Welcome to the IKCEST
The 84th IKCEST Training Programme for Silk Road Engineering Science and Technology Development

Frontiers in Energy, Environment & Power Engineering Research

 

 

Lecture

Lecturer

 

Opening Ceremony

 

1

Frontier Study on Energy Efficient Utilization and Application of Supercritical-CO2 Power Cycle

Mingjia LI

2

Exploring the foundations of chemical kinetic models–developing a core C0–C5 mechanism

Henry J. Curran

3

Plasma catalysis: A novel solution for environmental and energy applications

Xin TU

4

Advanced thermal chemical processing of biomass wastes and its integration with CO2 reduction

Chunfei Wu

5

Applications of advanced measurement technologies on energy engineering

Yoshihiro Deguch

6

Laser Sensors for Energy, Environment and Biomedical

Aamir Farooq

7

Chemistry and Kinetics of Future Fuels

Aamir Farooq

8

Filtration Solutions to Mitigate Coronavirus Aerosol and PM2.5 Pollutants

David Y. H. Pui

9

Causes, processes and consequences of the Three Mile Island accident and Chernobyl accident

Michael Corradini

10

The process of Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and the impact of nuclear leakage

Michael Corradini

11

Main Issues and Problems of Energy-Related Pollution and Resource Depletion

Jiří Klemeš

12

Engineering Thermodynamics—Thermal Process of Compressor

Mingjia LI

13

IKCEST简介

An introduction to IKCEST

 

 

Grad Ceremony(Online Assessment, Online Examination)

 

 

 

Frontier Study on Energy Efficient Utilization and Application of Supercritical-CO2 Power Cycle
Lecturer:Mingjia LI

 

Abstract: The development of efficient energy conversion systems is important for energy saving and emission reduction. The power cycle is the key component of the energy conversion system. Its performance and different forms of structure are significant that affecting the overall efficiency of the energy conversion system. In recent years, the supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) Brayton cycle is expected to replace some traditional steam Rankine cycles. It can be applied in different energy industries due to its advantages of small size, low cost, and high efficiency.

In this lecture, theoretical level and application level of the S-CO2 Brayton cycle’s development in different energy industries are studied primarily. It mainly includes the applications in nuclear power plants, solar power plants, thermal power plants, and energy storage systems etc.. Second, some relevant works developed by the lecturer are introduced, such as the thermal-economic performance analysis of S-CO2 Brayton cycle, the multi-parameter/multi-objective optimization, different effective methods for improving the energy conversion efficiency and utilization efficiency of S-CO2 Brayton cycle.

Lecturer: Mingjia Li is a professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University with“Young Talent Support Plan” of the university. She was awarded international and national awards such as Asian Young Scientist Award, National Innovative Talents Support Plan of China Postdoctoral Foundation, Outstanding Young Investigator Award in Shannxi Province, Thousand Youth Talents Plan in Shannxi Province, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Shannxi Province etc.. She is the associate editor of Applied Thermal Engineering and on the editorial board of Journal of Thermal Science and Energy & Environment.

She was granted bachelor degree from University of Liverpool (U.K) and master degree from University of Nottingham (U.K.). She obtained the doctoral degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University with the joint program cooperated by Columbia University (U.S).

She mainly focuses on Energy-saving theories & new methods in efficient energy utilization, New energy and Energy storage. She published 63 journal papers (34 papers are published with first author and corresponding author) in top international journals with h-index of 25. Among them, 10 papers are selected in Essential Science Indicators (1% top) including 2 Hot papers (0.1% top) and 8 Research Front papers. She has 23 invention patents and 6 software copyrights. She gave 10 plenary talks and invited talks in international conferences. She served as 9 session chairs in international conferences as well.

As a PI, she totally hosted over 30 national and industrial research programs. Eg. National Science Foundation, National Key Research and Development Program of China-subtopic, the Fund of Ministry of Education, Innovative Talents Support Plan of China Postdoctoral Foundation, International cooperation program etc. The achievements of the projects are highly approved by the partners.

 

Exploring the foundations of chemical kinetic models–developing a core C0–C5 mechanism
Lecturer:Henry J. Curran

 

Abstract: Prof Curran’s research interest lies in the study of the chemistry of how fuels burn in combustors in order to increase efficiency and reduce emissions for a cleaner world. 92% of the world’s energy demand is currently being satisfied through the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas, in order to provide electricity, heat homes and fuel transport. In Ireland the situation is even more pronounced with about 98% of energy provided by fossil fuel combustion, of which nearly 90% is imported from countries as far away as Russia and Columbia. In addition, fossil fuel resources are finite and so alternative energy sources are becoming increasingly important. An understanding of how all fuels, both fossil and biofuels, burn at a molecular level with regards to the nature and speed of the chemical reactions that take place, together with the associated energy release and fluid flows is fundamental in designing cleaner and more efficient combustion devices such as engines and gas turbines.

For almost two decades now at NUI Galway we have been developing detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms, validated over a wide range of pressures, temperatures, and equivalence ratios using many different experimental target data to describe the oxidation of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and their syngas mixtures and hydrocarbon and oxygenated hydrocarbon species up to and including heptanes. This was first published as AramcoMech1.0, followed by versions of 2.0 and 3.0. These mechanisms were developed as robust sub-mechanisms to underpin and contribute to the reliable description of the oxidation of large hydrocarbon fuels, including the primary preference fuels and other larger hydrocarbons.

We have been further developing and refining this mechanism and have made significant and substantial improvements to the core kinetics taking recent quantum chemistry calculations and experimental measurements of rate constants into account. The development of a new mechanism, NUIGMech 1.0, will be described and compared against a wide range of experimentally measured target data.

Lecturer: Henry J. Curran received his PhD degree in 1994 from NUIG in experimental and numerical studies of combustion kinetics. He served as a research scientist in combustion modelling from 1994 to 1999 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California (LLNL). In 1999, he returned to Ireland as a lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology while continuing to consult with LLNL and performing collaborative research at NUIG from 2001 to 2005. He was appointed as a lecturer in Physical Chemistry in NUIG in October 2005, became a Senior Lecturer in 2009 and was promoted to professor in 2013. He was awarded a DSc by Research from the National University of Ireland in October 2011. He became a member of the Royal Irish Academy in May 2015. He is on the editorial board of the Proceedings of Combustion Institute and Progress in Energy and Combustion Science and a past member of the editorial board of Combustion and Flame. Prof Curran has been named by Thomson Reuters (now Clarivate) as being among the top 1% of researchers cited in his field worldwide for the past four years (2014-2017). He was awarded the Boyle Higgins gold medal for Chemistry by the Institute of Chemistry in Ireland in April 2017.

