A joint symposium of:
 The 8th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL) Scientific Conference
CAPE Forum 2024 Computer Aided Process Engineering
 2nd International Scientific Conference on Cleaner Energy and Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Circular Economy: CLES-CE 2024

2 – 3 September 2024 (Hybrid), Brno, Czech Republic

The SPIL scientific conference was founded by Prof Jiří Jaromír Klemeš. The 8th SPIL conference will be held in conjunction on CAPE forum 2024. The conference serves as a networking platform for collaboration on sustainability research, particularly topics for the joint conference as listed:

  • Process Integration
  • Waste and wastewater management
  • Sustainable energy use and consumption
  • Energy efficiency of industrial and business processes
  • Waste to Energy
  • Energy storage
  • Renewable Energy and Utility System
  • Footprint minimisation and mitigation — applicable to environmental and health footprints
  • Cleaner production and Circular Economy
  • Technoeconomic and Life Cycle Assessment
  • Process analysis and modelling
  • Mathematical modelling and optimisation for sustainability improvement

But are not limited to the mentioned topics. Sustainable solutions, improving the process/conversion effectiveness, economical, environmental and social aspects, as well as policy implementation for environmental footprint mitigation, are within the interest of this conference.

The CAPE Forum 2O24 is organised by the Ukrainian Association of Chemical and Food Engineering (CFE-UA, Kharkiv, Ukraine) jointly with SPIL Laboratory at Brno University of Technology (BUT-Czech Republic). It will be held in Brno during 2— 3 September 2024. The theme of this CAPE event is “New Trends in Process Study, Modelling and Control”. Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) Forum aims to bring together researchers and industrial practitioners for an informal discussion on research topics, new and emerging in the area of CAPE. The CAPE Forum is a series of yearly small-scale but highly interactive conferences organized under the supervision of the Computer-Aided Process Engineering Working Party (CAPE WP) of the European Federation for Chemical Engineering (EFCE). With a mixture of keynote lectures, workshops and young researchers’ presentations, the main goal is to discuss the role of CAPE tools as improvers to accelerate the quick changes that are occurring in the Process Industry.

The CLES-CE 2024 conference is an international, transdisciplinary platform focusing on cleaner ways of sourcing, transforming, transporting, delivering and using energy and useful products. Embedded in the scope is also the concept of Circular Economy – in terms of energy efficiency of systems with circular material flows as well as the energy recovery and reuse in industrial and processes within supply chains, urban and regional process networks. The Cleaner Energy Systems journal serves as a platform for addressing and discussing theoretical and practical issues concerning energy systems related to the reduction and elimination of negative impacts on the environment and human health, as well as the potential increase of natural and human capital.

Presented works (with active participation) in SPIL’ 24 will be invited to select (the choice will be evaluated and decided by editors) and submit their work to the Special Issue. World leading researchers will be invited as the Plenary Speaker or Guest of Honor to provide the up-to-date insight of their respective expertise. 

List of Special Issues:

  • To be announced

SOCIAL PROGRAM

1. Brno city tour

Best of Brno City Centre

Brno is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 400,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the European Union.

2. Moravian karst (on request)

Punkva (Punkevní) Caves

If you are interested, we will organize a trip to the Moravian Karst with a tour of the Punkva caves. The visitors walk through mighty underground spaces and passages decorated with stalactites and stalagmites, as far as the bottom of the world-famous Macocha (=Step Mother) Abyss. The abyss is 138,7 m deep, with fascinating ground dimensions: 174 by 76 m. 

The foot walk is followed by a motor boat ride along the underground river Punkva. The ride includes the visit of the Masaryk´s Dome, one of the most beautiful caves of the Moravian Karst.

REGISTRATION FEES

Early Bird Registration

  • Regular Presenter (Onsite): including VAT 200 EUR (5,040 Kč vč. DPH) 
  • Regular Presenter (Online): including VAT 130 EUR (3,276 Kč vč. DPH)
  • Reduced Fees for Student Presenter (Onsite): including VAT 150 EUR (3,780 Kč vč. DPH) 
  • Reduced Fees for Student Presenter (Online): including VAT 100 EUR (2,520 Kč vč. DPH)

After 31 July 2024 

  • Regular Presenter (Onsite): including VAT 250 EUR (6,300 Kč vč. DPH) 
  • Regular Presenter (Online): including VAT 180 EUR (4,536 Kč vč. DPH)
  • Reduced Fees for Student Presenter (Onsite): including VAT 200 EUR (5,040 Kč vč. DPH) 
  • Reduced Fees for Student Presenter (Online): including VAT 150 EUR (3,780 Kč vč. DPH)

The conference is free for the Ukrainian Ph.D. students on-line participation.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Prof. DSc. Venko Beshkov (Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)

Presentation Title:

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY FERMENTATION METHODSPERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES

Short Biography:

Venko Beschkov, PhD, DSc was born in 1946 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has got PhD in 1978 and DSc degree in 1996 in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.  His present interests are chemical and biochemical processes for environment protection and for utilization of renewable energy sources. He published over 200 scientific papers, 2 monographs and 14 chapters in selected issues. He was editor of 2 books on selected topics. Over 1900 citations of his papers have been noted. He has been Head of the Institute of Chemical Engineering at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1993/2014) and deputy-minister of environment (1991/92).

Prof. Dr. Jiří Kučerík (Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic)

Presentation Title:

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND SOME CARBON SEQUESTRATION STRATEGIES

Short Biography:

Prof. Dr. Jiří Kučerík obtained his Master’s degree in Consumer Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic. From 2010 to 2016, he worked at the Institute for Environmental Sciences at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, as a Privatdozent. In 2021 he became a professor of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection. Between 2016 and 2023, he served as the director of the Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection at the Brno University of Technology. Since 2024, he has been working at Mendel University in Brno.

His research activities primarily focus on environmental chemistry, with a particular emphasis on soil processes, soil organic matter dynamics, the development and testing of soil amendments, sustainable agriculture, (bio)degradation, waste management, and the transformation of polymers. He is also specialized in thermal analysis, particularly in differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry.

Prof. Kučerík is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Springer) and the chairperson of the Scientific Committee “Life & Environmental Science” under the International Confederation of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry.

Prof. Panos Seferlis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) 

Presentation Title:

CO2 CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, SEQUESTRATION CHAIN: A CYCLIC AND INTEGRATED APPROACH

Short Biography:

Prof. Panos Seferlis is a Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a Senior Researcher at the Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute of the Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas. His main research interests are in the area of process systems engineering with emphasis in separation, reactor, and energy conversion systems as well as the design and control of complex mechanical systems. Particular focus is placed on the integration of materials selection, process design, and control system design for enhanced sustainability, improved dynamic performance and optimal economic impact. He has authored more than 250 articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor in Journal of Cleaner Production. He has been the editor in two collective volumes and acted as guest editor in several journal special issues. He has coordinated several research projects at the European and National level whereas he is participating in a leading position in several projects involving sustainable process design, advanced control systems and defence applications.

Address

Brno University of Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Technická 2896/2, 616 69 Brno [Go to Map]

 

Building A2, 3rd floor, room 311