Pre-Conference Solvent Extraction Short Course at ISEC 2008
Sunday and Monday, 9/14 & 9/15/2008
Cost: $750US per person (includes continental breakfasts, lunches, and refreshments)Registration for the Short Course can be made through the Conference Registration page. Click here to register for the Short Course.
At ISEC 2008, a solvent extraction course will be taught by the world’s leading experts. As seen in the outline below, the topics covered include applications to Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, and Chemicals Manufacturing, as well as Hydrometallurgical and Nuclear Processing.
Beginning with fundamentals of chemistry, solvent selection, two-phase fluid dynamics, and mass transfer models, the course covers the design and operation of extraction equipment from mixer-settlers to many column configurations and centrifugal contactors. Commercial practice, processing difficulties, and troubleshooting are discussed.
This course is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear some of the leading experts discuss aspects of solvent extraction. Each of the four sessions will be four hours in length, and each speaker will have 50 minutes unless noted. There will be one 30 break after two hours of lecture.
Fundamentals (4 hours) Sunday AM
- Mass transfer – Professor Peter Skelland – J - Georgia Institute of Technology or Professor Ed Cussler – University of Minnesota
- Thermodynamics/ Solvent Selection – Professor Chuck Eckert –Georgia Institute of Technology –
- Petrochemical Flowsheets – Tim Frank – JSK - Dow Chemical
- Commercial Practice (scaleup/ troubleshooting) – Jose Bravo – Shell or Frank Seibert, UT Austin
Hydrometallurgical Section (4 hours) Sunday PM
- Extraction Chemistry: Extractants, Modifiers, and Diluents – Gary Kordosky – Cognis committed (2 – 50 min parts)
- Hydrometallurgical Flowsheets and Scaleup– Kathy Sole
- Commercial Practice in Hydrometallurgical (troubleshooting) – Gordon Ritcey – Ritcey & Associates
- Nuclear Chemistry-TBD
- Nuclear Flowsheeting-TBD
Topics in Extraction – (4 hours) – Monday AM (30 minutes each talk)
- Reactive Extraction Fundamentals – Professor VanBrunt – University of South Carolina and Jeffrey S. Kanel- Eastman Chemical Company
- Ionic Liquids – Professor Robin Rogers – University of Alabama
- Phase Transfer Catalysts – Professor Charles Liotta – Georgia Tech
- Petrochemical Applications – Professor Fei – Tsinghua University
- Bio/ Pharmaceutical Applications – Professor Alan Hatton – MIT
Equipment selection (4 hours) Monday PM
- Equipment Classification and Selection– Professor Geoffrey Stevens – University of Melbourne (30 min)
- Agitated Columns - Don Glatz – Koch Modular Process Equipment (30 min)
- Mixer-Settlers – Professor Stanley Hartland – ETH (1 hr)
- Pulsed Columns –Bateman Engineering Staff – (30 min) – Baruch Grindbaum
- Centrifugal Extractors – Robatel Engineering Staff (30 min)