Scientific Program
Time |
Saturday, 17th |
14:00 - 18:00 |
Registration |
18:00 - 18:15 |
Opening cerimony |
18:15 - 19:00 |
Chairs Eugénia A. Macedo and Alberto Arce |
Opening Lecture - J. de Pablo |
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"A Molecular View of Cryoprotectants, Lyoprotectants, and their Influence on Biomolecular Stability and Aggregation" |
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19:30 |
Welcome reception |
Time |
Sunday, 18th |
8:30 |
MOLECULAR SIMULATION |
Chairs: Lourdes F. Vega and Jean-Pierre Simonin |
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8:30 - 9:15 |
Invited Lecture - I. G. Economou |
"Prediction of Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Complex Fluid Mixtures Based on Molecular Simulation" |
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9:15 - 9:35 |
B. Rousseau |
"Solubility of Gases in Semi-crystalline Polyethylene as Studied by Monte Carlo Simulations" |
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9:35 - 9:55 |
A. Mejia |
" Interfacial Properties of Asymmetric Binary Mixtures Containing n-alkanes" |
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9:55 - 10:15 |
M. Jorge |
"Molecular Simulation of the Intrinsic Structure and Dynamics of Liquid/Liquid Interfaces" |
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10:15 - 10:35 |
A. Ahmed |
"Solid-liquid Coexistence and Triple Points of Lennard-Jones Family of Potentials" |
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10:35 - 11:05 |
Coffee Break |
11:05 |
BIOMOLECULES & BIOTECHNOLOGY |
Chairs: José Teixeira and Gerd Maurer |
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11:05 - 11:50 |
Invited Lecture - F. W. Tavares |
"Ion-specific Thermodynamic Properties for Colloids and Proteins" |
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11:50 - 12:10 |
A. Palavra |
"Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Bioactive Compounds and Volatile Oils from Microalgae and Aromatic Plants" |
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12:10- 12:30 |
J. Walter |
"Molecular Simulation Study of the Influence of Temperature and Solvent Composition on the Volume Change of Synthetic Hydrogels" |
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 |
FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMODYNAMICS |
Chairs: Cláudio Olivera-Fuentes and José L. Legido |
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14:00 - 14:45 |
Invited Lecture - T. W. de Loos |
"High-Pressure Muliphase Equilibria" |
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14:45 - 15:05 |
F. L. Figueira |
"Prediction of the Thermodynamic Properties of (Water + Ammonia) using Cubic Equations of State with the SOF Cohesion Function" |
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15:05 - 15:25 |
M. R. Riazi |
"Properties of Heavy Hydrocarbons and their Estimation Methods" |
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15:25 - 15:55 |
P. Arce |
"Perturbed-Chain Statistical Associating Fluid Theory Modeling of Gas Solubilities in Diblock Copolymers" |
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15:55 - 16:15 |
N. Rahal |
"Behavior of a Ternary System in a State of Demixtion" |
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16:15 - 18:00 |
POSTER SESSION + Coffee Break |
Chairs: Lélio Q. Lobo and Olivier Baudouin |
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18:15 - 19:00 |
Invited Lecture - C. P. Nunes |
"Process Integration and Optimization" |
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20:00 |
Dinner |
Time |
Monday, 19th |
8:30 |
GREEN ENGINEERING & SUSTAINABILITY + ALTERNATIVE/SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Chairs: Cor Peters and Esteban Brignole |
8:30 - 9:15 |
Invited Lecture - J. C. de Hemptinne
"Predictive Models and their Need in the Biofuel Industry" |
9:15 - 9:35 |
C. Goutaudier "Aqueous Solubility, Salting-Out Effect and Molar Standard Gibbs Free Energy of Transfer of Metalaxyl Fungicide From Pure Water to Aqueous Salt Solution" |
9:35 - 9:55 |
W. Afzal
"Estimation of the Impact of Sulfur Species on Glycol Dehydration" |
9:55 - 10:15 |
J. Prado
"Comparative Study on Efficiency of Extraction and Separation Steps of Supercritical Fluid Extraction" |
10:15 - 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
10:45 |
GREEN ENGINEERING & SUSTAINABILITY + ALTERNATIVE/SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Chairs: Joan Brennecke and Susana Bottini |
10:45 - 11:30 |
Invited Lecture - L. P. Rebelo
"Ionic Liquids – New Challenges" |
11:30 - 11:50 |
C. Dariva
"Joint Use of Ionic Liquids and Microwave Irradiation for Demulsification of Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsions" |
11:50 - 12:10 |
J. Esperança
"Sulphonate vs Sulphate Anion: How this Change Influences Liquid-liquid Equilibria of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Based Ionic Liquids with Halogenated Compounds?" |
12:10 - 12:30 |
A. Grosso
"Supercritical Fluid Extraction of the Volatile Oil of Cotton Lavender: Experiments and Modeling" |
