Escola de Verão: análise térmica e calorimetria aplicada à catálise (França - 06/2008)
Summer School of Calorimetry 2008 “Calorimetry and thermal methods in catalysis”
Calorimetry and thermal analysis methods, alone or linked to other techniques, applied to the characterization of catalysts, supports and adsorbents, and to the study of catalytic reactions in various domains: air and wastewater treatment, clean and renewable energies, refining of hydrocarbons, green chemistry, hydrogen production and storage…
Scientific organization. Aline AUROUX, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement de Lyon, 2 avenue Einstein, 69626 Villeurbanne Cedex. Tel : +33 4 72 44 53 98 ; Fax : +33 4 72 44 53 99 ; Email : mailto:aline.auroux@ircelyon.univ-lyon1.fr
Dates. June 29 - July 04, 2008.
Inscription. See our website: http://www.catalyse.cnrs.fr/CALO/
Location. The school will be held on the beautiful site of Fourvière Hill in Lyon, close to the Basilique de Fourvière: CNFETP center, 9 montée Nicolas de Lange, 69005 Lyon, France.
Purpose of the Course. The course is intended to fill the gap between the basic thermodynamic and kinetics concepts acquired by the students during their academic formation, and the use of experimental techniques such as thermal analysis and calorimetry to answer practical questions. The course will give the students insight into the different thermal and calorimetric methods which can be employed in studies aimed at characterizing the physico-chemical properties of solid adsorbents, supports and catalysts, and the processes related to the adsorption – desorption phenomena of the reactants and/or products of catalytic reactions. The course will give also the basic concepts for the physico-chemical comprehension of the relevant phenomena. Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the catalytic reactions can be fruitfully investigated by means of thermal analysis and calorimetric methods, in order to better understand the sequence of the elemental steps in the catalysed reaction. The fundamental theory behind the various thermal analysis and calorimetric techniques and methods will be also illustrated.
Programme: A more detailed programme will be soon available on the website: http://ems6.net/r/?E=XTC-T14-L19HH-DD-I8U4-YBY



