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。本次超临界流体与能源研讨会的主要目的是创造一个独特的机会：(1)回顾超临界流体科学与技术的现状，评估其未来在能源各个领域的潜在利用和影响；(2)评估阻碍大规模实施进展的瓶颈，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；(4)创建一个直接与未来一代研究人员互动的平台，让他们有机会与当前领域的领导者密切互动，并建立他们的国际网络。讲习班打算邀请25-30名主要专家作为小组成员，他们将就未来方向和超临界流体科学与技术在几个关键能源领域可以发挥的作用提供合理和知情的观点。这些将包括：(a)将生物质转化为燃料和发展生物精炼厂；(b)作为发电和制冷循环工作流体的超临界流体；(c)在开发或加工影响能源效率的材料（如导热性低的多孔绝缘材料或燃料电池膜）时使用的超临界流体；(d)超临界流体作为绿色化学和诸如尽量减少废物、碳捕获和储存等可持续技术的良性溶剂。研讨会还计划组织50 - 60名青年科学家参加，他们可能成为未来的领导者。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。来自巴西国家石油公司的Flavio C. Albuquerque博士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，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.