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

这笔赠款将为美国的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课题，与会者来自世界各地。膜反应器的持续发展和应用具有重大的社会、经济和环境影响。例如，电化学膜（燃料电池）承诺直接转化来自多种可再生来源（例如，生物质）或净零碳燃料循环（例如，基于氨、甲醇的那些），从而避免了对基于燃烧的动力系统固有的热效率的卡诺循环限制。氢和/或氧渗透膜保证了有效地操纵广泛的工业化学品的能力，以便最小化与产品分离和再循环相关的浪费和相关的能量成本。生物膜和酶膜，以及更传统的催化膜反应器，提供了低能耗的水净化途径。这是该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、学生和年轻的研究人员提供了一个与国际催化膜界接触的独特宝贵机会。预计约有30名美国研究人员将获得部分差旅费支持参加本次会议。ICCMR-13的主要议题包括：膜反应器和过程的建模，生化&酶膜反应器，无机（金属-有机骨架，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，反应器应用中钯膜的制造和表征，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社区推进此类技术的驱动力。会议的预期成果是，除了应邀在全体会议上发言外，还将提出50份口头报告和至少20份海报报告。PI已与Elsevier达成协议，根据ICCMR-13上提交的论文制作《今日催化》和《国际氢能杂志》的特刊。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。

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.