Supercritical Fluid Technology for Energy and Environmental Applications

Through the use of extended graphical abstracts and some traditional text-only abstracts this collection provides, a record of and roadmap to, the research presented at The Tenth International Catecholamine Symposium (XICS) held in September of 2012. Organized around ten general themes, each is introduced by a short overview identifying interesting research programs, results and potential areas of growth. The collection is a roadmap to key research and future opportunities for new catecholamine research programs and will be of interest to neuroscientists and clinical neurologists interested in understanding the current and future state of catecholamine research.

1. Synthesis of biodiesel fuel in supercritical lower alcohols with and without heterogeneous catalysts (thermodynamics, phase and chemical equilibriums, experimental studies, pilot plants for biodiesel fuel synthesis) Prof. V.Anikeev 2. Environmentally benign route for nano-materials hydrothermal synthesis by using SCW Prof. Tadafumi Adschiri 3. Environmentally benign organic synthesis (absolutely new material on transformations of terpene compounds in supercritical solvents with and without heterogeneous catalysts) Prof. K.Volcho 4. Supercritical water for renewable energy (biomass gasification, thermal energy storage using SCFs, organic wastes oxidation, hydrogen production, etc.) Prof. Tadafumi Adschiri, Prof. Richard Wirz, Dr. C. Aymonier, Prof. Ki-Pung Yoo 4.1 Supercritical water oxidation for wastewater destruction with energy recovery Prof. Juan Ramón Portela Miguélez 4.2 Environmentally benign route for nano materials synthesis by using SCFs Prof. Juan Ramón Portela Miguélez, Prof. Z. Knez 4.3 Biomass liquefaction towards bio-fuel and platform molecules (bio-refinery concept). Materials recycling Dr. C. Aymonier 5. Applications of aerogels and their composites in energy related technologies Prof. Can Erkey