Introduction

Additives 2007 was the fifth international meeting in the series organised for the RSC Industry and Technology Forum's Industrial Inorganic Chemicals Sector with the support of the Tribology Group and the Combustion Engines and Fuels Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Almost 200 people attended the conference from 18 different countries proving the success of the series.

The next edition will take place in 2009, for more details see the Additives 2009 link.                

The Programme

Many challenges face the transport industry in simultaneously meeting the needs of vehicle owners and of government legislators. Targets for exhaust emissions, fuel economy and vehicle recyclability have to be accompanied by increased engine durability, extended lubricant drain intervals and improvements in vehicle performance and refinement. The conference focussed on the developments of fuel and lubricant additive technology in meeting these challenges.  

The 2½ day conference also addressed the challenges facing the fuels and lubricants industries in meeting the needs of their customers whilst at the same time responding to environmental legislation.  Plenary lectures by speakers from the Automotive (Iveco), Oil (BP) and Additive (ATC) industries were followed by industrial and academic speakers reporting on their current work to address these issues. 

As in all previous conferences there was a session on Friction and Wear that allowed chemists and engineers to come together to share their ideas: the interchange between chemists and surface engineers will continue to be of importance for future technology developments.  This conference had a session on Environmental Issues for the first time, although previous conferences did have environmental matters as an underlying theme.

For further details on the programme, please see the Programme In this section link.

Scientific Committee

We'd like to thank the scientific committee for their contribution to making the conference a success:

Alan Armour, Climax Molybdenum Ltd, UK 
Ian Bell, BP, UK
Richard Biggin, UK
Peter Dowding, Infineum Ltd, UK 
David McCleary, BP, UK
Philip Mitchell, University of Reading, UK
Roy Mortier, UK
Martin Priest, University of Leeds, UK 
Michael Gahagan, Lubrizol Ltd, UK
Paul Shayler, University of Nottingham, UK
Robert Ian Taylor, Shell Global Solutions (UK) Ltd

International Advisory Committee

Wilfried Bartz, Technische Akademie Esslingen, Germany
James Burrington, Lubrizol, USA
Vicky Denton, F&L Asia, Inc., Philippines 
Oscar Farng, Exxon Mobil, USA
Stefan Korcek, USA
Jean-Michel Martin, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
Anders Röj, Volvo, Sweden
Hugh Spikes, Imperial College, UK
Fumio Ueda, Toyota, Japan

Additives 2005

Additives 2005 was held in Dublin in April 2005. Tthe conference attracted 200 of the world's leading experts in lubricant and fuel interactions, lubricant additives, testing, friction and wear. The introduction to additive technology training day run prior to the conference (hosted by Infineum and Associated Octel) was well attended.

 

Images courtesy of Lubrizol Ltd.