SHECHTMAN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

VOLUME 7: ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL & MULTISCALE

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Chairman/ Editor Foreword........................................................................................................lxvii

Editor's Biography.....................................................................................................................lxxix

Leading Committee.................................................................................................................lxxxiii

International Committees.........................................................................................................lxxxv

Session Chairpersons..............................................................................................................lxxxvii

Sponsors/Financial Supporters................................................................................................lxxxix

Sponsors' Logos..........................................................................................................................xciii

Corporate Section.......................................................................................................................xcvii

Report ...........................................................................................................................................ciii

 

SUMMIT PLENARY

 

The Role of Science, Engineering, Management and Politics: Reflections from Dan Shechtman's

Story (Abstract only)……………………………..……………………………………………….3

Kongoli, Florian

 

The Discovery of Quasi-periodic Materials (Abstract only)...……………………………………5

Shechtman, Dan

 

Sustainable Mining in the 21st Century (Abstract only)…..……………………………………...7

Gonzalez Rocha, Oscar

 

 

Sustainable Organization of a European Research Centre………………………………………..9

Fransaer, Dirk

 

Mapping the Universe Using Physics and Materials Sciences (Abstract only)..………………..25

Smoot, George

 

The Relevancy of Materials in Boosting Innovation: From Raw Materials to Creative

Applications (Abstract only)…………………………………………………………………….27

Martins, Rodrigo

 

University Technology Transfer - Highs and Lows……………………………………………..29

Fray, Derek

 

Science Has Won against Economy - Japanese Genso Senryaku (project of Strategic Advanced

Materials) for Rare Earth and Critical Metals (Abstract only)……………………………….....39

Halada, Kohmei

 

Push-pull Alloys and the Heritage of Dan Shechtman…………………………………………..41

Dubois, Jean Marie

 

Developing Future Scenarios in Energy and Sustainability (Abstract only)..…………………..63

Kumar, Vasant

 

Challenges ahead for Modelling and Simulation in Mechanics:

From Engineering to Medicine (Abstract only)..………………………………………………..65

Bordas, Stephane; Aifantis, Elias

 

Sustainable Development of new Mining and Energy Projects: Northern Plan (Speech)……...67

Arcand, Pierre

 

Reflections on Sustainable Development (Speech)….…………………………………………..71

Halonen, Tarja

 

Environmentally Sound Copper Smelting and Refining (Abstract only)...……………………..73

Buenger, Thomas

 

Sustainable Mining: Is that Really Possible? (Abstract only).......................................................75

Meech, John

 

New Developments in Sustainable Mining in Brazil (Abstract only)…………………………...77

Silva, Andre Carlos

 

Bottleneck and Future Issues of Steel Production in Japan……………………………………...79

Kitamura, Shin Ya

 

 

Next Generation Secondary Batteries (Abstract only)…………………………………………..83

Aifantis, Katerina

 

Challenges of High Temperature Processing in Metallurgical Industries: Some Highlights

(Abstract only)……………………………………………………………………………...……85

Takano, Cyro

 

A 21st Century Challenge for Scientists and Engineers (Abstract only)………………………..87

Kongoli, Florian

 

Scientific Blunders (Abstract only)..…………………………………………………………….89

Shechtman, Dan

 

The Challenge of Publishing your Most Important Work in 21st Century (Abstract only)…....91

Schekman, Randy

 

Sustainability and the Modified Central Paradigm of Materials Science and Engineering in the

Development of New Materials…………………………………………………………………93

Pech-Canul, Martin; Kongoli, Florian

 

The Impact of Sensors for Science and Technology in the Modern Industrial Society

(Abstract only)………………………………………………………………………………….101

Mauntz, Manfred; Peuser, Jorn

 

The Role of Hydrometallurgy in Sustainable Production of Metals (Abstract only)….………103

Forsen, Olof; Aromaa, Jari

 

Mineral Processing Overview in Brazil………………………………………………………...105

Peres, Antonio

 

 

