IAPWS News

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jacy Conrad is the winner of the 2026 IAPWS Helmholtz Award, bestowed on an early career researcher in recognition of significant contributions in research of interest to the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam.  Dr. Conrad is a chemical scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory located in Idaho in the USA

A new IAPWS Certified Research Need (ICRN 33), Film Forming Substances in Water/Steam Cycles (Fossil, Nuclear, Industrial, and Geothermal Plants) was issued on 17 March 2026.  The document points to significant scientific unknowns related to the use of film forming substances (FFS), their modes of operation in relation to corrosion inhibiting, and other properties such as influences on steam generating and steam condensing processes, physical properties, and application benefits.  Research to address these unknowns could permit the development of more robust guidelines toward the use of FFS as corrosion inhibitors in water-steam cycles within the power generation industry.

The IAPWS Working Group on Power Cycle Chemistry is presenting a webinar on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 3:00 PM London time: Application of Film Forming Substances (FFS) In Power Cycles by Dr Barry Dooley and Dr Wolfgang Hater.  Register (in advance)  https://lnkd.in/g8mjzb95

A tribute to the late Digby Macdonald has now been posted under the "About Us" "Tributes" pages of this site. Prof. Macdonald was an IAPWS Gibbs Award winner among his many honors.  

The IAPWS 2025 Annual Meeting in Helsinki was a great success, with approximately 70 participants for the meeting week and nearly 100 attendees at the Symposium on "Industrial Boilers, Flue Gas Condensate and Future Technologies".