 

 

Plasma catalysis: A novel solution for environmental and energy applications
Lecturer:Xin TU

 

Abstract: The rapid exhaustion of fossil fuel reserves and the adverse effects of climate change caused by increasing global energy demands have attracted great attention and pose serious threats to humankind. The emergence of new energy technologies is crucial and essential to reduce the negative effects of climate change and to ensure global energy security based on sustainable and renewable energy sources.

  Recently, the combination of cold plasma and heterogeneous catalysis (known as plasma-catalysis) has been regarded as a promising and emerging technology for environmental clean-up and for the conversion of carbon and nitrogen sources (e.g. CH4, CO2 and N2) into value-added fuels and chemicals (e.g. hydrogen and liquid fuels) at low temperatures and ambient pressure. Plasma-catalysis has great potential to generate a synergistic effect, which can activate the catalysts at low temperatures and improve the activity and stability of the catalysts, resulting in the remarkable enhancement of reactant conversion, selectivity and yield of end-products, as well as the energy efficiency of the process. The idea of plasma-catalysis has also been extended to the synthesis, preparation and modification of catalysts to improve the activity and stability of the catalysts.

  In this lecture, we will start with the background & principles of plasma catalysis and then show a number of important applications of plasma-catalysis in environmental clean-up and the synthesis the synthesis of fuels and chemicals: i) oxidation of VOCs; ii) reforming of tars from biomass gasification; iii) methane activation; iv) CO2 conversion.

Lecturer: Xin Tu is Chair Professor of Plasma Catalysis in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the University of Liverpool. His research mainly focuses on plasma-catalysis for environmental clean-up (e.g., oxidation of VOCs and PAHs) and for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals from a range of carbon and nitrogen sources (e.g., CO2 conversion, CH4 activation, nitrogen fixation, tar reforming and heavy oil cracking). He has published over 110 peer-reviewed papers in leading international journals, including Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ACS Catal., Appl. Catal. B: Environ., Green Chem., and has given over 40 invited talks at leading international conferences. He has chaired three international conferences and served as a member of the Scientific/Advisory Board for several international conferences and consortia. His recent breakthrough towards developing an innovative plasma-catalytic process for the direct, single-step conversion of CO2 into liquid fuels and chemicals at room temperature and ambient pressure has been reported by a number of scientific and trade medias.

 

 

Advanced thermal chemical processing of biomass wastes and its integration with CO2 reduction
Lecturer:Chunfei Wu

 

Abstract: In response to the climate change issues, the utilization of biomass will play an important role in future energy supplies. Biomass gasification is the thermal decomposition of biomass feedstock in the presence of limited oxygen to produce combustible gas (syngas). It has the advantage that the product gas possesses ease of handling, storability and with the potential for conversion to liquids for use as transportation fuels. A further advantage of biomass gasification is that a range of feedstocks can be used, including agricultural residues, forestry residues, by-products from biorefineries, byproducts from the food industry such as brewery wastes and the biodegradable and plastic fractions of municipal solid waste. However, biomass gasification has several challenges towards deployment including feedstock availability, feedstock pre-treatment and low heating value of syngas, CO2 emission and ash agglomeration etc. In this presentation, solutions to the current biomass gasification challenges will be discussed. In addition, the further reduction of CO2 by integrating with carbon capture and utilization technologies will be presented.

Lecturer: Chunfei Wu (CW) is a Senior Lecturer and Chemical Engineering Programme Lead at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. He has worked in the areas of converting renewable and waste resources to energy, fuel, and chemicals through catalytic thermo-chemical routes for more than 15 years. He is the PI of a EU RISE international exchange programme in relation to biomass gasification and carbon capture and utilisation (Ref; EU823745, €864,400) (2019-2022), and the PI of EU PIRSES (€352,800) in 2017 related to carbon capture. Dr Wu has been involved in several EPSRC and other EU projects (e.g. Co-I in EP/R000670/1 using microwave for bio-oil upgrading; EU H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 (643322) related to co-processing biomass and plastic wastes. He has published 130 peer reviewed journal papers with >4300 citations (H index of 41, Google Scholar) in the areas of catalytic thermo-chemical conversion of wastes, and he is a Charted Scientist and a Member of Royal Society of Chemistry. Dr Wu is also a Subject Editor of Process Safety and Environmental Protection in the theme of solid waste management.

 

Applications of advanced measurement technologies on energy engineering
Lecturer:Yoshihiro Deguch

 

Abstract: Basic theories, methods and applications of advanced measurement technologies on energy engineering will be introduced in this lecture. Its purpose is to enable students to understand the development processes and latest achievements of various advanced measurement technologies in energy engineering. This lectures include various advanced laser measurement technologies and their applications on energy engineering.

Lecturer: Yoshihiro Deguchi is a professor in Tokushima University, Japan. He has been engaged in the research and development of laser diagnostics in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Tokushima University for more than 30 years, such as tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, laser-induced fluorescence, laser Raman spectroscopy and others. In addition to more than 100 invention patents on laser diagnostics, he has published more than 100 famous papers in various international academic journals. He has published the book entitled “Industrial Applications of Laser Diagnostics” (CRS Press, Taylor & Francis, 2011). He is in charge of more than 30 teaching, research and international cooperation projects. He is one of the leading engineers to put laser diagnostics into practical use, especially in large scale plants. In addition to research interests, Prof. Deguchi is also qualified as both a patent attorney and a professional engineer to teach the encouragement and use of intellectual property. Prof. Deguchi is the administration officer of The Heat Transfer Society of Japan, president of JSME LIBS Research Society(Chushikoku-Branch), vice-president of Japan LIBS Research Association, member of International LIBS and member of Asia LIBS. Prof. Deguchi is also a chair professor of Xi’an Jiaotong University and guest professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Under the promotion of Prof. Deguchi, Xi 'an Jiaotong University and Tokushima University built Joint Research Laboratory named “Laboratory on Advanced Laser Measurement Technology for Industrial Applications”.

 

 

Laser Sensors for Energy, Environment and Biomedical
Lecturer:Aamir Farooq

 

Abstract: The interaction of light and matter has been a subject of human discovery and curiosity for over 1000 years. We have always wondered about the creation of sunlight and how it interacts with our earth and environment. Early studies of light interaction with matter were carried out using broadband light sources similar to an electric bulb. The field was, however, revolutionized by the invention of laser almost 60 years ago. Since then, lasers have seen widespread applications in almost every facet of our modern life. One key area of their usage has been as ‘sensors’ for all three primary forms of matter, namely gases, liquids and solids. Sensors are perhaps the most important and integral components of our current and future societies.

In this lecture, we will begin with a brief history of the invention of lasers. We will then describe the basic principles of how lasers (or photons) are able to interact with matter at the very fundamental level of molecules, atoms and electrons. Some introductory aspects of optics and spectroscopy will be covered. Finally, we will see how we can use lasers to develop sensors for applications in energy systems, environment monitoring and biomedical devices.

