Les Rencontres Scientifiques d'IFP Energies nouvelles: International Conference on Multiscale Approaches for Process Innovation - MAPI
25-27 January 2012
IFP Energies nouvelles/Lyon
Sustainable development demands processes that are more efficient, more acceptable to society and leave a smaller environmental impact. To meet these goals, which involve both innovation and intensification, materials and processes need to be optimized based on a detailed description of physical phenomena and chemical reactions. Integrated multidisciplinary approaches are required, examining complex, non-linear, non-equilibrium phenomena occurring on different length and time scales. Multiscale approaches rely on upward and downward cascades of information between small scales and larger ones. A good understanding of the interplay between these phenomena on different scales is necessary.
In recent years, significant progress has been made on a variety of levels, both experimentally and computationally, with the description of catalysts, adsorbents, complex feedstocks and multiphase flows. Individually, these efforts have already had an impact on process design and modeling and process performance. Multiscale approaches are now emerging in force, offering significant opportunities for innovation.
This international conference therefore aims to bring together scientists working in the fields of molecular modeling, molecular reconstruction and reaction modeling, fluid dynamics, process design and simulation. It will be an opportunity to examine current research using multiscale approaches in these fields and to evaluate the potential of more integrated studies.
Players from the worlds of academic research, applied research and industry will discuss research advances, potential applications and the various challenges to be met.
For more information on this conference (regularly updated) : www.rs-mapi.com
Contacts
The international conference will be held at IFP Energies nouvelles- Lyon (France), from Wednesday 25 to Friday 27 January 2012.
Scientific correspondant
Cécile Barrère-Tricca
IFP Energies nouvelles-Lyon,
Process Design and Modeling Division
Tel.: +33 4 37 70 25 55
Fax: + 33 4 37 70 20 08
E-mail: cecile.barrere-tricca@ifpen.fr
Conference organization
Sabine Lalanne
IFP Energies nouvelles,
Communications Division
1-4, avenue de Bois-Préau
92852 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France
Tel: +33 1 47 52 60 94
Fax: +33 1 47 52 70 96
E-mail: sabine.lalanne@ifpen.fr
IFP Energies nouvelles Organizing committee
Régis Andreux; Céline Chizallet; Javier Perez-Pellitero; Pascal Raybaud; Jan Verstraete; Guillaume Vinay; Anthony Wachs
Scientific committee
Alain Cartellier (Université de Grenoble, France)
Jean-Claude Charpentier (ENSIC-Nancy, France)
Raj P. Chhabra (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India)
Thierry Gauthier (IFP Energies nouvelles, France)
J.A.M. (Hans) Kuipers (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Michel Lance (École Centrale de Lyon, France)
Jinghai Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Guy B. Marin (Ghent University, Belgium)
Gregory S. Patience (École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada)
Philippe Sautet (ENS-Lyon, France)
Hervé Toulhoat (IFP Energies nouvelles, France)
Under the auspices of the French Academy of Sciences
