2008

• New PI Book published (August 2008): "Process Intensification. Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility" Reay, Ramshaw and Harvey. Elsevier (&IChemE). ISBN: 978-0-7506-8941-0 Front cover

• PI Vacancy: Development Project Engineer, Prosonix, Oxford

• NEXT PIN MEETING ["PIN16"], 9th September 2008, Runcorn

   

  Notice from Prof David Reay, PIN Co-ordinator:

   

  The next meeting of the Process Intensification Network will be held in conjunction with Chemistry Innovation (see www.chemistryinnovation.co.uk) at The Heath, Runcorn, Cheshire on 9 September 2008.
   
  Full details will be sent out a few weeks in advance of the meeting, but I would be very pleased to hear from prospective speakers who would like to present at the event.  A title of the talk and the name/affiliation of the presenter will be sufficient at this stage - an early notice of your interest in presenting would be appreciated.
   
  The meeting will additionally involve site visits and workshops, and there is space for exhibitors - please contact me if you are attracted by this latter facility, so that we can gauge interest.
   
  Also: PIN/HEXAG NEWS: the next issue is currently being compiled for distribution in July. Please send me news items/member profiles/brief case studies etc. for inclusion in the Newsletter (preferably in Word format) by the end of June (email: DAReay@aol.com)..

   

• Conference: International Workshop on PI (IWPI 2008) October 15-18, 2008, Tokyo Institute of Technology O-okayama Campus, Tokyo, Japan.. Deadline for abstract submission 25th May 2008

• Conference: 7th International Conference on PROCESS INTENSIFICATION Albany, New York, USA: 15-17 September 2008

• PIN 15 presentations now available

• PIN15 Minutes now available

• Conference: 5th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis, Queen's University Belfast, 31st August - 3rd September 2008. Download flyer.

2007

• PIN 15: the 15th PIN meeting will be held at Cranfield University on Wednesday 21st November 2007. If you would like to give a 25-30 minute talk, please email the details to David Reay

• New Communication: Prof Stankiewicz at Delft is conducting a survey of PI technology within Europe, and invites participation from PIN members [documents]

• PIN 14 Presentations now available (as pdfs)

• PIN 14: Thursday 26th April 2007, Grangemouth. Details now available. Click here for directions to INEOS. Note that there will be presentations the previous evening by Prof Colin Ramshaw and Dr Adam Harvey during a local IChemE meeting on PI . This will be free of charge. Details are included in the PIN14 document.

• Abstract Submission Deadline: January 15th for  European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE6), Copenhagen 16-21 September 2007, which this year has process intensification as one of its main themes.

• Minutes of PIN 13 now available

2006

• PIN 13 presentations (as pdfs) now available

• All details of the PIN meeting, including the registration form can be downloaded here

• PIN Meetings to re-start: the next PIN meeting will be held at Newcastle University's Beehive Centre on the 16th November. The schedule is filling up, but there is still room for more presentations on any PI topic. There will also be, as ever, the opportunity to give 5 minute "impromptu" presentations.

• This website is now hosted by the Process Intensification Group at the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials [CEAM], Newcastle University, UK

• "Process Intensification and Innovation Process (PI)² Cleaner, Sustainable, Efficient Technologies for the Future" is one of the largest international, dedicated Process Intensification conference series. It will take place in Christchurch, New Zealand September 24th - 29th, 2006.

• The individual presentations from the 12th PIN Meeting are now available to download, and can be found here

2005

• The BHR Group is hosting a Process Intensification conference on the 27-29th September 2005, more information can be found here and here
• The University of Newfoundland, Canada, is hosting a course on 'Constructal Design of Porous and Complex Flow Structures' between September 21st and 23rd. Additional information can be found here
• Applications open for the Ilya Prigogine Thermodynamics Prize 2005, application deadline is Sept 1st, more information can be found here
• The individual presentations from the 11th PIN Meeting are now available to download, and can be found here (updated)
• All the relevant information regarding the 11th PIN Meeting, in Newcastle Upon Tyne on the 7th of December, is now available here
• John Brophy's talk from the 10th PIN meeting on Microreaction technology for offshore gas upgrading is now available to download here
• The latest issue of the PIN News Letter (Issue 11) has been released, and you can download it here
  Information on the next PIN Meeting, to be held on the 7th of December 2004 at the Cente for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, will be sent out in early November to all members, and details will be posted here
• The minutes of the 10th PIN meeting are now available here , also available are most of the presentations made during the meeting, they can be viewed here
• TUV NEL Upcoming Conference and Training Course on Multiphase separation and pumping systems, further details can be found here
• Details for the next PIN meeting have been released, they can be downloaded here (word format)
• Issue 10, February 2004, of the PIN News Letter has been released, you can view the contents (including download link) and the editorial

To join PIN, contact David Reay on DAReay@aol.com or complete the expression of interest form – see Join PIN