8:30 – 9:00

Plenary Session-Introduction (Araj/Bard/Heller)

9:00 – 9:15

Break

9:15 – 12:15

Parallel Sessions

Session 1: Water Treatment (Ollis*)

Session 2: Waste Treatment (Sarofim*)

Session 3: Materials Processing & Synthesis (Tenhover*/Bates*)

12:15 – 1:30

Lunch

1:30 – 3:00

Parallel Sessions Continued

3:00 – 3:30

Break

3:30 – 5:30

Plenary Session-European Perspective and Rapporteur Reports

8:30 – 11:30

Parallel Sessions

Session 4: Solar Pumping of Lasers (Tenhover*)

Session 5: Photochemical Synthesis (Vaida*/Kilby*)

Session 6: Fuel Processing & Thermo-/Photo-chemical Cycles (Serpone*)

11:30 – 12:45

Lunch

12:45 – 2:45

Session 7: Advanced Research (Heller*)

2:45 – 3:00

Break

3:00 – 5:00

Plenary Session-Rapporteur Reports and Wrap-up

8:30

Plenary Session-Overview

9:00

Break

9:15

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Session 1: Water Treatment: Advanced Photo-oxidation Processes (17-4-West) Chair: David Ollis

Speakers: William Glaze, University of North Carolina "

Advanced Oxidation Technology Fundamentals: UV/ozone and UV/H₂O₂"

Arthur Nozik, Solar Energy Research Institute

"Mechanistic Studies of the Photocatalytic. Behavior of TiO₂ Particles in a Photoelectrochemical Slurry Cell and the Relevance to Photodetoxification Reactions"

Craig Turchi, Solar Energy Research Institute''Effect of Light Intensity on Photocatalytic Reaction"

Gary Peyton, University of Illinois

"A Comparison of the Advanced Oxidation Processes with Semiconductor-Catalyzed Photooxidation''

Jack Zeff, Ultrox, Inc.

"ULTROX Operating Experiences with UV/Oxidation; Economics"

Hal Link, Solar Energy Research Institute

"Solar Photocatalyzed Process Economics"

Hussain Al-Ekabi, NuLite, Canada

"Photocatalyzed Removal of Multiple Contaminants from Water"

Mark Mehos, Solar Energy Research Institute

"Immobilized Catalysts in Solar Concentrators"

James Pacheco, Sandia National Laboratories

"Immobilized Photocatalysts in Large-Scale Trough Collectors"

Rapporteur: Richard G. Zepp, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Discussion: Session participants

Issues: Chemistry, Catalysts and Oxidants, Concentrators, Economics.

9:15

Session 2: Waste Treatment Chair: Adel Sarofim

Speakers: Barry Delinger, University of Dayton

"High Temperature Photochemistry Induced by Concentrated Solar Radiation"

Wing Tsang, National Institute of Standards and Technology

"Chemical Processes During Incineration and Implications of Detoxification of Hazardous Waste Using Solar Photons"

John F. Cooper, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

''Hazardous Mixed Wastes''

Peter Daley, Chemical Waste Management

"Economics of Waste Destruction"

Terry Galloway, Synthetica Technologies, Inc.

"Waste Destruction by Very High Temperature Steam Reforming"

Rapporteur: Alan Pasternak, Energy Consultant

Discussants: Ron Kagel, Dow Chemical Company Tom Milne, Solar Energy Research Institute

9:15

Session 3: Materials Processing and Synthesis Chairs: Michael Tenhover/J. Lambert Bates

Speakers: W.D. Sproul, Northwestern University

"Surface Engineering"

George Fenske, Argonne National Laboratory

"Application of Energetic Particles to Coating Adhesion and Properties"

Roland Pitts, Solar Energy Research Institute

"Surface Modification Technologies Using Concentrated Solar Photons"

Greg Kolb, Sandia National Laboratories

"Economic Comparisons of Alternative Sources"

Rajiv K. Singh, University of Florida J. Narajan, North Carolina State University*

"Pulsed Laser Processing of Solar Cells"

Rapporteur: Bruce M. Clemens, Stanford University

Discussants: Michael Aziz, Harvard University M. Nastasi, Los Alamos National Laboratory Kurt Sickafus, Los Alamos National Laboratory

12:15

Lunch

1:30

Resume PARALLEL SESSIONS

3:00

Break

3:30

Plenary Session

Paul Kesslering, Paul Scherrer Institute

"Status of European R&D in Solar Chemistry and Industrial Interest in this Technology"

Rapporteur Reports of Sessions 1 – 3

5:30

Adjourn

9:00

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Session 4: Solar Pumping of Lasers Chair: Michael Tenhover

Speakers: Roland Winston, University of Chicago

"Overview of the University of Chicago Work"

Walter Christiansen, University of Washington

"Blackbody Pumped Lasers"

Ja H. Lee, NASA, Langley

"Solard-Pumped Lasers and Their Applications"

Rapporteur: Lloyd Chase, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Discussants: Session participants

8:30

Session 5: Photochemical Synthesis Chair: Veronica Vaida

Speakers: John Connolly, SERI

"Photophysics and Photochemistry of Porphyrin Systems"

James Yardley, Allied Signal

"Potential Industrial Applications of Photons"

Rapporteur: David Eaton, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

Discussants: Mostafa A. El-Sayed, UCLA Arthur Nozik, SERI David Whitten, University of Rochester

8:30

Session 6: Fuel Processing and Thermochemical/Photochemical Cycles Chair: Nick Serpone

Speakers: Kevin Krist, Gas Research Institute

"GRI Experience in Solar Fuel Research"

Ertugrul Bilgen, University of Montreal

"Thermal, Thermochemical and Hybrid Solar Hydrogen Production"

Moshe Levy, Weizmann Institute of Science

"Chemical Reactions Driven by Concentrated Solar Energy''

Helena Chum, Solar Energy Research Institute

''Inexpensive Phenol Replacements from Biomass An On-Going Technology Transfer Effort"

Rapporteur: Arlon Hunt, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Discussant: William A. Summers, Westinghouse Electric Company

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Session 7: Advanced Research Chair: Adam Heller

Speakers: Mordhay Avron, Weizmann Institute of Science

"The Biotechnology of Cultivating Dunaliella Rich in Beta-Carotene: From Basic Research to Industrial Production"

Lewis M. Brown, SERI

"Production Potential of Biochemicals from Algae and Other Biotechnological Innovations Enabled by Higher Solar Concentration"

Rapporteur: Lewis M. Brown, SERI

Discussants: All Workshop Participants

3:00

Break

3:10

Plenary Session

Rapporteur Reports of Sessions 4 – 6

Wrap-up

5:10

Adjourn