Lecturer: Aamir Farooq received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2010, and joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2016. He is the principal investigator of the Chemical Kinetics and Laser Sensors Laboratory in the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) at KAUST. His research interests are in the areas of energy, chemical kinetics, spectroscopy, and laser-based sensors. He has authored over 100 refereed journal articles and has given invited talks at a number of international conferences. At KAUST, he won the Distinguished Teaching Award, given to the best instructor over a period of two years. In 2019, Dr. Farooq was awarded the prestigious Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Research Award by Elsevier and Combustion Institute. In 2020, he received Research Excellence award by the Combustion Institute.

 

Chemistry and Kinetics of Future Fuels
Lecturer:Aamir Farooq

Abstract: The fuel landscape has steadily been changing and is expected to evolve at a much rapid pace over the coming years. There will be a shift towards low-carbon fuels, e-fuels, biofuels and sunfuels. Renewable fuels will see increased usage in the form of blending components for higher performance. Simultaneously, engine technologies will need to be improved significantly to achieve fuel-engine co-optimization. Many of these transformations are driven by the grand challenge of ‘global warming’ that our planet faces today.

In this lecture, we will talk about how the future is going to look like for fuels and engines. We will begin with a basic introduction of fuel chemistry and the key advantages of liquid fuels over batteries. We will then describe experimental and modelling approaches that are used to characterize fuel performance. These techniques allow us to choose the best candidate future fuels for high efficiency and low emissions.

Lecturer: Aamir Farooq received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2010, and joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2016. He is the principal investigator of the Chemical Kinetics and Laser Sensors Laboratory in the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) at KAUST. His research interests are in the areas of energy, chemical kinetics, spectroscopy, and laser-based sensors. He has authored over 100 refereed journal articles and has given invited talks at a number of international conferences. At KAUST, he won the Distinguished Teaching Award, given to the best instructor over a period of two years. In 2019, Dr. Farooq was awarded the prestigious Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Research Award by Elsevier and Combustion Institute. In 2020, he received Research Excellence award by the Combustion Institute.

 

Filtration Solutions to Mitigate Coronavirus Aerosol and PM2.5 Pollutants
Lecturer:David Y. H. Pui

 

Abstract: We are developing filtration solutions to 1) mitigate coronavirus spreading and 2) reduce PM2.5 pollutants.  The Particle Technology Laboratory (PTL) has developed many instruments and samplers to perform atmospheric and bioaerosol measurements, which helped to establish many standards, including the U.S. PM2.5 standard. Filtration by N95 respirators and procedural masks, and by cartridge and bag house filters, are the principal means to control the coronavirus spreading and the PM2.5 pollutants, respectively.

The Center for Filtration Research (CFR) at the University of Minnesota, collaborating with 20 leading international filtration companies, including respirator/masks companies 3M, Shigematsu (Japan), Cummins, Donaldson, Watyuan (China), was established to find filtration solutions to mitigate coronavirus aerosol, PM2.5 and other environmental pollutants. CFR investigators perform fundamental and applied research on air, gas and liquid filtration.  

1) Mitigate coronavirus spreading: A good respirator/mask requires that the filter media has high filtration efficiency and low pressure drop (breathability).  Electret Media using charged fibers are shown to have these desirable qualities.  Some of our recent modeling results for the electret media will be presented.  Recent applied research includes identifying and evaluating good filtration media for making respirators/masks, and the decontamination of the used N95 respirators and procedural masks to extend their use.  

2) Reduce PM2.5 pollutants: Due to the rapid economic development, PM2.5 is particularly severe in Asia, killing more than 4 million residents per year.  A disruptive innovation, namely, the Solar-Assisted Large-Scale Cleaning System (SALSCS), is developed to mitigate PM2.5 pollutants in urban air.  The second generation SALSCS is developed to reduce not only the PM2.5 but also CO2 in the atmosphere.  The third generation SALSCS is under development for deployment in Delhi, where the PM2.5 is reaching a critical level.  The design and evaluation of the SALSCS will be presented.

Lecturer: David Y. H. Pui is a Regents Professor and LM Fingerson/TSI Inc. Chair in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.  He is also a Presidential Chair Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and a Chair Professor at the Xi’an Jiaotong University.  Dr. Pui is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Director of the world-renowned Particle Technology Laboratory at the University of Minnesota.  He is also the Director of the Center for Filtration Research (CFR) consisting of 20 leading international filtration manufacturers and end users.  Dr. Pui has a broad range of research experience in aerosol and nanoparticle engineering and filtration technology and has over 320 journal papers and 40 patents.  He has developed several widely used commercial aerosol instruments for PM2.5 measurements. His recent interest involves developing green technologies for mitigating vehicle emissions, and for urban air cleaning using the Solar Assisted Large Scale Cleaning System (SALSCS).  Dr. Pui has received many awards, including the Max Planck Research Award (1993), the Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists (2000), the Fuchs Memorial Award (2010) -- the highest disciplinary award conferred jointly by the American, German and Japanese Aerosol Associations.  He served as President of the American Association for Aerosol Research (2000-2001), and President of the International Aerosol Research Assembly (2006-2010) consisting of 16 member associations from around the world.

 

Causes, processes and consequences of the Three Mile Island accident and Chernobyl accident
Lecturer:Michael Corradini

 

Abstract: The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 is called the most serious nuclear power plant accident in American history, with an accident grade of five. A very small amount of radioactive material leaked out, and more than 200,000 people were evacuated from the area.

Besides, the Chernobyl accident in 1986 is called the most serious nuclear power plant disaster in history, and it is internationally recognized as a seven level nuclear accident. It has caused nearly 100,000 deaths, 270,000 cancers and hundreds of billions of dollars of economic losses, which has had a significant impact on the development of international nuclear energy.

In this lecture, firstly, we will start with the system construction of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Then, we will analyze the causes of the accident, introduce the accident sequence in detail, analyze some parameters, and describe the consequences of the accident. Additionally, we will learn about the knowledge of Chernobyl from the historical influence. Beyond that, we will introduce the cause and process of the accident in detail, and finally summarize the accident.

Lecturer: Michael L. Corradini is Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D. in Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978. He was chosen as a NSF Presidential Young Investigator in Nuclear Reactor Safety in 1984.  He was a consultant for the USNRC as well as many DOE National Laboratories, the AECL and the CEC in severe accidents, containment systems, and multiphase flow.  He was Vice-Chairman of the 1985 NRC Steam Explosion Review Group and other NRC safety review panels.  He was elected a 1990 Fellow of the American Nuclear Society.  In 1998, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He was also served as a presidential appointee in 2002 and 2003 as the chairman of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.  From 2004-2008, he served as a board member of the INPO National Accreditation Board for Nuclear Training. In 2006, he was elected to the National Council on Radiation Protection and appointed to the NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. Most recently, he was appointed Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the civilian French Atomic Energy Agency, CEA. He was elected as the Vice-President and President of the American Nuclear Society in 2011-2012. He has published widely in areas related to vapor explosion phenomena, jet spray dynamics, and transport phenomena in multiphase systems.