VOLUME 7: ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL & MULTISCALE

 

ENERGY PRODUCTION

 

Alumina Sol-Gel Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Steel P92 (Abstract only)…………....119

Maria Mosquera Feijoo; Marianne Nofz; Regine Sojref; Romeo Saliwan Neumann;

Ilona Doerfel; Axel Kranzmann; Francisco Javier Perez Trujillo

 

Identifying of Critical Operating Conditions for Premature Failures of Gearbox Components Due

to Vibration Loading by Early Detection of the Associated Aging of the Lubricating Oil….....121

Kuipers, Ulrich; Mauntz, Manfred

 

Underbalanced Drilling…………………………………………………………………………131

Dehghani, Maryam; Dehghani, Fatemeh

 

Applications of Electromagnetic Measurement Methods in Oil and Gas Industry…………....147

Esmaeili, Abdollah; Abdalla Ayoub, Mohammed

 

Improving Energy Efficiency by Recent Breakthroughs in the Field of Materials Science and

Engineering (Keynote) (Abstract only)………………………………………………………...157

Jerz, Jaroslav

 

Nondestructive Testing (NDT) in Ferromagnetic Materials…………………………………...159

Dehghani, Maryam; Dehghani, Fatemeh

 

High-Temperature Geothermal Energy - Why No Canadian Development? (Invited)……….163

Ghomshei, Mory; Meech, John; Mak, Stephen

 

Gas to Liquids (GTL) Technology (Invited)…………………………………………………...175

Dehghani, Maryam

 

LNG as a Fuel in Meeting the Energy Needs of Asia………………………………………….179

Esmaeili, Abdollah

 

Production of Spray-Dried Oxygen Carrier Particles for Chemical Looping Combustion

(Keynote)……………………………………………………………………………………….183

Vangeneugden, Dirk; Van Noyen, Jasper; Protasova, Lidia; Jacobs, Marijke;

 Jing, Dazheng; Hallberg, Peter; Mattisson, Tobias; Lyngfelt, Anders; Snijkers, Frans

 

Production Optimization of an Oil Reservoir (Keynote)……………………………………....189

Esmaeili, Abdollah; Abdalla Ayoub, Mohammed

 

Microbial EOR (Abstract only)………………………………………………………………...201

Dehghani, Maryam

 

Applications of Fiber Optical Sensors in Petroleum Industry…………………………………203

Esmaeili, Abdollah; Dehghani, Maryam; Dehghani, Fatemeh

 

Oil Well Sand Production Control (Keynote)………………………………………………….207

Dehghani, Maryam

 

Determining Relative Permeability Correlation for an Oil Field………………………………213

Esmaeili, Abdollah

 

Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (Abstract only)…………………………………………...217

Dehghani, Maryam

 

Effects of Microwave Radiation on Oil Recovery……………………………………………...219

Esmaeili, Abdollah

 

 

Predicting Fluid-Flow in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs……………………………………...225

Esmaeili, Abdollah; Abdalla Ayoub, Mohammed; Dehghani, Maryam

 

Gas Analysis by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (Abstract only)…………………...235

Dehghani, Maryam

 

Technologies for Removing Sulfur from Heavy Crude Oil…………………………………….237

Esmaeili, Abdollah; Dehghani, Fatemeh

 

Copper and Environment (Abstract only)………………………………………………………245

Dehghani, Maryam

 

Oil Well Stimulation by Electro Acoustic Waves (Invited)……………………………………247

Esmaeili, Abdollah

 

Cutting-Edge Process Management for Asia's Heavy Oil……………………………………...253

Esmaeili, Abdollah

 

Optimization of Water Injection Well Placement for Water Injection into an Oil Reservoir to

Enhance Oil Recovery………………………………………………………………………….261

Esmaeili, Abdollah; Abdalla Ayoub, Mohammed

 

Gas Lift as an Artificial Lift for Production from an Oil Field………………………………...277

Esmaeili, Abdollah; Abdalla Ayoub, Mohammed

 

