• General topics of chemical and process engineering
• PRES 2002 - Fifth Conference on process integration, modelling and optimisation for energy saving and pollution reduction. The Conference is accompanied with a short course
• Specialised symposia prepared in co-operation with the respective EFCE Working Parties or other recognised international bodies
• Exhibition MARCHES 2002 with company presentations

The technical program includes invited plenary lectures and keynote lectures, parallel lecture sessions, and poster sessions. Congress sections are clustered into five thematic groups.

Plenary and keynote lectures

Morning sessions start with two parallel plenary lectures delivered from 8.30 to 9.20 h. There will be fifty keynote lectures delivered in the respective sessions.

Lecture and poster sessions

Twelve parallel lecture sections will take place at 9.40-12.30 h. and 14.00-17.20 h. based on 20 minute rigid schedules. For keynote lectures 40 minutes are reserved. (Note: Please do not deduce the time of presentation from the preliminary program since it may be subjected to changes and will be finalised only in July.)
Poster sessions will take place the whole day from 9.30 to 17.20 h. However, presenters are responsible for their posters during the afternoon coffee break (15.20-16.00 h).

General topics

Original contributions, process applications, case histories, and state-of-the-art papers will be presented in sessions on 
[1] Reaction engineering
[2] Separation processes 
[3] Fluid flow and multiphase systems
[4] Heat transfer processes
[5] Phase equilibrium and fluid properties
[6] Computer aided process engineering
[7] Food processing and technology
[8] Particulate solids
[9] Chemical engineering education

For details see the Table Organisation of Scientific Program. 

[10] Fifth Conference "Process integration, modelling and optimisation for energy saving and pollution reduction" - PRES 2002

Topics: Energy saving technology * Combined heat & power * Heat transfer and process integration * Process integration for sustainable development * Integration of renewables * Waste minimisation, processing and management * Heat utilisation in waste treatment * Batch processes * Dynamic, flexible and sustainable plant operation * Industrial & experimental studies * Industrial application & optimal design 
PRES 2002 Short Course: Advances in heat exchanger technology with emphasis on compact heat exchangers (Course leader: V. V. Wadekar, UK).

Specialised Symposia

[11] Symposium on environmental engineering and management
Organised in co-operation with the EFCE Working Party on Environmental Protection
Topics: Treatment and prevention of pollution of air, water and soil * Waste prevention and treatment including combustion * Material properties and ecological risks * Recycling, recovery and reuse of materials * Environmental management and integrated management systems

[12] Symposium on process safety
Organised in co-operation with the EFCE Working Party on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion
Topics: Hazard identification and risk assessment * Vapour cloud dispersion * UVCE and BLEVE accidents * Management of changes * Accident investigation 

[13] Symposium on transient multiphase flows
Organised in co-operation with the EFCE Working Party on Multiphase Fluid Flow
Topics: Transient change in overall system parameters * Application in reactors, pipelines and vessels 

[14] Symposium on micro- and mesoporous materials
Topics: Microporous and mesoporous materials * Nanosystems * Experimental techniques * Theory of sorption and mass transport * Percolation * Applications

[15] Symposium on supercritical fluids
Topics: Phase equilibria and transport properties * Extraction and fractionation * Particle design, aerogels, porous materials * Chemical reactions and bioreactions in SF * Other applications

[16] Chemical technology for sustainable future
Topics: Advanced and sustainable design * Renewable resources and energy - biomass, solar and reuse of materials * Cleaner processes * Sustainability approaches * Chemical chain management * Products life cycle * Towards hydrogen fuel economy * High performance materials 

[17] Mixing of suspensions
Organised in co-operation with the EFCE Working Party on Mixing
Topics: Solid concentration profiles * Experimental methods * Particle-liquid hydrodynamics * Static mixers * CFD

[18] CAETS symposium on synergies of various engineering branches

[19] Cyclic operation of trickle bed reactors


PRES 2002 Short Course
Advances in heat exchanger technology with emphasis on compact heat exchangers

Why you should attend?
The main reason for attending the course is the knowledge that you will gain about advances in heat exchanger technology, and in particular compact heat exchangers. The course will also deal with the latest research in the heat exchanger technology, and identifying new areas of research. You will learn about different types of commercially available compact exchangers, their advantages and limitations, as well as basic design information and design tools available for them. There will also be discussion on new areas where further input of research is required. 

Course description and time table (Thursday)
9.00 Welcome and Course introduction 
9.30 Overview of heat exchanger types
10.15 Process Integration and Heat Exchanger Networks
11.15 Exchangers with cross-corrugated passages and design details
13.30 Design exploration with plate heat exchangers
13.45 Plate-fin heat exchangers
14.30 Design exploration with plate-fin heat exchangers
15.00 Recent advances in shell and tube heat exchanger technology
15.45 Recent advances in CHE technology
16.15 Final discussion.

Course Leader: Dr. Vishwas Wadekar, Research Manager at HTFS, Hyprotech UK Ltd, England
Speakers: Prof. P. Stehlik, Director of the Institute of Process and Environmental Engineering, Technical University, Brno, Czech Republic, Prof. R. Smith, Head of Department of Process Integration, UMIST, England, Dr. J. Klemes, Senior Project Officer, Department of Process Integration, UMIST, England.

List of plenary lectures

List of keynote lectures