Scientific and Technical Program

ISEC is the premier meeting of solvent extraction experts, bringing together scientists, engineers, operators and vendors from around the globe. The ISEC 2008 program will emphasize fundamentals to industrial applications of solvent extraction, particularly how this broad spectrum of activities is interconnected and has led to the implementation of novel processes.

 

Plenary Lectures

The following will be featured as plenary speakers at ISEC 2008:

• Dr. Bernard Boullis, CEA Valrho, France
  Title:  The Nuclear Fuel Cycle:  Prospects and Challenges
  
• Dr. Gary Kordosky, Cognis Corporation, USA
  Title:  Development of Solvent Extraction Processes for Metal Recovery - Finding the Best Fit Between the Metallurgy and the Reagent?
  
• Prof. Hans-Jörg Bart, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  Title:  Column Design – Where Do We Go
  
• Prof. Franz P. Schmidtchen, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  Title:  The Role of Entropy in the Design of Molecular Hosts
  
• Prof. Hitoshi Watarai, Osaka University, Japan
  Title: Complex Formation and Aggregation at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces

Technical Sessions

 

The technical sessions of ISEC 2008 will be organized within eight topical areas. While most of the topical areas correspond to applications of SX, the Fundamentals area and Novel Reagents, Materials and Techniques area are cross-cutting. In recognition of the strong interplay between science and technology in the successful evolution of SX, papers on both fundamental and applied aspects will be welcome. Each of the topical areas will include one or more sessions depending on the interest received. An invited Keynote Speaker will lead off each session. Five plenary sessions will highlight topics of broad interest and current importance. A featured topic of this ISEC will be SX applications in nuclear fuel cycles.

 

A chairperson and co-chair will be appointed to foster the development of the sessions and program for each topical area. They will assist in defining the scope of the topical area, selecting the Keynote Speakers, reviewing abstracts, organizing sessions, and reviewing manuscripts.

 

The program will include both oral and poster presentations, with sessions anticipated in the following areas:

 

• Fundamentals: including interfacial phenomena; solution chemistry; thermodynamics; kinetics; molecular modeling and dynamics; chemical recognition; spectroscopy; and X-ray and neutron scattering. Chair: Gérard Cote. Co-chair: Susana Ortiz
• Novel Reagents, Materials, and Techniques: including nanotechnology; ionic liquids; supercritical extraction; aqueous biphasic systems; micellar systems; liquid membranes; polymer inclusion membranes; solvent impregnated resins; solid-phase extractants; hollow fibers; synthesis; phase transfer catalysis; and advances in extractants, diluents, and modifiers. Chair: Peter A. Tasker. Co-chair: David Robinson
• Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing: including actinide/lanthanide separation; developments in UREX, PUREX, TRUEX, DIAMEX, and other processes; fission product separation; new extractants and aqueous reagents; selective stripping; actinide purification; solvent cleanup; radiation effects; reprocessing-specific flowsheet development and equipment design. Chair: Terry A. Todd. Co-chair: Pascal Baron
• Hydrometallurgy and Metals Extraction: including Cu, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Mo, V, and other metals; non-nuclear applications of uranium; precious metals; lanthanides; synergistic systems; flow-sheet development and pilot-plant studies; plant experience and commissioning; and environmental aspects. Chair: Kathryn C. Sole , Co-chair: Michael J. Virnig. 
• Analytical and Preparative Applications: including, but not limited to, on-line monitoring; environmental monitoring; preconcentration; extraction chromatography/ solvent-impregnated resins; centrifugal partition chromatography; extractive scintillators; membrane electrodes; and ITES. Chair: Mark L. Dietz , Co-chair: E. Philip Horwitz.  
• Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Life-Science Products, and Organic Products. Chair: T. Alan Hatton.  
• Process Chemistry and Engineering; including process economics, flowsheet development; process and equipment simulation and modeling; equipment engineering and design; plant experience; cruds, emulsions, entrainment, and coalescence phenomena; instrumentation, on-line analysis, process control, and automation. Chair: Gordon M. Ritcey, Co-chair: Peter M. Cole.