 

The process of Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and the impact of nuclear leakage
Lecturer:Michael Corradini

 

Abstract: Due to the impact of natural factors such as earthquakes and tsunamis, a large amount of radioactive material leaked out because of chemical explosion in the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The nuclear leakage has reached the level of Chernobyl accident, and the level of Fukushima nuclear accident is seven. There are no casualties but nearly 100 cancer patients, causing a lot of economic losses. This accident also slowed down the development of nuclear power all over the world.

In this lecture, secondly, we will talk about the earthquake and tsunami to understand the Fukushima nuclear leakage, and learn the layout of the Fukushima nuclear power plant and the design of the primary circuit structure of the boiling water reactor. Then introduce the detailed process of this accident and compare this accident with TMI and Chernobyl. Finally, the impact of the nuclear leakage on the surrounding areas and the development of international nuclear energy is described.

Lecturer: Michael L. Corradini is Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D. in Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978. He was chosen as a NSF Presidential Young Investigator in Nuclear Reactor Safety in 1984.  He was a consultant for the USNRC as well as many DOE National Laboratories, the AECL and the CEC in severe accidents, containment systems, and multiphase flow.  He was Vice-Chairman of the 1985 NRC Steam Explosion Review Group and other NRC safety review panels.  He was elected a 1990 Fellow of the American Nuclear Society.  In 1998, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He was also served as a presidential appointee in 2002 and 2003 as the chairman of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.  From 2004-2008, he served as a board member of the INPO National Accreditation Board for Nuclear Training. In 2006, he was elected to the National Council on Radiation Protection and appointed to the NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. Most recently, he was appointed Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the civilian French Atomic Energy Agency, CEA. He was elected as the Vice-President and President of the American Nuclear Society in 2011-2012. He has published widely in areas related to vapor explosion phenomena, jet spray dynamics, and transport phenomena in multiphase systems.

 

Main Issues and Problems of Energy-Related Pollution and Resource Depletion
Lecturer:Jiří Klemeš

 

Abstract: The lecture offers an overview of the modern metrics of energy-related environmental impact, called “Footprints” and the methods for their reduction and achieving sustainability. Often they are also referred to as “Ecological Footprints”. The course has several major parts:

(i) Introduction to environmental impacts – interactions of human society with the environment. This part introduces the topics, starting from a discussion of the main issues and problems of environmental pollution and depletion of natural resources from their natural storages. The emphasis is put on the need for circularity of the energy and resource use and product/by-product reuse, implementing the Circular Economy principles, to minimize energy generation and waste discharge. Within that context, the global energy and water flows are overviewed, including the flows of virtual water. Definitions of sustainability and sustainable development are given. The Life Cycle thinking and the fundamentals of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) are introduced. The part concludes with the main principles and indicators important for measuring environmental impacts;

(ii) Footprints – definitions, meaning and use. This part introduces in more detail the key footprints, important for evaluating and altering the performance of industrial, commercial and societal systems in terms of environmental impacts and sustainability. The indicators include those for Greenhouse Gas (GHG), water Footprint, Nitrogen Footprint and other;

(iii) Strategies and methods for footprint minimization. It starts by presenting the possible measures and degrees of freedom to reduce footprints. They include resource-saving via the resource/waste hierarchy, the use of renewables. That is followed by more detailed concepts, principles and methods for the simultaneous reduction of footprints and resource intake. Methods for minimizing GHG footprints and energy and water footprint and water demands are discussed.

It concludes with the Environmental Performance Strategy Map – a concept that allows visualizing and simultaneously optimizing the environmental and economic performance indicators of human activity – an industrial site or other business activities.

Lecturer: Jiří KLEMEŠ, head of a Centre of Excellence “Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory – SPIL”, NETME Centre, FME, Brno University of Technology - VUT Brno, Czech Republic and Emeritus Professor at “Centre for Process Systems Engineering and Sustainability”, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary.

Previously the Project Director, Senior Project Officer and Hon Reader at Department of Process Integration at UMIST, The University of Manchester and the University of Edinburgh, UK. Founder and a long-term Head of the Centre for Process Integration and Intensification – CPI2, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary. Awarded by the EC with Marie Curie Chair of Excellence (EXC). Track record of managing and coordinating 94 major EC, NATO, bilateral and UK Know-How projects. Research funding attracted over 37 M€.

Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cleaner Production (IF 6.315) and Chemical Engineering Transactions, Subject Editor of Energy and Emeritus Executive Editor of Applied Thermal Engineering. The founder and President for 23 y of PRES (Process Integration for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction) conferences. Seven years Chairperson of CAPE Working Party of EFCE (European Federation of Chemical Engineering), a member of WP on Process Intensification and of the EFCE Sustainability platform. A Member of the IChemE Sargent Medal International Committee on CAPE.

Engineering Thermodynamics—Thermal Process of Compressor
Lecturer:Mingjia LI

 

Abstract: Compressor is a kind of equipment used to increase gas pressure. It has a wide range of applications in engineering, such as power machinery, ventilation and blast engineering, refrigeration engineering, chemical industry, diving operations, medical treatment and other industries. In this lecture, the classification and working principle of compressors are introduced. The power consumption of the compressor is analyzed and calculated when the quantitative gas is compressed from the same initial state to the predetermined final pressure. The variety methods of power saving and energy saving of the compressor should be further analyzed. Finally the attention points are introduced for the real application of specific compressors.

Lecturer: Mingjia Li is a professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University with “Young Talent Support Plan” of the university. She was awarded international and national awards such as Asian Young Scientist Award, National Innovative Talents Support Plan of China Postdoctoral Foundation, Outstanding Young Investigator Award in Shannxi Province, Thousand Youth Talents Plan in Shannxi Province, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Shannxi Province etc.. She is the associate editor of Applied Thermal Engineering and on the editorial board of Journal of Thermal Science and Energy & Environment.

She was granted bachelor degree from University of Liverpool (U.K) and master degree from University of Nottingham (U.K.). She obtained the doctoral degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University with the joint program cooperated by Columbia University (U.S).

She mainly focuses on Energy-saving theories & new methods in efficient energy utilization, New energy and Energy storage. She published 63 journal papers (34 papers are published with first author and corresponding author) in top international journals with h-index of 25. Among them, 10 papers are selected in Essential Science Indicators (1% top) including 2 Hot papers (0.1% top) and 8 Research Front papers. She has 23 invention patents and 6 software copyrights. She gave 10 planery talks and invited talks in international conferences. She served as 9 session chairs in international conferences as well.

As a PI, she totally hosted over 30 national and industrial research programs. Eg. National Science Foundation, National Key Research and Development Program of China-subtopic, the Fund of Ministry of Education, Innovative Talents Support Plan of China Postdoctoral Foundation, International cooperation program etc. The achievements of the projects are highly approved by the partners.

