3rd Working Group 2 Meeting
CNI – TNK – Nanotechnology – Photocatalytic Technologies

PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATIONS, STANDARDIZATION AND VERIFICATION METHODS

Meeting room of the Czech Normalization Institute (CNI), Prague, Czech Republic, 6 June 2008



FINAL PROGRAM

With motto: "Cleaning by light to improve environment - dreams and reality"


8:30 - 9:00 Opening adresses by CNI and COST540 representatives
Zdenka Buresova, Czech Normalization Institute (CNI)
Frantisek PETERKA, chair of COST540

9:00 - 9:30 Brief introduction to situation on the field of testing on photocatalytic application field
Frantisek PETERKA, Research Centre for Nanosurface Engineering - NANOPIN, Czech Republic (chair of COST540, TC206-ISO representative nominated by CNI)

9:30 - 10:00 ISO standardization status
Koji TAKEUCHI, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) Tsukuba, Japan (chair of WG for photocatalysis of TC 206-ISO nominated by JIS)

10:00 - 10:30 Photocatalytic applications. CEN standardization status
Pascal KALUZNY, Tera Environnement, France

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break and discussion

11:00 - 11:30 Photocatalytic materials research in ASTRaL
David CAMERON, Advanced Surface Technology Research Laboratory (ASTRaL), Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

11:30 - 12:00 Photocatalysis in Germany. German standard test methods to determine the activity of photocatalytic materials
Ralf DILLERT, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität, Institut für Technische Chemie Photokatalyse und Nanotechnologie, Germany

12:00 - 12:20 Development of TX Active in Italy
Natalle PIMPINELLI, Italcementi, Italy

12:20 - 12:40 Determination of photocatalytic properties of TiO2 coatings in liquid and gaseous phase: Standardisation efforts
Urh CERNIGOJ, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia

12:30 - 13:00 Photocatalytic properties on textiles: Needs ?
Guy BUYLE, Centexbel, Belgium

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 - 15:00 What’s new in Asia
Shigekazu KATO, vice chairman of International Committee of Photocatalysis Industrial Association Japan (PIAJ), Japan

15:00 - 15:30 Air Purification By Road Materials. Application of ISO methods for NOx measurement and experience
Anne BEELDENS, Belgian Road Research Center, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

15:30 - 16:00 Application of ISO methods proposal for self cleaning and experience
Tatsuya IMURA, chairman of Standardization Committee of Photocatalysis Industrial Association Japan (PIAJ), Japan

16:00 - 16:30 Measurement of contact angle and surface free energy
Zdenek NAVRATIL, Masaryk University Brno, Advex Instruments, Czech Republic

16:30 - 17:00 Are ISO methods sufficient for some of existing photocatalytic technologies verification as eg. air purifiers
Benoît KARTHEUSER, CEntre de Ressources TEchnologique en CHimie (CERTECH), Belgium

17:00 - 17:30 Discussion and concluding remarks