和教育工作者。来自代表性不足群体的学生将被鼓励参加。在结束时，国际和平协会将撰写一份关于各种陈述和小组讨论的详细报告，以进行有限分发和在其网站上公开分发。演讲和小组讨论将提供一个关于高压社区内能源方面的主要挑战的部分。该报告将提供有价值的信息和见解，有助于指导未来的重大挑战和研究方向。总体而言，这是一个及时的论坛，讨论如何将高压过程应用于重要的可持续发展问题。此外，与会者将提供对新研究方向的洞察，他们将描述潜在的应用以及实现这些应用的里程碑。结果将通过一份详细的报告发布，并将发布在皮？S网站上。

PI: Aaron ScurtoProposal Number: 1226262This workshop on high-pressure processes is scheduled for May 13-14, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Francisco. The workshop will center on several important areas of energy conversion at elevated pressures: 1) bio-renewable processing: gasification, biodiesel, and lignocellulose and 2) process intensification for lower energy and/or feedstock usage. Approximately 10 speakers will be invited to share their latest research and provide their insight regarding developing trends and potentially fruitful research directions. In terms of the broader impacts, students at various levels of education (from undergraduate to graduate to postdoctoral) will be aided by this proposed workshop. This will help educate and motivate the next generation of researchers and educators. Students from underrepresented groups will be encouraged to attend. At the conclusion, the PI will write a detailed report about the various presentations and panel discussions for limited distribution and for public distribution on his website. The presentations and the panel discussions will yield a section on the major challenges in energy within the high-pressure community. The report will provide valuable information and insights that could help guide future grand challenges and research directions.Overall, this is a timely forum on the application of high pressure processes to important sustainability issues. In addition, the participants will provide insight into new research directions, and they will describe potential applications along with milestones for their realization. The results will be disseminated through a detailed report, which will be posted on the PI?s website.