 

 

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Frontiers in Energy, Environment & Power Engineering Research

 

 

Lecture

Lecturer

 

Opening Ceremony

 

1

Frontier Study on Energy Efficient Utilization and Application of Supercritical-CO2 Power Cycle

Mingjia LI

2

Exploring the foundations of chemical kinetic models–developing a core C0–C5 mechanism

Henry J. Curran

3

Plasma catalysis: A novel solution for environmental and energy applications

Xin TU

4

Advanced thermal chemical processing of biomass wastes and its integration with CO2 reduction

Chunfei Wu

5

Applications of advanced measurement technologies on energy engineering

Yoshihiro Deguch

6

Laser Sensors for Energy, Environment and Biomedical

Aamir Farooq

7

Chemistry and Kinetics of Future Fuels

Aamir Farooq

8

Filtration Solutions to Mitigate Coronavirus Aerosol and PM2.5 Pollutants

David Y. H. Pui

9

Causes, processes and consequences of the Three Mile Island accident and Chernobyl accident

Michael Corradini

10

The process of Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and the impact of nuclear leakage

Michael Corradini

11

Main Issues and Problems of Energy-Related Pollution and Resource Depletion

Jiří Klemeš

12

Engineering Thermodynamics—Thermal Process of Compressor

Mingjia LI

13

IKCEST简介

An introduction to IKCEST

 

 

Grad Ceremony(Online Assessment, Online Examination)

 

 

 

Frontier Study on Energy Efficient Utilization and Application of Supercritical-CO2 Power Cycle
Lecturer:Mingjia LI

 

Abstract: The development of efficient energy conversion systems is important for energy saving and emission reduction. The power cycle is the key component of the energy conversion system. Its performance and different forms of structure are significant that affecting the overall efficiency of the energy conversion system. In recent years, the supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) Brayton cycle is expected to replace some traditional steam Rankine cycles. It can be applied in different energy industries due to its advantages of small size, low cost, and high efficiency.

In this lecture, theoretical level and application level of the S-CO2 Brayton cycle’s development in different energy industries are studied primarily. It mainly includes the applications in nuclear power plants, solar power plants, thermal power plants, and energy storage systems etc.. Second, some relevant works developed by the lecturer are introduced, such as the thermal-economic performance analysis of S-CO2 Brayton cycle, the multi-parameter/multi-objective optimization, different effective methods for improving the energy conversion efficiency and utilization efficiency of S-CO2 Brayton cycle.

Lecturer: Mingjia Li is a professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University with“Young Talent Support Plan” of the university. She was awarded international and national awards such as Asian Young Scientist Award, National Innovative Talents Support Plan of China Postdoctoral Foundation, Outstanding Young Investigator Award in Shannxi Province, Thousand Youth Talents Plan in Shannxi Province, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Shannxi Province etc.. She is the associate editor of Applied Thermal Engineering and on the editorial board of Journal of Thermal Science and Energy & Environment.

She was granted bachelor degree from University of Liverpool (U.K) and master degree from University of Nottingham (U.K.). She obtained the doctoral degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University with the joint program cooperated by Columbia University (U.S).

She mainly focuses on Energy-saving theories & new methods in efficient energy utilization, New energy and Energy storage. She published 63 journal papers (34 papers are published with first author and corresponding author) in top international journals with h-index of 25. Among them, 10 papers are selected in Essential Science Indicators (1% top) including 2 Hot papers (0.1% top) and 8 Research Front papers. She has 23 invention patents and 6 software copyrights. She gave 10 plenary talks and invited talks in international conferences. She served as 9 session chairs in international conferences as well.

As a PI, she totally hosted over 30 national and industrial research programs. Eg. National Science Foundation, National Key Research and Development Program of China-subtopic, the Fund of Ministry of Education, Innovative Talents Support Plan of China Postdoctoral Foundation, International cooperation program etc. The achievements of the projects are highly approved by the partners.

 

Exploring the foundations of chemical kinetic models–developing a core C0–C5 mechanism
Lecturer:Henry J. Curran

 

Abstract: Prof Curran’s research interest lies in the study of the chemistry of how fuels burn in combustors in order to increase efficiency and reduce emissions for a cleaner world. 92% of the world’s energy demand is currently being satisfied through the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas, in order to provide electricity, heat homes and fuel transport. In Ireland the situation is even more pronounced with about 98% of energy provided by fossil fuel combustion, of which nearly 90% is imported from countries as far away as Russia and Columbia. In addition, fossil fuel resources are finite and so alternative energy sources are becoming increasingly important. An understanding of how all fuels, both fossil and biofuels, burn at a molecular level with regards to the nature and speed of the chemical reactions that take place, together with the associated energy release and fluid flows is fundamental in designing cleaner and more efficient combustion devices such as engines and gas turbines.

For almost two decades now at NUI Galway we have been developing detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms, validated over a wide range of pressures, temperatures, and equivalence ratios using many different experimental target data to describe the oxidation of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and their syngas mixtures and hydrocarbon and oxygenated hydrocarbon species up to and including heptanes. This was first published as AramcoMech1.0, followed by versions of 2.0 and 3.0. These mechanisms were developed as robust sub-mechanisms to underpin and contribute to the reliable description of the oxidation of large hydrocarbon fuels, including the primary preference fuels and other larger hydrocarbons.

We have been further developing and refining this mechanism and have made significant and substantial improvements to the core kinetics taking recent quantum chemistry calculations and experimental measurements of rate constants into account. The development of a new mechanism, NUIGMech 1.0, will be described and compared against a wide range of experimentally measured target data.

Lecturer: Henry J. Curran received his PhD degree in 1994 from NUIG in experimental and numerical studies of combustion kinetics. He served as a research scientist in combustion modelling from 1994 to 1999 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California (LLNL). In 1999, he returned to Ireland as a lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology while continuing to consult with LLNL and performing collaborative research at NUIG from 2001 to 2005. He was appointed as a lecturer in Physical Chemistry in NUIG in October 2005, became a Senior Lecturer in 2009 and was promoted to professor in 2013. He was awarded a DSc by Research from the National University of Ireland in October 2011. He became a member of the Royal Irish Academy in May 2015. He is on the editorial board of the Proceedings of Combustion Institute and Progress in Energy and Combustion Science and a past member of the editorial board of Combustion and Flame. Prof Curran has been named by Thomson Reuters (now Clarivate) as being among the top 1% of researchers cited in his field worldwide for the past four years (2014-2017). He was awarded the Boyle Higgins gold medal for Chemistry by the Institute of Chemistry in Ireland in April 2017.

 

 

Plasma catalysis: A novel solution for environmental and energy applications
Lecturer:Xin TU

 

Abstract: The rapid exhaustion of fossil fuel reserves and the adverse effects of climate change caused by increasing global energy demands have attracted great attention and pose serious threats to humankind. The emergence of new energy technologies is crucial and essential to reduce the negative effects of climate change and to ensure global energy security based on sustainable and renewable energy sources.