Technologies to Make 2nd Generation Bio-Fuels (Abstract only)……………………………..287

Esmaeili, Abdollah

 

Microbial Reservoir Souring (Abstract only)…………………………………………………..289

Esmaeili, Abdollah

 

Electrochemical Synthesis of PBTE Thermoelectric Materials in NaOH Solution

(Abstract only)………………………………………………………………………………….291

Shi, Zhongning

 

Energy Conversion of Porous Media Combustion into Electric Power (Abstract only)………293

Bubnovich, Valeri

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL

 

Legal Analysis of Mining and Mineral Processing Concession Contracts in the European Union

and in the Republic of Albania…………………………………………………………………297

Nuni, Ardian; Daci, Jordan

 

Design, Performance and Litigation of Mining and Mineral Processing Contracts: Case of

Albania………………………………………………………………………………………….307

Daci, Jordan; Ndoj, Leandro

 

Environmental Pollution and Industrial Corrosion in Fluvial/Marine Ports: Health, Social and

Legal Aspects…………………………………………………………………………………...315

Valdez, Benjamin; Schorr, Michael; Lotan, Noah; Valdez, Ernesto;

Eliezer, Amir; Bastidas, Jose

 

Altered Patterns of Genetic Structure and Diversity in Mammal Species Exposed to Mine

Tailings in Huautla, Morelos, Mexico (Abstract only)…………………………………………321

Tovar-Sanchez, Efrain; Ortiz-Hernandez, Ma. Laura;

Sanchez-Salinas, Enrique; Mussali-Galante, Patricia

 

Development of an Arsenic Stabilization Method to Remediate Soils and Wastes and its Use to

Improve the Security of Metallurgical Waste Disposal Sites…………………………………..323

Gutierrez-Ruiz, Margarita; Romero, Francisco; Ceniceros, Agueda;

Martinez, Gerardo; Tavares, Tania

 

The Ethos of Science, Production and Management in the Light of Modern Environmental

Policy: The Precautionary Principle and Social and Humanitarian Expertise…………………339

Konovalova, Nadezda

 

Alloy Content in Steel Scrap by Use of Random Sampling Analysis and its Impact on the

Electric Arc Furnace……………………………………………………………………………343

Jonsson, Par; Tilliander, Anders; Gauffin, Alicia

 

The Viability of the Phosphate Industry: Towards a Sustainable Mineral Mining Policy in Israel

(Abstract only)………………………………………………………………………………….355

Danon, Michael

 

Relationship between Different Types of Genotoxic Damage and Arsenic Blood Concentration

in Individuals Residing in an Arsenic Contaminated Area in Central Mexico

(Abstract only)………………………………………………………………………………….357

Mussali-Galante, Patricia; Ortiz-Hernandez, Ma. Laura;

Sanchez-Salinas, Enrique; Tovar-Sanchez, Efrain

 

Investigation on Clean Recycling of Arsenic from the High-Arsenic Dust……………………359

Yi, Yu; Guo, Xueyi; Li, Dong; Shi, Jing

 

Adsorption Capacity of a Chelating Resin in the Heavy Metals Adsorption from Contaminated

Effluent…………………………………………………………………………………………369

Ramona, Martinez; Certucha, Teresa; Agustin, Gomez; Luis, Almazan;

Leobardo, Valenzuela; Monge, Onofre

 

 

Information Technology in Agricultural Production (Abstract only)………………………….379

Jugovic, Zorka

 

Partly Dislocation of the Industrial Waste from Mitrovica Industrial Park and its Impact on the

Environment…………………………………………………………………………………….381

Malollari, Ilirjan; Lajqi, Nushe; Sadiku, Milaim; Muliqi, Ismet;

Kelmendi, Mensur; Baruti, Blerim

 

Study of the Biosorption of Heavy Metals of Anthropogenic Effluents Using Escherichia

Coli……………………………………………………………………………………………...387

Monge, Onofre; Certucha, Teresa; Almendariz, Francisco Javier;

