21st Conference on Process Integration,

Modelling and Optimisation

for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction

25 – 29 Aug 2018, Prague, Czech Republic

Organised by: In collaboration with:

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25 August 2018

Welcome to Prague

International Scientific Committee

PRES President

Jiří Jaromír Klemeš (CZ)

PRES 2018 Chairs

Timothy Gordon Walmsley (CZ); Petar Sabev Varbanov (CZ)

PRES_chair@fme.vutbr.cz

Vice-Presidents

Jiří Drahoš (CZ); Ferenc Friedler (HU); Hon Loong Lam (MY); D-F. Li

(CN); Shiyu Li (CN); Zhi-Yong Liu (CN); Sauro Pierucci (IT); Panos

Seferlis (GR); Petr Stehlík (CZ); Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi (MY);

Xigang Yuan (CN)

Scientific Secretaries

Rongxin Su (CN)

Yee Van Fan, Brno University of Technology (CZ)

Xue Xiu Jia, Brno University of Technology (CZ)

Xue Chao Wang, Brno University of Technology (CZ)

Members:

International Scientific Committee

M. Atkins, NZ; K. Aviso, PH; S. Bandyopadhyay, IN; M. Bakošová, SK; J.

Bonet Ruiz, ES; C. Bouallou, FR; I. Bulatov, UK; C-L. Chen, TW; C. de

Almeida, BR; N. Duić, HR; M. Emtir, LY; Z-P Fang, CN; X. Feng, CN;

D.C.Y. Foo, MY; A. Friedl, AT; T. Gundersen, NO; M. Gough, UK; S.

Harvey, SE; A. Hoadley, AU; D. Huisingh, US; A. Josceanu, RO; V. Kafarov,

CO; P. Kapustenko, UA; E. Kenig, DE; J Kim, KR; Z. Kravanja, SI; D.

Kukulka, US; J. Labidi, ES; V. Lavric, RO; C. T. Lee, MY; P. Liu, CN; X. Liu,

CN; H. Lund, DK; Z. Manan, MY; F. Manenti, IT; F. Marechal, CH; K.

Matsuda, JP; A. Mészáros, SK; I.M. Mujtaba, UK; A. Nemet, SI; Z. Novak

Pintarič, SI; N. Ozalp, US; S. Perry, UK; M. Picón-Núñez., MX; A. Pleşu

Bonet-Ruiz, RO; Y. Qian, CN; D. Reay, UK; A. Reverberi, IT; L. Savulescu,

CA; S. K. Sikdar, US; R. Smith, UK; H-W. Sun, CN; R.G.R. Tan, PH; K.

Urbaniec, PL; S. Voutetakis, GR; M.R.W. Walmsley, NZ; Q. Wang, CN; Y.

Wang, CN; J. Yan, SE; F. You, US; S. Bt Yusuf, MY.

Submitted: Selected:

640 Papers 2 Plenaries

1,612 Authors 30 Keynotes

from 50 Countries 211 Orals, 234 Posters

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Plenary Speaker

Professor Raymond R. Tan

Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation

De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

Process Integration and Climate Change

26 August 2018, 8:30 am

Professor Aoife Foley

Editor in Chief of

“Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews”

Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Renewable energy - myth and reality and moving forward

