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.MEETING A_N.~OL.~CL'MENT

FL.'N'DAMENTALS OF THER.MOCHF__NHC_kL BIO.M.ASS CON~ 'ERSION: _AN LN'TERNATION.kL CONFERENCE

The In t e rna t iona l Confe r ence o n t he Fundpmenmls.- o f Thermoche.,--_ics/ B i o m a ~ Convers ion ,~ill be he ld f rom Oczober 1S--22, 1982 , in zhe Colo- r ado .Mountain Set~.ng, U ~ . A .

World wide t he re are m ~ n y research and d e v e i o p m e n t pro jec ts on t h e c o m b u s t i o n , gasif ication and l iquefac t ion o f w o o d , p e t and straw. T h e fun- d a m e n t a l chemis t ry o f t he se proc__os~es is on ly par t ly esmbl -~ .ed and this meeting will ser~ to put together the current state of knowledge of mecha- nisms, -kinetics and therrnochemical and thermophys,.'cal property dam.

The format ~d.ll be to have plenary lectures on the above topics, delivered by leading experts, and to have contributed papers in the above areas. The refereed proceedings will be published in 1983.

T h e call for abstracts will be issued by January 1, 1982 . I f y o u are h'~zer- es ted in this m e e t i n g and w o u l d l ike fu r the r i n fo rma t ion please c o n t a c t :

Zo _Milne, Confe rences Group Solar Energy Research Ins t i tu t e 1617 Cole Bou le ,~ rd Golden , CO 80401, U.S.A. tel . : 303/231-1000.

Co-chai rmen are: Dr. Ra lph Overend (Nat ional Research Counci l o f Canada) , Dr. Thomas .Milne (Solar Energy Research Institute), and Dr. Lyle Mudge (Battelle Northwest Laboratories).