12:30 - 18:00 |
Social Programme (Excursion) - Lunch box included |
18:15 - 19:00 |
Chairs: Alberto Arce and Eugénia A. Macedo
Invited Lecture - Juan Vera
"On the Extraction of Bio-molecules from Aqueous Solutions" |
20:00 |
Dinner |
Time |
Tuesday, 20th |
8:30 |
FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMODYNAMICS |
Chairs: Jochen Winkelmann and Martin Aznar |
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8:30 - 9:15 |
Invited Lecture - M. S. Zabaloy |
"Equation of State Description of the Phase Equilibria of Asymmetric Systems" |
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9:15 - 9:35 |
G. Kontogeorgis |
"The role of Monomer Fraction Data in Association Theories" |
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9:35 - 9:55 |
S. Kato |
"Correlation of Smoothed Mutual Solubility Data Using the Temperature Dependency of Infinite Dilution Activity Coefficients" |
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9:55 - 10:15 |
K. Gasem |
"Generalized SLD-PR Adsorption Model for Pure and Mixed Gases on Coals" |
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10:15 - 10:35 |
J. P. Simonin |
"Effect of Stepwise Complex Formation in Electrolyte Solutions Described Within the Binding Mean Spherical Approximation." |
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10:35 - 11:05 |
Coffee Break |
11:05 |
PRODUCT AND PROCESS DESIGN |
Chairs: Marcelo Castier and Georgios Kontogeorgis |
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11:05 - 11:50 |
Invited Lecture - J. Coca |
"Reactive Separation Processes Using Membranes" |
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11:50 - 12:10 |
V. Gomis |
"Heterogeneous Azeotropic Dehydration of Ethanol to Obtain a Cyclohexane-ethanol Mixture" |
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12:10 - 12:30 |
M. Renner |
"Intensified and Environmentally Friendly Tanning of Animal Skin" |
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 |
PRODUCT AND PROCESS DESIGN |
Chairs: Cláudio Dariva and Rubens Maciel Filho |
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14:00 - 14:45 |
Invited Lecture - A. E. Rodrigues |
"Engineering Perfumes and Microcapsules" |
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14:45 - 15:05 |
A. Ferreira |
"Vapor Pressure and Boiling Point Elevation of Eucaliptus Globulus Kraft Black Liquors" |
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15:05 - 15:25 |
E. A. Brignole |
"Molecular Design of Solvents for 2nd Generation Biofuels Separation Processes" |
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15:25 - 16:15 |
Poster Award Presentations |
Chairs: Eugénia A. Macedo and Jean-Charles de Hemptinne |
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16:15 - 18:00 |
POSTER SESSION + Coffee Break |
Chairs: Andres Mejia and Ana Soto |
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18:15 - 19:00 |
Invited Lecture - A. Scurto |
"Global Phase Behavior and Equilibria of Ionic Liquids and Compressed Gases for Applications" |
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20:30 |
Galla Dinner + Poster Award Announcement |
Time |
Wednesday, 21st |
8:30 |
NEW PRODUCTS/MATERIALS - PROPERTIES & APPLICATIONS |
Chairs: Dominique Richon and Edmundo G. Azevedo |
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8:30 - 9:15 |
Invited Lecture - N. von Solms |
"Inhibition of Gas Hydrate Formation by Low-dosage, Environmentally Benign Inhibitors" |
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9:15 - 9:35 |
Viktor Ermatchkov |
"Thermodynamics of Aqueous Solutions of N-isopropyl Acrylamide hydrogels" |
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9:35 - 9:55 |
M. Kroon |
"Hydrogen Storage in Novel High Capacity Crystalline Molecular Materials" |
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9:55 - 10:15 |
F. Yañez |
"Preparation of Molecularly Imprinted Therapeutic Commercial Contact Lenses Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processes" |
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10:15 - 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
10:45 |
FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMODYNAMICS |
Chairs: Manuel N. da Ponte and Jaime Wisniak |
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10:45 - 11:05 |
W. Kaminski |
"Modelling of Sorption Equilibrium of Heavy Metal Ions on Foamed Chitosan" |
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11:05 - 11:25 |
M. J. Tardon |
"On Isopicnyc and Barotropic Phase Transitions in Binary Mixtures" |
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11:25 - 11:45 |
L. F. Vega |
"Capturing the Solubility Minima of Hydrocarbons in Water by the soft-SAFT Equation of State" |
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11:45 - 12:30 |
Closing Lecture - John O'Connell |
"Some Aspects of Protein Adsorption and Stability in Hydrophobic Chromatography" |
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12:30 - 12:45 |
Closing Cerimony |
12:45 |
Lunch |
