2nd UK Conference on Supercritical Fluids
– Applications and Opportunities
20–22 July, 2014

Scientific Programme :

20–22 July 2014, Bangor, Wales, UK

Sunday 20th July 2014

15.00 – 18.00 Registration and poster setup
19.00 – 19.30 Opening Address
Prof Ray Marriott, Bangor University, UK
Supercritical fluids - applications and opportunities
19.30 Drinks reception
20.00 – 22.30 Dinner

Monday 21st July 2014

09:00 Conference opening
Prof John Hughes, Vice-Chancellor, Bangor University
Session one Extraction and fractionation using supercritical fluids
Chair: Prof Steve Howdle
09:15 - 10:00 Keynote address

Dr Michel Perrut, Separex SA, France

Large scale supercritical fluid extraction and fractionation
10:00 - 10.20 Extraction of solanesol and nicotine from tobacco with supercritical CO2: Use of crops from Northwestern Argentina - Prof María José Cocero, Valladolid University, Spain
10.20 - 10.40 Utilisation of Supercritical CO2 as an environmentally benign medium for the biorefinery - Prof Ray Marriott, Bangor University, UK
10:40 – 11:10 Refreshments
Session one cont. Extraction and fractionation using supercritical fluids
Chair: Prof Steve Howdle
11:10 - 11:20 Introduction to Thematic Series in the new open access journal Sustainable Chemical Processes - Dr Charlotte Hollingworth, Springer, UK
11:20 - 11:40 Distribution of mass transfer coefficient of volatile oil at supercritical extraction – Dr. Pawel Wawrzyniak, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
11:40 - 12:00 Supercritical extraction of oil seed rape: energetic evaluation of process scale – Dr Luis Martin, Bangor University, UK
12:00 - 12:20 Marine bioactive molecules for human health: supercritical fluid extraction methodologies – Dr Tanya Beletskaya, Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland
12:20 - 12:40 Supercritical fluid fractionation – case studies - Dr Michel Perrut, Separex SA, France
12:40 – 14.00 Lunch and Exhibition
Session two Reactions using supercritical fluids
Chair: Dr Rob Elias
14.00 - 14:45 Keynote address

Prof Steve Howdle, Nottingham University, UK
14:45 - 15:05 The continuous hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphides – Dr Peter W. Dunne, University of Nottingham, UK
15:05 - 15:25 Realising the potential of supercritical fluids in chromatography and its application to reaction –Dr Guy Wilson, Waters Limited, UK
15:25 - 15:45 Supercritical carbon dioxide for polymer synthesis and materials processing – Prof Steve Howdle, Nottingham University, UK
15:45 – 16:15 Refreshments
16:15 - 18:00 Poster session (All authors present) and Exhibition
19:30 Drinks reception
20.00 – 22:30 Gala Dinner

Tuesday 22nd July 2014

9:00 Welcome – Dr Rob Elias, Director, Biocomposites Centre, Bangor University
Session three Particle formation using supercritical fluids
Chair: Prof Ed Lester
9:10 - 10:00 Keynote address

Prof María José Cocero, Valladolid University, Spain

Particle generation technologies with SCF. Fundamentals and applications
10:00 - 10:20 Delivering enhanced pharma products with SCF technologies – Dr Lyn Daintree, Crystec Pharma, University of Bradford, UK
10:20 - 10:40 Refreshments
10:40 Tungsten-platinum nanoparticles for high efficiency electrocatalysts obtained via supercritical carbon dioxide deposition – Dr Alexander Nikolaev, A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
11:00 – 11:20 Reactor design in supercritical continuous flow systems and application to the generation of nanomaterials – Dr Thomas Huddle, University of Nottingham, UK
11:20 - 12:20 CO2 Lab visit, posters and exhibition
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch and exhibition
Session four Technological applications of supercritical fluids
Chair: Prof Maria Jose Cocero
13:00 - 13:45 Keynote address

Prof Ed Lester, University of Nottingham, UK

Sustainable hydrothermal manufacturing of Nanomaterials
13:45 - 14:05 Electrodeposition from Supercritical Fluids – Dr Mehrdad Alibouri, University of Southampton, UK
14:05 - 14:25 Understanding supercritical CO2 corrosion problems: industrial developments and applications – Dr Kumar Patchigolla, Cranfield University, UK
14:25 - 14:45 Application of fluids at supercritical pressure in the area of power generation – Emeritus Prof Derek Jackson, Manchester University, UK
14:45 - 15:00 Conference closing address
15:00 – 16:00 Refreshments