  Recently, the combination of cold plasma and heterogeneous catalysis (known as plasma-catalysis) has been regarded as a promising and emerging technology for environmental clean-up and for the conversion of carbon and nitrogen sources (e.g. CH4, CO2 and N2) into value-added fuels and chemicals (e.g. hydrogen and liquid fuels) at low temperatures and ambient pressure. Plasma-catalysis has great potential to generate a synergistic effect, which can activate the catalysts at low temperatures and improve the activity and stability of the catalysts, resulting in the remarkable enhancement of reactant conversion, selectivity and yield of end-products, as well as the energy efficiency of the process. The idea of plasma-catalysis has also been extended to the synthesis, preparation and modification of catalysts to improve the activity and stability of the catalysts.

  In this lecture, we will start with the background & principles of plasma catalysis and then show a number of important applications of plasma-catalysis in environmental clean-up and the synthesis the synthesis of fuels and chemicals: i) oxidation of VOCs; ii) reforming of tars from biomass gasification; iii) methane activation; iv) CO2 conversion.

Lecturer: Xin Tu is Chair Professor of Plasma Catalysis in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the University of Liverpool. His research mainly focuses on plasma-catalysis for environmental clean-up (e.g., oxidation of VOCs and PAHs) and for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals from a range of carbon and nitrogen sources (e.g., CO2 conversion, CH4 activation, nitrogen fixation, tar reforming and heavy oil cracking). He has published over 110 peer-reviewed papers in leading international journals, including Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ACS Catal., Appl. Catal. B: Environ., Green Chem., and has given over 40 invited talks at leading international conferences. He has chaired three international conferences and served as a member of the Scientific/Advisory Board for several international conferences and consortia. His recent breakthrough towards developing an innovative plasma-catalytic process for the direct, single-step conversion of CO2 into liquid fuels and chemicals at room temperature and ambient pressure has been reported by a number of scientific and trade medias.

 

 

Advanced thermal chemical processing of biomass wastes and its integration with CO2 reduction
Lecturer:Chunfei Wu

 

Abstract: In response to the climate change issues, the utilization of biomass will play an important role in future energy supplies. Biomass gasification is the thermal decomposition of biomass feedstock in the presence of limited oxygen to produce combustible gas (syngas). It has the advantage that the product gas possesses ease of handling, storability and with the potential for conversion to liquids for use as transportation fuels. A further advantage of biomass gasification is that a range of feedstocks can be used, including agricultural residues, forestry residues, by-products from biorefineries, byproducts from the food industry such as brewery wastes and the biodegradable and plastic fractions of municipal solid waste. However, biomass gasification has several challenges towards deployment including feedstock availability, feedstock pre-treatment and low heating value of syngas, CO2 emission and ash agglomeration etc. In this presentation, solutions to the current biomass gasification challenges will be discussed. In addition, the further reduction of CO2 by integrating with carbon capture and utilization technologies will be presented.

Lecturer: Chunfei Wu (CW) is a Senior Lecturer and Chemical Engineering Programme Lead at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. He has worked in the areas of converting renewable and waste resources to energy, fuel, and chemicals through catalytic thermo-chemical routes for more than 15 years. He is the PI of a EU RISE international exchange programme in relation to biomass gasification and carbon capture and utilisation (Ref; EU823745, €864,400) (2019-2022), and the PI of EU PIRSES (€352,800) in 2017 related to carbon capture. Dr Wu has been involved in several EPSRC and other EU projects (e.g. Co-I in EP/R000670/1 using microwave for bio-oil upgrading; EU H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 (643322) related to co-processing biomass and plastic wastes. He has published 130 peer reviewed journal papers with >4300 citations (H index of 41, Google Scholar) in the areas of catalytic thermo-chemical conversion of wastes, and he is a Charted Scientist and a Member of Royal Society of Chemistry. Dr Wu is also a Subject Editor of Process Safety and Environmental Protection in the theme of solid waste management.

 

Applications of advanced measurement technologies on energy engineering
Lecturer:Yoshihiro Deguch

 

Abstract: Basic theories, methods and applications of advanced measurement technologies on energy engineering will be introduced in this lecture. Its purpose is to enable students to understand the development processes and latest achievements of various advanced measurement technologies in energy engineering. This lectures include various advanced laser measurement technologies and their applications on energy engineering.

Lecturer: Yoshihiro Deguchi is a professor in Tokushima University, Japan. He has been engaged in the research and development of laser diagnostics in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Tokushima University for more than 30 years, such as tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, laser-induced fluorescence, laser Raman spectroscopy and others. In addition to more than 100 invention patents on laser diagnostics, he has published more than 100 famous papers in various international academic journals. He has published the book entitled “Industrial Applications of Laser Diagnostics” (CRS Press, Taylor & Francis, 2011). He is in charge of more than 30 teaching, research and international cooperation projects. He is one of the leading engineers to put laser diagnostics into practical use, especially in large scale plants. In addition to research interests, Prof. Deguchi is also qualified as both a patent attorney and a professional engineer to teach the encouragement and use of intellectual property. Prof. Deguchi is the administration officer of The Heat Transfer Society of Japan, president of JSME LIBS Research Society(Chushikoku-Branch), vice-president of Japan LIBS Research Association, member of International LIBS and member of Asia LIBS. Prof. Deguchi is also a chair professor of Xi’an Jiaotong University and guest professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Under the promotion of Prof. Deguchi, Xi 'an Jiaotong University and Tokushima University built Joint Research Laboratory named “Laboratory on Advanced Laser Measurement Technology for Industrial Applications”.

 

 

Laser Sensors for Energy, Environment and Biomedical
Lecturer:Aamir Farooq

 

Abstract: The interaction of light and matter has been a subject of human discovery and curiosity for over 1000 years. We have always wondered about the creation of sunlight and how it interacts with our earth and environment. Early studies of light interaction with matter were carried out using broadband light sources similar to an electric bulb. The field was, however, revolutionized by the invention of laser almost 60 years ago. Since then, lasers have seen widespread applications in almost every facet of our modern life. One key area of their usage has been as ‘sensors’ for all three primary forms of matter, namely gases, liquids and solids. Sensors are perhaps the most important and integral components of our current and future societies.

In this lecture, we will begin with a brief history of the invention of lasers. We will then describe the basic principles of how lasers (or photons) are able to interact with matter at the very fundamental level of molecules, atoms and electrons. Some introductory aspects of optics and spectroscopy will be covered. Finally, we will see how we can use lasers to develop sensors for applications in energy systems, environment monitoring and biomedical devices.

