2022 GC&E Refrigerant Symposium

aerial view of windmills on hills

The ACS 26th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference was held on Jun 6, 2022, in Reston, VA

The schedule was as follows.

Morning Session I (9:45 am – 12:30 p.m. EST)

9:45-9:50      Dr. Mark Shiflett (Univ. Kansas) – Opening Remarks

9:50-10:10    Prof. Yunho Hwang (Univ. Maryland) – Future of Low GWP Refrigerants

10:10-10:20  Kalin Baca (Univ. Kansas, PhD student) – Separation of HFC-32 and HFC-125 using Ionic Liquids

10:20-10:30  Andrew Yancey (Univ. Kansas, PhD student) – Separation of HFCs using porous materials

10:30-10:40  Abby Harders (Univ. Kansas, PhD student) – Separation of HFCs using membranes

10:40-10:50  Ethan Finberg (Univ. Kansas, MS student) – Separation of HFCs using extractive distillation

10:50-11:10  Prof. Aaron Scurto (Univ. Kansas) – Transport properties of Ionic Liquids with Compressed Gases

11:10-11:20  Karim Al-Barghouti (Univ. Kansas, PhD student) – Thermal conductivity of Ionic Liquids with Compressed Gases

11:20-11:40  Prof. Ed Maginn (Univ. Notre Dame) – Molecular Simulation of HFC refrigerants

11:40-11:50 Ning Wang (Univ. Notre Dame, PhD student) – Elucidating the effect of ionic liquid structure for HFC separation

11:50-12:00 Ryan Smith (Univ. Notre Dame, PhD student) – Rapid screening of Ionic Liquids for HFC solubility using MD

12:00-12:10 James Shen (Univ. Maryland, PhD student) – Simulation of Elastocaloric Cooling Devices

12:10-12:20 Prof. Nosang Myung (Univ. Notre Dame) – Intelligent Sensor for Refrigeration / Air Conditioning Systems

12:20-12:30 Yao Feng (Univ. South Dakota, PhD student) – Electrochemical reduction of HFCs by redox mediators

Afternoon Session II (1:30 p.m. – 5:55 p.m. EST)

1:30-1:35   Dr. Mark Shiflett (Univ. Kansas) – Opening Remarks

1:35-1:55   Natalia Duchini (Chemours Company) – Future of Refrigerant Technology

1:55-2:15   Dr. Richard Lord (Carrier) – Refrigerant Transition and the Impact on HVAC Systems

2:15-2:35   Dr. Mark McLinden (NIST) – Thermophysical Properties of the Low-GWP Refrigerants

2:35-2:55   Asst. Prof. Ana Morais (Univ. Kansas) – Thermodynamic Measurements for Separation of R-410A

2:55-3:15   Networking/Conference Break

3:15-3:35   Asst. Prof. Alex Dowling (Univ. Notre Dame) – Data to Process Design: Modeling Azeotropic Separation of HFCs

3:35-3:55   Asst. Prof. Rui Sun (Univ. Hawaii) – Experimental, Computational, and Modeling of Refrigerants in Atmosphere

3:55-4:15   Prof. David Vicic (Lehigh Univ.) – Fluoroalkylation of Organic Substrates Mediated by Nickel

4:15-4:35   Prof. Haoran Sun (Univ. South Dakota) – Breaking the strong C-F bond for good

4:35-4:55   Networking/Conference Break

4:55-5:15   Prof. Ichiro Takeuchi (Univ. Maryland) – Caloric materials for zero GWP cooling and refrigeration

5:15-5:35   Dr. Stella Maris Oggianu (Carrier) – HVAC&R Systems Trends towards Sustainable Solutions

5:35-5:55   Panel Discussion