Platt, Luis Carlos; Gomez, Agustin

 

 

MULTISCALE

 

Perseverance Inspired by Prof. Shechtman in 1987 Leads to Discovery of Mysterious Current

Spike and Nano-Confinement in Semiconductors (Plenary) (Abstract only)………………….401

Nowak, Roman; Chrobak, Dariusz

 

On the Two Hidden Contributions to Volume Change Implied by the Deformation of an Actual

Material and on their Distinct Physical Role (Invited)…………………………………………403

Guzzetta, Giuseppe

 

On Materials Informatics and Knowledge Discovery: Mechanical Characterization of Vapor-

Grown Carbon Nanofiber/Vinyl Ester Nanocomposites (Invited)……………………………..411

King, Roger; Abuomar, Osama; Nouranian, Sasan; Lacy, Tom

 

Phase Transitions in a Slender 3-D SMA Cylinder: A Generalization of Ericksen's Classical 1-D

Results (Invited)………………………………………………………………………………...435

Dai, Hui Hui; Song, Zilong

 

Surface Effect at Nanoscale Based on Gurtin's Theory: A Critical Review of Recent Advances

(Invited) (Abstract only)………………………………………………………………………..441

Liu, Jianlin

 

The Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube Nanofluids: From the Nano to the Macro Scales

(Invited) (Abstract only)………………………………………………………………………..443

Marquis, Fernand

 

Adaptive Methods for Multiscale Fracture (Invited) (Abstract only)………………………….445

Bordas, Stephane; Kerfriden, Pierre; Akbari, Ahmad; Goury, Olivier

 

On Relationship between Size Effect and Strain Rate Effect of Strength of Quasi-Brittle

Materials (Invited) (Abstract only)……………………………………………………………..447

Qi, Chengzhi; Aifantis, Elias

A Revamped Paradigm of Composite Materials: From Ancient-To-Modern Concepts and

Applications (Invited)………………………………………………………………………….449

Pech-Canul, Martin; Aifantis, Elias

 

Sextus Empiricus and the Scientific Scepticism (Invited)……………………………………..459

Baloyannis, Stavros

 

Thermal Shock Investigation of Steel Work Roll in Cold Rolling Process…………………...479

Mottahedi, Ali Akbar; Mottahedi, Mahdi; Kashani, Amir

 

Coarse-Graining Approaches for Complex Materials as 'Non-Simple' Continua (Invited)

(Abstract only)…………………………………………………………………………………491

Trovalusci, Patrizia

 

Disclinations and Pentagonal Symmetry in Micro-And Nanocrystalline Objects (Invited)

(Abstract only)…………………………………………………………………………………493

Romanov, Alexey; Kolesnikova, Anna; Dorogin, Leonid; Vikarchuk, Anatoly

 

One More Law of Thermodynamics? (Invited) (Abstract only)………………………………495

Berdichevsky, Victor

 

Polymer Structure and Dynamics in Polymer/Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites (Invited)

(Abstract only)…………………………………………………………………………………497

Anastasiadis, Spiros H.

 

Symmetry Analysis and Invariance Relations in Mechanics of Materials (Abstract only)…..499

Ganghoffer, Jean Francois

 

Inclusion of Arbitrary Polygon with Graded Eigenstrain in an Anisotropic Piezoelectric Plane

(Invited) (Abstract only)………………………………………………………………………..501

Xu, K.y.

 

From Rebo Potentials to a Mechanical Model of Graphene under a Combination of Bending and

Stretching Loads (Abstract only)……………………………………………………………….503

Pugno, Nicola; Favata, Antonino; Podio-Guidugli, Paolo

 

On Consistency of Constitutive Prescriptions in Statistical and Continuum Mechanics

(Abstract only)………………………………………………………………………………….505

Podio-Guidugli, Paolo

 

Crystal Plasticity at the Micro-Scale: Experiments and Theory (Invited) (Abstract only)……507

Ngan, Alfonso