Lecturer: Aamir Farooq received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2010, and joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2016. He is the principal investigator of the Chemical Kinetics and Laser Sensors Laboratory in the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) at KAUST. His research interests are in the areas of energy, chemical kinetics, spectroscopy, and laser-based sensors. He has authored over 100 refereed journal articles and has given invited talks at a number of international conferences. At KAUST, he won the Distinguished Teaching Award, given to the best instructor over a period of two years. In 2019, Dr. Farooq was awarded the prestigious Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Research Award by Elsevier and Combustion Institute. In 2020, he received Research Excellence award by the Combustion Institute.

 

Chemistry and Kinetics of Future Fuels
Lecturer:Aamir Farooq

Abstract: The fuel landscape has steadily been changing and is expected to evolve at a much rapid pace over the coming years. There will be a shift towards low-carbon fuels, e-fuels, biofuels and sunfuels. Renewable fuels will see increased usage in the form of blending components for higher performance. Simultaneously, engine technologies will need to be improved significantly to achieve fuel-engine co-optimization. Many of these transformations are driven by the grand challenge of ‘global warming’ that our planet faces today.

In this lecture, we will talk about how the future is going to look like for fuels and engines. We will begin with a basic introduction of fuel chemistry and the key advantages of liquid fuels over batteries. We will then describe experimental and modelling approaches that are used to characterize fuel performance. These techniques allow us to choose the best candidate future fuels for high efficiency and low emissions.

Lecturer: Aamir Farooq received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2010, and joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2016. He is the principal investigator of the Chemical Kinetics and Laser Sensors Laboratory in the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) at KAUST. His research interests are in the areas of energy, chemical kinetics, spectroscopy, and laser-based sensors. He has authored over 100 refereed journal articles and has given invited talks at a number of international conferences. At KAUST, he won the Distinguished Teaching Award, given to the best instructor over a period of two years. In 2019, Dr. Farooq was awarded the prestigious Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Research Award by Elsevier and Combustion Institute. In 2020, he received Research Excellence award by the Combustion Institute.

 

Filtration Solutions to Mitigate Coronavirus Aerosol and PM2.5 Pollutants
Lecturer:David Y. H. Pui

 

Abstract: We are developing filtration solutions to 1) mitigate coronavirus spreading and 2) reduce PM2.5 pollutants.  The Particle Technology Laboratory (PTL) has developed many instruments and samplers to perform atmospheric and bioaerosol measurements, which helped to establish many standards, including the U.S. PM2.5 standard. Filtration by N95 respirators and procedural masks, and by cartridge and bag house filters, are the principal means to control the coronavirus spreading and the PM2.5 pollutants, respectively.

The Center for Filtration Research (CFR) at the University of Minnesota, collaborating with 20 leading international filtration companies, including respirator/masks companies 3M, Shigematsu (Japan), Cummins, Donaldson, Watyuan (China), was established to find filtration solutions to mitigate coronavirus aerosol, PM2.5 and other environmental pollutants. CFR investigators perform fundamental and applied research on air, gas and liquid filtration.  

1) Mitigate coronavirus spreading: A good respirator/mask requires that the filter media has high filtration efficiency and low pressure drop (breathability).  Electret Media using charged fibers are shown to have these desirable qualities.  Some of our recent modeling results for the electret media will be presented.  Recent applied research includes identifying and evaluating good filtration media for making respirators/masks, and the decontamination of the used N95 respirators and procedural masks to extend their use.  

2) Reduce PM2.5 pollutants: Due to the rapid economic development, PM2.5 is particularly severe in Asia, killing more than 4 million residents per year.  A disruptive innovation, namely, the Solar-Assisted Large-Scale Cleaning System (SALSCS), is developed to mitigate PM2.5 pollutants in urban air.  The second generation SALSCS is developed to reduce not only the PM2.5 but also CO2 in the atmosphere.  The third generation SALSCS is under development for deployment in Delhi, where the PM2.5 is reaching a critical level.  The design and evaluation of the SALSCS will be presented.

Lecturer: David Y. H. Pui is a Regents Professor and LM Fingerson/TSI Inc. Chair in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.  He is also a Presidential Chair Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and a Chair Professor at the Xi’an Jiaotong University.  Dr. Pui is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Director of the world-renowned Particle Technology Laboratory at the University of Minnesota.  He is also the Director of the Center for Filtration Research (CFR) consisting of 20 leading international filtration manufacturers and end users.  Dr. Pui has a broad range of research experience in aerosol and nanoparticle engineering and filtration technology and has over 320 journal papers and 40 patents.  He has developed several widely used commercial aerosol instruments for PM2.5 measurements. His recent interest involves developing green technologies for mitigating vehicle emissions, and for urban air cleaning using the Solar Assisted Large Scale Cleaning System (SALSCS).  Dr. Pui has received many awards, including the Max Planck Research Award (1993), the Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists (2000), the Fuchs Memorial Award (2010) -- the highest disciplinary award conferred jointly by the American, German and Japanese Aerosol Associations.  He served as President of the American Association for Aerosol Research (2000-2001), and President of the International Aerosol Research Assembly (2006-2010) consisting of 16 member associations from around the world.

 

Causes, processes and consequences of the Three Mile Island accident and Chernobyl accident
Lecturer:Michael Corradini

 

Abstract: The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 is called the most serious nuclear power plant accident in American history, with an accident grade of five. A very small amount of radioactive material leaked out, and more than 200,000 people were evacuated from the area.

Besides, the Chernobyl accident in 1986 is called the most serious nuclear power plant disaster in history, and it is internationally recognized as a seven level nuclear accident. It has caused nearly 100,000 deaths, 270,000 cancers and hundreds of billions of dollars of economic losses, which has had a significant impact on the development of international nuclear energy.

In this lecture, firstly, we will start with the system construction of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Then, we will analyze the causes of the accident, introduce the accident sequence in detail, analyze some parameters, and describe the consequences of the accident. Additionally, we will learn about the knowledge of Chernobyl from the historical influence. Beyond that, we will introduce the cause and process of the accident in detail, and finally summarize the accident.

Lecturer: Michael L. Corradini is Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D. in Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978. He was chosen as a NSF Presidential Young Investigator in Nuclear Reactor Safety in 1984.  He was a consultant for the USNRC as well as many DOE National Laboratories, the AECL and the CEC in severe accidents, containment systems, and multiphase flow.  He was Vice-Chairman of the 1985 NRC Steam Explosion Review Group and other NRC safety review panels.  He was elected a 1990 Fellow of the American Nuclear Society.  In 1998, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He was also served as a presidential appointee in 2002 and 2003 as the chairman of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.  From 2004-2008, he served as a board member of the INPO National Accreditation Board for Nuclear Training. In 2006, he was elected to the National Council on Radiation Protection and appointed to the NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. Most recently, he was appointed Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the civilian French Atomic Energy Agency, CEA. He was elected as the Vice-President and President of the American Nuclear Society in 2011-2012. He has published widely in areas related to vapor explosion phenomena, jet spray dynamics, and transport phenomena in multiphase systems.

