Number: 2002-063-1-100
Title: Chemical thermodynamics in industry
Task Group
Chairman: T.M. Letcher
Members: Theo
de Loos, John Dymond,
and Ron Weir
Completion Date: 2004 - project completed
Objective:
To bring to the attention of a wide audience, the pivotal role that
Chemical Thermodynamics plays in the Chemical Industry of the 21st
century.
Description:
The book is to be written for chemical engineers and industrial
chemists, funders of chemical research, and research students and
general chemists.
Draft outline
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Multi-phase thermodynamics of pulp suspensions -
scale-up and reactor design with thermochemical models (combining
reaction rates with Gibbs energy models)
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Use of multi-phase thermodynamics in slag metallurgy
and steelmaking
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Metastable coating structures in PVD-coatings
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Properties of nano-size particles by using multi-
phase thermodynamics
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Distillation (more in particular reactive distillation)
(Arlt, Germany)
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Thermo properties from ab initio quantum chemistry
(Sandler, USA)
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Molecular modelling (Cummings, USA)
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Bioseparations/downstream processing (Van der Wielen,
Holland)
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Fine particle production (Reverchon, France)
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Polymer synthesis in ScFl's (Beckman, USA)
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Sustainability (De Swaan Arons, Holland)
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Ionic liquids (Heintz, Germany)
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Reactions in ScFl's (Eckert, USA/Poliakoff, UK)
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Polymer recycling (Kleintjens, Holland)
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Non-equilibrium thermo (Ratkje, Norway)
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Process simulation
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Non-classical critical phenomena (Sengers/ Anisimov,
USA)
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Self-ordering systems
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CO2 sequestration
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Clathrates (Dendy Sloan)
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Reactive Distillation
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Molecular Thermodynamics (Prausnitz)
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Thermodynamic Properties of new materials (Manfred
Martin, Aachen)
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Thermodynamic Properties of Polymers for Industry
(Ralf Dohrn,Bayer, Germany)
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Thermodynamic Properties of Mixing for Industry
(Chris Wormold, Bristol)
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Calorimetric Measurements for Industry (Jean-Pierre
Grolier, U of Blaise Pascale)
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Flow Microcalorimetry measurements and Industry
(Tony Beezer, U of Greenwich)
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Transport Properties and Industry (Bill Wakeham
or Hartmut Brueschke, Germany)
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Viscosity of Refrigerants in Industry (Bill Wakeham)
Progress:
Book published by RSC, October 2004
ISBN 0 85404 591 0
> see
book
project completed
Last update: 13 September 2005
<project announcement published
in Chem.
Int.
Jan 2004>