Abstract
The Research Institute for Solvothermal Technology (RIST), opened in September 1997 to carry out research related to high-temperature and high-pressure fluid technology. RIST has recently developed new technologies using supercritical fluids, especially carbon dioxide and water, in areas related to the environment, such as the treatment of organic waste, the production of new materials, such as new-carbon substances, materials for batteries and electromagnetic wave absorption; and in the area of energy and resources, such as the conversion or the recycling of industrial plastic waste. This paper also describes the general concept of solvothermal technology, critical phenomena, the philosophy on high pressure research development and the problems of joint research projects with the cooperation of enterprises, universities and government.
