IAPWS Conference 2016 in Dresden

From September 11 to 16, 2016, the "2016 IAPWS Meeting" of the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) will take place at the Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe in Dresden. The conference is being organized on behalf of the German National Committee of the IAPWS, with Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences taking the lead. Prof. H.-J. Kretzschmar, who serves as both Chair of the German National Committee and President of the IAPWS, heads the organizing team from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

All about water: IAPWS products include calculation algorithms and international standards for the thermodynamic state variables and transport properties of water vapor, water, ice, seawater, humid air, and all other mixtures containing water that are used as working fluids in energy engineering processes, as well as guidelines and standards for power plant chemical processes. The algorithms contained therein are used worldwide in calculation programs for the simulation, optimization, and online monitoring of machinery, equipment, and systems in the fields of energy, process, and utility engineering.

As part of the conference, the 2016 IAPWS Symposium —Steam, Water, and Aqueous Mixtures in Energy and Process Engineering—will take place on September 14, 2016. Approximately 100 experts from Egypt, Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland , Japan, the Republic of Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and the United States.

The IAPWS Symposium will feature the following agenda:

• H.-J. Kretzschmar, Chair of the local organizing committee, Welcoming Address
• U. Gaul, State Secretary of the Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art, Opening Remarks
• H.-J. Kretzschmar, IAPWS President, presentation of the 2016 IAPWS Helmholtz Award
• Helmholtz Lecture
• V. Holten, F. Caupin, University of Lyon, France; J. V. Sengers, M. A. Anisimov, University of Maryland, College Park, M. F., USA: “Thermodynamics of Metastable Water.”
• E.-G. Hencke, VDI Düsseldorf, Germany, “VDI Standards for Energy Technology.”
• J. Janicka, University of Darmstadt, Germany, “The German Energy Transition after the Paris Agreement: A Global Model?”
• R. Span, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Carbon Dioxide / Water—Describing a System with Rather Unique Thermodynamic Properties.
• U. Hesse, R. Langebach, Dresden University of Technology, Germany, R718—Water as a Refrigerant.
• E. Vogel, S. Herrmann, B. Jäger, R. Hellmann, E. Bich, University of Rostock, Germany, Interplay of Experimental and Theoretical Transport Property Research for Working Fluids in Power Engineering.
• J. Vrabec, G. Guevara-Carrion, T. Janzen, A. Köster, University of Paderborn, Germany, Thermodynamic Properties of Water and Aqueous Alcohol Mixtures by Molecular Simulation.
• R. Kretschmer, DREWAG-Stadtwerke Dresden GmbH, Germany, DREWAG—The Dresden Energy Supplier
• Technical Visit: DREWAG-Stadtwerke Dresden GmbH, Germany, DREWAG—The Dresden Energy Supplier

Further information on the 2016 IAPWS Meeting (PDF flyer) and the IAPWS Symposium (PDF flyer) can be found in the event flyer.