 

The process of Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and the impact of nuclear leakage
Lecturer:Michael Corradini

 

Abstract: Due to the impact of natural factors such as earthquakes and tsunamis, a large amount of radioactive material leaked out because of chemical explosion in the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The nuclear leakage has reached the level of Chernobyl accident, and the level of Fukushima nuclear accident is seven. There are no casualties but nearly 100 cancer patients, causing a lot of economic losses. This accident also slowed down the development of nuclear power all over the world.

In this lecture, secondly, we will talk about the earthquake and tsunami to understand the Fukushima nuclear leakage, and learn the layout of the Fukushima nuclear power plant and the design of the primary circuit structure of the boiling water reactor. Then introduce the detailed process of this accident and compare this accident with TMI and Chernobyl. Finally, the impact of the nuclear leakage on the surrounding areas and the development of international nuclear energy is described.

Lecturer: Michael L. Corradini is Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D. in Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978. He was chosen as a NSF Presidential Young Investigator in Nuclear Reactor Safety in 1984.  He was a consultant for the USNRC as well as many DOE National Laboratories, the AECL and the CEC in severe accidents, containment systems, and multiphase flow.  He was Vice-Chairman of the 1985 NRC Steam Explosion Review Group and other NRC safety review panels.  He was elected a 1990 Fellow of the American Nuclear Society.  In 1998, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He was also served as a presidential appointee in 2002 and 2003 as the chairman of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.  From 2004-2008, he served as a board member of the INPO National Accreditation Board for Nuclear Training. In 2006, he was elected to the National Council on Radiation Protection and appointed to the NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. Most recently, he was appointed Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the civilian French Atomic Energy Agency, CEA. He was elected as the Vice-President and President of the American Nuclear Society in 2011-2012. He has published widely in areas related to vapor explosion phenomena, jet spray dynamics, and transport phenomena in multiphase systems.

 

Main Issues and Problems of Energy-Related Pollution and Resource Depletion
Lecturer:Jiří Klemeš

 

Abstract: The lecture offers an overview of the modern metrics of energy-related environmental impact, called “Footprints” and the methods for their reduction and achieving sustainability. Often they are also referred to as “Ecological Footprints”. The course has several major parts:

(i) Introduction to environmental impacts – interactions of human society with the environment. This part introduces the topics, starting from a discussion of the main issues and problems of environmental pollution and depletion of natural resources from their natural storages. The emphasis is put on the need for circularity of the energy and resource use and product/by-product reuse, implementing the Circular Economy principles, to minimize energy generation and waste discharge. Within that context, the global energy and water flows are overviewed, including the flows of virtual water. Definitions of sustainability and sustainable development are given. The Life Cycle thinking and the fundamentals of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) are introduced. The part concludes with the main principles and indicators important for measuring environmental impacts;

(ii) Footprints – definitions, meaning and use. This part introduces in more detail the key footprints, important for evaluating and altering the performance of industrial, commercial and societal systems in terms of environmental impacts and sustainability. The indicators include those for Greenhouse Gas (GHG), water Footprint, Nitrogen Footprint and other;

(iii) Strategies and methods for footprint minimization. It starts by presenting the possible measures and degrees of freedom to reduce footprints. They include resource-saving via the resource/waste hierarchy, the use of renewables. That is followed by more detailed concepts, principles and methods for the simultaneous reduction of footprints and resource intake. Methods for minimizing GHG footprints and energy and water footprint and water demands are discussed.

It concludes with the Environmental Performance Strategy Map – a concept that allows visualizing and simultaneously optimizing the environmental and economic performance indicators of human activity – an industrial site or other business activities.

Lecturer: Jiří KLEMEŠ, head of a Centre of Excellence “Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory – SPIL”, NETME Centre, FME, Brno University of Technology - VUT Brno, Czech Republic and Emeritus Professor at “Centre for Process Systems Engineering and Sustainability”, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary.

Previously the Project Director, Senior Project Officer and Hon Reader at Department of Process Integration at UMIST, The University of Manchester and the University of Edinburgh, UK. Founder and a long-term Head of the Centre for Process Integration and Intensification – CPI2, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary. Awarded by the EC with Marie Curie Chair of Excellence (EXC). Track record of managing and coordinating 94 major EC, NATO, bilateral and UK Know-How projects. Research funding attracted over 37 M€.

Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cleaner Production (IF 6.315) and Chemical Engineering Transactions, Subject Editor of Energy and Emeritus Executive Editor of Applied Thermal Engineering. The founder and President for 23 y of PRES (Process Integration for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction) conferences. Seven years Chairperson of CAPE Working Party of EFCE (European Federation of Chemical Engineering), a member of WP on Process Intensification and of the EFCE Sustainability platform. A Member of the IChemE Sargent Medal International Committee on CAPE.

Engineering Thermodynamics—Thermal Process of Compressor
Lecturer:Mingjia LI

 

Abstract: Compressor is a kind of equipment used to increase gas pressure. It has a wide range of applications in engineering, such as power machinery, ventilation and blast engineering, refrigeration engineering, chemical industry, diving operations, medical treatment and other industries. In this lecture, the classification and working principle of compressors are introduced. The power consumption of the compressor is analyzed and calculated when the quantitative gas is compressed from the same initial state to the predetermined final pressure. The variety methods of power saving and energy saving of the compressor should be further analyzed. Finally the attention points are introduced for the real application of specific compressors.

Lecturer: Mingjia Li is a professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University with “Young Talent Support Plan” of the university. She was awarded international and national awards such as Asian Young Scientist Award, National Innovative Talents Support Plan of China Postdoctoral Foundation, Outstanding Young Investigator Award in Shannxi Province, Thousand Youth Talents Plan in Shannxi Province, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Shannxi Province etc.. She is the associate editor of Applied Thermal Engineering and on the editorial board of Journal of Thermal Science and Energy & Environment.

She was granted bachelor degree from University of Liverpool (U.K) and master degree from University of Nottingham (U.K.). She obtained the doctoral degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University with the joint program cooperated by Columbia University (U.S).

She mainly focuses on Energy-saving theories & new methods in efficient energy utilization, New energy and Energy storage. She published 63 journal papers (34 papers are published with first author and corresponding author) in top international journals with h-index of 25. Among them, 10 papers are selected in Essential Science Indicators (1% top) including 2 Hot papers (0.1% top) and 8 Research Front papers. She has 23 invention patents and 6 software copyrights. She gave 10 planery talks and invited talks in international conferences. She served as 9 session chairs in international conferences as well.

As a PI, she totally hosted over 30 national and industrial research programs. Eg. National Science Foundation, National Key Research and Development Program of China-subtopic, the Fund of Ministry of Education, Innovative Talents Support Plan of China Postdoctoral Foundation, International cooperation program etc. The achievements of the projects are highly approved by the partners.

 

 

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