27 August 2018, 9:30 am

Plenary Speaker

2017 Figures

2018 Figures

CET: Web of Science

Chemical Engineering Transactions

PRES’13

PRES 2014

Chemical Engineering Transactions

PRES’11

PRES’09

PRES 2014

70% of Top 10 cited paper is from PRES Conference

Chemical Engineering Transactions

PRES’13

PRES’15

Great Appreciations to ALL Reviewersas listed bellow

• Abdoulmohammad GholamzadehChofreh

• Alajos Meszaros

• Alexandra Elena Bonet-Ruiz

• Amir Hossein Tarighaleslami

• Ana Maria Josceanu

• Andrea P. Reverberi

• Andreja Nemet

• Andrew Hoadley

• Angela Miltner

• Anton Friedl

• Asma Etoumi

• Athanasios Papadopoulos

• Awais Bokhari

• Benjamin H. Y. Ong

• Bing Shen How

• Bohuslav Kilkovský

• Boon Hooi Hong

• Bridgid Lai Fui Chin

• Cassendra Phun Chien Bong

• Cecilia Almeida

• Chakib Bouallou

• Cheng-Liang Chen

• Chew Tin Lee

• Chun Deng

• Chun Hsion Lim

• Constantinos Theodoropoulos

• David Kukulka

• Denny K. S. Ng

• Dominic Foo

• Endre Nagy

• Eugeny Kenig

• Fengqi You

• Fengqi You

• Flavio Manenti

• Florian Schlosser

• Hon Loong Lam

• Igor Bulatov

• Iqbal Mujtaba

• Jalel Labidi

• Jeng Shiun Lim

• Jiang Ping Tang

• Jin-Kuk Kim

• Jiri Hajek

• Jiri Klemes

• Jiri Pospisil

• Jordi Bonet-Ruiz

• Jully Tan

• Junyow Yong

• Karel Marik

• Kathleen Aviso

• Kazuo Matsuda

• Krum Semkov

• Lai Fatt Chuah

• Li Yee Lim

• Lidija Cucek

• Lubomir Klimes

• Luciana Savulescu

• Mansour Emtir

• Maria Gonzalez Alriols

• Martin Atkins

• Martin Gough

• Martin Pavlas

• Martín Picón Núñez

• Marzhan Sadenova

• Mate Hegyhati

• Matthias Philipp

• Megan Jobson

• Michael Harasek

• Michael Narodoslawsky

• Michael Walmsley

• Mimi Haryani Hassim

• Monika Bakosova

• Mustafa Kamal Abdul Aziz

• Nathan Lal

• Nely Georgieva

• Nesrin Ozalp

• Neven Duic

• Nur'aini Raman Yusuf

• Odilio Alves-Filho

• Oliver Osz

• Panagiotis Natsiavas

• Panos Seferlis

• Pei Liu

• Peng Yen Liew

• Petar Sabev Varbanov

• Petr Stehlik

• Petro Kapustenko

• Qian Fu

• Qiuwang Wang

• Raymond Tan

• Robin Smith

• Rongxin Su

• Ron-Hendrik Peesel

• Sandro Nizetic

• Santanu Bandyopadhyay

• Sauro Pierucci

• Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi

• Simon Harvey

• Simon Perry

• Stavros Papadokonstantakis

• Suzana Yusuf

• Tatyana Petrova

• Theodoros Zarogiannis

• Thore Sixten Berntsson

• Timothy Walmsley

• Truls Gundersen

• Vasile Lavric

• Viatcheslav Kafarov

• Viknesh Andiappan Murugappan

• Vladimir Strezov

• Vojtěch Turek

• Wai Shin Ho

• Wendy Pei Qin Ng

• Xabier Erdocia

• Xia Liu

• Xiao Feng

• Xuechao Wang

• Xuexiu Jia

• Yassine Zarhloule

• Yasuki Kansha

• Yee Van Fan

• Yufei Wang

• Zainuddin Manan

• Zakir Khan

• Zan Zore

• Zdenek Jegla

• Zdravko Kravanja

• Zoltan Eller

• Zoltan Varga

• Zorka Novak Pintarič

Top Ten Reviewers

Jiří Jaromír Klemeš: 1,000+ Editorial Decisions; 47 Reviews

1. Timothy Walmsley: 95

2. Petar Varbanov: 72

3. Yee Van Fan: 66

4. Xuechao Wang: 64

5. Xue Xiu Jia: 50

6. Abdoulmohammad Gholamzadeh Chofreh: 48

7. Raymond R. Tan: 42

8. Kathleen Aviso: 28

9. Vojtěch Turek: 27

10. Martin Atkins: 27

• Essentially all papers have been processed

Appreciation to the authors

• The CET revisions are closed

• Vol. 70 of CET has been published and can be

viewed online

www.aidic.it/cet/18/70/programma.html

CET Issues Follow-up

2017 IF : 9.184

Publication Policy of PRES 2018

2017 IF : 2.676

2017 IF : 4.968 2017 IF : 5.651

Open Access

PRES 17 Special Issues

• Journal of Cleaner Production

Managing Guest Editor: Timothy Walmsley

Guest Editors: Petar Varbanov, Rongxin Su

• Energy

Managing Guest Editor: Jiří Klemeš

Guest Editors: Petar Varbanov, Timothy Walmsley,

Pei Liu

• Frontiers of Chemical Science and

Engineering

Managing Guest Editor: Jiří Klemeš

Appreciation

Thanks to all reviewers of PRES’17 and

PRES 2018 - related publications:

