All stakeholders in technology development reap the benefits from accurate mea- surements and improved property models. However, economic realities prevent single entities from committing substantial resources to such research. This forum will identify strategic needs for collaborative efforts between experimentalists and developers of database and process modeling tools with direct input from the end users to respond to their fluid property needs. The intent is to bring together com- petence from industry, academia, and government research with representatives of the funding organizations to assist in the realization of these collaborative efforts. These efforts will result in a stronger connection between virtual design tools and physical reality.

Format of the Forum:
Invited panelists gave statements about the relevance and need of fluid properties in emerging technology areas. These were followed by a general discussion including input from the audience.

After the sessions, the Forum continued informally during the Symposium Barbeque at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Dr. Howard J. M. Hanley
Physical and Chemical Properties Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, Colorado, USA

Order of Panelists:

Professor Peter T. Cummings
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA
(Click for presentation file, 1.46 Mb)

Dr. Ward TeGrotenhuis
Chief Engineer, Environmental Technology Division
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA, USA
(Click for presentation file, 565 kb)
A number of conference presentations of the Microchemical and Thermal Systems Program at PNNL are available here.

Addressing DoE environmental remediation efforts:
James A. Poppiti, Team Leader In-Tank Characterization
DoE, Office of River Protection, Richland Operations Office
Hanford Site, Washington, USA
(Click for presentation file, 11.5 Mb)

Dr. Andrzej Anderko
Vice President, Properties of Fluids and Materials
OLI Systems, Inc.
Morris Plains, New Jersey, USA
(Click for presentation file, 127 kb)

Representing the Vision 21 project of the Dept. of Energy (DoE):
Thomas J. O'Brien, Physical Scientist
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Office of Science and Technology
Simulation & Multi-Phase Flow Analysis Division
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
(Click for presentation file, 9 Mb)

Dr. Paul M. Mathias
Aspen Technology, Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
(Click for presentation file, 286 kb)

Professor William A. Wakeham
Pro Rector (Research)
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine
London, UK
(Click for presentation file, 117 kb)
 

The organizers thank all panelists for their outstanding contributions and for their permissions to make their viewgraphs available on this website.
 

Supplementary Information:

Technology Vision 2020 for the U.S. Chemical Industry (pdf file, 77 pages)

Vision 21 - Clean Energy Plant of the Future (pdf file, 36 pages)
 

Publications:
The statements of the panelists and the subsequent discussions were videotaped during the event. These tapes have been transcribed by Jim Rainwater and Chris Muzny. The transcripts and 13 essays by invited contributors have been published in NIST Special Publication 975. (pdf file, 7.8 Mb)
 

A condensed summary of Forum 2000 has been published in the Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 46(2001)5, 1002-1006.
 

An expanded article entitled "Fluid Properties and New Technologies: Connecting Design with Reality" by Allan H. Harvey and Arno Laesecke appeared in Chemical Engineering Progress, 98(2002)2, 34-41. 
 

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