VIII IBEROAMERICAN CONFERENCE ON PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND FLUID PROPERTIES FOR PROCESS DESIGN – EQUIFASE 2009

 

In April 1983, the third International Conference on Fluid Properties and Phase Equilibria for Chemical Process Design took place in Callaway Gardens, Georgia, USA. This event stimulated the Latinoamerican participants to organize an International Course on the Thermodynamics of Phase Equilibria in Bahía Blanca (Argentine), in July 1984. This course was delivered by an outstanding group of professors: Bob Heidemann, Helmut Knapp, Hendrick Van Ness, Juan Vera, Aage Fredenslund and Peter Rasmussen. This course of 1984 brought a large number of participants from industry and universities, giving the chance to program scientific and technical interchange activities in the field of vapor–liquid equilibrium for process design. This was the first step for the series of EQUIFASE Conferences reported below, being held periodically:

 

EQUIFASE 1987:

Concepción, Chile

EQUIFASE 1990:

Salvador de Bahía, Brazil

EQUIFASE 1992:

Oaxaca, México

EQUIFASE 1995:

Caracas, Venezuela

EQUIFASE 1999:

Vigo, Spain

EQUIFASE 2002:

Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil + Argentine

EQUIFASE 2006:

Morelia, Mexico

EQUIFASE 2009

Praia da Rocha, Portugal

 

The general purpose of the EQUIFASE Conference is to promote the Scientific and Technologic exchange between people from both the academic and the industrial environment from The European and American Continents in the field of Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Properties for the Design of Chemical Processes. The main topics of this Conference are related to measurement, modeling, prediction and simulation of physical–chemical properties concerning product and process design (involving oil and gas, petrochemicals, polymeric chemicals, food, bio- and nanocompounds, as well as sustainability of chemical processes and energy production/storage).
So, new worlds will be shown to the world of Thermodynamics, from the very same place where more than 500 years ago the Portuguese Navigators showed "New worlds to the World" (Luís V. de Camões: Os Lusíadas, canto II, 45).


  • 28|09|2009 - Detailed scientific program available.


  • 17|09|2009 - Recommended poster size is A0. For more info check the Authors menu.


  • 01|09|2009 - Transportation options available under Conference Site


  • 25|08|2009 - Special discounts for rent-a-car for participants


  • 24|08|2009 - Scientifc program available soon


  • 10|03|2009 - TAP partnership agreement updated