▪ Chemical Engineering Transactions

▪ Journal of Cleaner Production

▪ Energy

▪ Frontiers of Chemical Science and

Engineering

Awards

Posters

• 10 Zdenek Burianec Memorial Awards

(5 Best, 5 Outstanding)

• 2 Energies Journal Awards

Oral

• 3 Best SPIL Presentation Awards

Only participants attending the closing and

award ceremony on Wednesday, 29

August are eligible for the Awards

THE BEST POSTER COMPETITION

ZDENEK BURIANECMEMORIAL AWARD

Posters are judged under the following criteria:• Originality of the research• Clarity of the presentation• Graphical quality• Oral presentation and discussion with the

Selection Committee

Winners will receive a certificate and an invitation to prepare a full size manuscript for a Special Issues. The authors of 5 BEST Posters will also granted with a Process Integration book

The ENERGIES Journal Award

• Best Poster Competition

• Energies is sponsoring

– Poster on Energy Research

– 1st Award: Invitation to the Energies

Special Issue from PRES 2018, 100 %

Discount

– 2nd Award: Invitation to the Energies

Special Issue from PRES 2018, 50

Discount

Best Poster Committee

Chair: Panos Seferlis

Secretary: Petar Varbanov, Yee Van Fan

Members:

Alexandra Elena Bonet Ruiz

Aoife Foley

Besagni Giorgio

Cheng-Liang Chen

Evans Chirwa

Fengqi You

Heckl István

Hon Loong Lam

Jin-Kuk Kim

Kathleen Aviso

Mate Hegyhati

Martin Atkins

Paweł Ocłoń

Petro Kapustenko

QiuWang Wang

Raymond Girard Tan

RongXin Su

Viatcheslav Victorovich Kafarov

Walter Wukovits

Yunho Hwang

Presenters shall present their poster in the poster session

and attend the ceremony to be eligible for Awards

SPIL AwardsBest Presentation Awards for Junior Researchers

• The winner will receive a certificate, a small gift

and an invitation to prepare a full size manuscript

for one of the conference Special Issues.

• The selection is based on the recommendation by

the session chair based on the originality of the

research and clarity of the presentation

Papers with SPIL Project members are not eligible for the awards

TRADITIONAL PRES BEER PARTY

Sunday 26 August 2018 U Hubatků

Meeting point: In front of Clarion Hotel Reception Desk 19:00 pm or join us later

10 minutes

slow walk

TRADITIONAL PRES BEER PARTYSunday 26 August 2018 U Hubatku

Meeting point: In front of Clarion Hotel Reception Desk 19:00 pm or join us later

We arrange the Best Beer Party: Food, Venue and Drinks

Please pay your own bill – Czech Beer is still very affordable

2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012,

2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002

……..

2015 – Sarawak, MY

Next PRES Location

2013 – Rhodes, GR

2017 – Tianjin, CN

Crete, GR

2011- Florence

2009 - Rome, IT

2007- Ischia, Naples, IT

2005 - Taormina, Sicily, IT

2001 – Florence, IT

2003 – Hamilton,

Ontario, CA

PRES’19 @ Crete, Greece

20–23 October 2019

Crete named amongst Top 5 destinations in the world for 2018,

according to the Travellers' Choice Awards

Food - Hospitality

Full Registration will include lunches and

the gala dinner

Worldwide famous Cretan cuisine

Transportation

Two international airports serving the island with direct flights from most

European cities and Athens

Heraklion HERChania CHQ

Fast ferries from Piraeus-Athens

Weather @Crete October

Average Temperature

High 25 oC - Low 17 oC

Average Sea Temp: 23 oC

Average duration of sunshine: 6 hours 45 min per day

SPIL Conference 30-31 August 2018

Acknowledgement and Appreciation

Enjoy your stay in

Prague

Thank you!