Keynote
Dr. Yongping Zhai, Chief of Energy Sector Group, Asian Development Bank
Achieving Universal Clean Energy Access through Innovative Technologies and Solutions — Asian Development Bank’s Role and Approaches
Dr. Yongping Zhai has been working on energy development in Asia and Africa for 25 years. He is currently Chief of Energy Sector Group, Asian Development Bank (ADB), in charge of overall energy policy coordination and technical support to ADB energy sector operations. He is also in charge of developing energy sector knowledge work for ADB and interacts with worldwide energy sector knowledge partners.
Prior to his current position, Dr. Yongping Zhai was Director, South Asia Energy Division (2010-2015), ADB, covering energy sector operations in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In this capacity, he led ADB’s support to renewable energy, energy efficiency and power trade in South Asia. He also served as ADB’s Lead Energy Specialist (2008-2010), in charge of energy sector in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Philippines, and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
From 1993 to 2000, Dr. Zhai was a Principal Program Coordinator/Public Utilities Economist at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in charge of energy projects in Southern African Development Community (SADC). Between 1990 and 1993, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Energy Technology Division (Energy Policy and Planning), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Yongping Zhai graduated from the Thermal Energy Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (1983) and received a Ph.D in Energy Economics from Institute of Energy Economics and Policy, affiliated with the University of Pierre-Mendès France in Grenoble, France (1989).
Workshop
AI for energy-cyber-physical systems
Potential topics (but not limited to) on
– Human-centric learning and control in e-CPS
– (Deep) Reinforcement learning to deal with uncertainty and dynamics
– Model-based, model-guided, and model-free optimal optimization and planning
Influences and Application of Waste to Energy Technologies
The workshop will cover the practical application of state-of-the-art waste to energy (WTE) technologies and systems and their potential impacts on the economy and environment of our society on both local and global scales. Potential topics (but not limited to) on
– New directions of advanced WTE technologies and their physiochemical principles.
– Application of WTE to sustainable development issues in megacities and rural area.
– Methods and tools that could be used to analyse, simulate and optimize WTE systems.
– Techno-economic and environmental sustainability study of WTE systems.
Optimal operation of hydro, wind, solar power and their integration
The investigation on the complementarity of hydro, wind and solar power generation will improve our knowledge on the inherently complex nexus among various types of power, and eventually establish a better and cleaner energy structure. The workshop will focus on the new theoretical insights, innovative modeling techniques and novel optimization methodologies associated with the complementary of hydro, wind and solar power generation. Potential topics (but not limited to) on
– Forecasting and uncertainty
– Planning and operation of hydro, wind, solar power and their integration
– Utilization of complementary energy in the power market
Urban Energy Systems Design in the loT Era
Emerging innovative ideas and technologies of applied energy systems are changing the global urban landscape. We have observed growing number of efforts and attempts to develop resilient cities, especially new models of sustainable urban systems design for promoting super high energy efficiency performance for decarbonizing cities under the Paris Agreement. However, the energy/carbon impacts of cities’ physical structures and functions are still unknown to most researchers, practitioners and policy makers, and the relevant publications are dispersed in different locations. Research about how cities can be transformed in the IoT era to be more energy efficient, resilient and productive is urgently needed. The Special Session aims to extend the research of urban energy systems and calls for research articles with a focus on urban systems design. We would like to invite submissions, including but not limited the following six issues:
– Urban form structure and its relation to energy
– The system of systems approach, and their integration and interdependencies across sectorial boundaries in cities
– The system dynamics across multi-scales on urban energy performance
– Design dimension of urban energy systems
– System boundaries for urban energy accounting
– Social, behavioral and cultural implications of urban energy systems design research
Cryogenic and Cold Energy Storage and Utilization
The session intends to cover the aspects of coupled thermal and mechanical energy storage with a specific focus on cryogenic and cold energy storage (e.g. Liquid Air Energy Storage) and utilization. The session welcomes original research contributions in modeling, simulation and experimental activity in but not limited to the following areas:
– Cryogenic and cold energy storage as part of micro-grids and smart grids (e.g. District cooling, refrigeration, transport, combined heating, cooling and power etc.)
– Materials (sensible, latent, thermochemical) for cryogenic and cold energy storage
– Cryogenic and cold energy recovery from industrial processes (e.g. LNG regasification, Cryogenic Air Separation Units) including novel working fluids utilization
– Integration of cryogenic and cold energy as part of novel energy systems and power cycles
– Design, optimization and analysis of key enabling components for cryogenic and cold energy storage systems (e.g. heat exchanger, regenerators, power turbines, etc.)
– Techno-economic analysis and Life Cycle Assessment
– Novel thermodynamic cycles
Panel sessions
Dedicated Session organized by UNiLAB HET (Hydrate Energy Technology)
Hydrate Energy Technology related topics on
– Fundamental studies of hydrate
– Gas hydrate exploitation
– hydrate application in gas separation, CC(U)S, sea water desalination, flow assurance, et al.
Porous Materials for Biogas Upgrading and Storage
“Porous Materials for Biogas Upgrading and Storage” specifically addresses newest advances and challenges in biogas upgrading and storage by novel materials and their structuring, including research and development on synthesis and shaping, adsorption and membrane tests, durability, techno-economical evaluation, modelling and life-cycle analysis.
Energy-Water Nexus
Energy and water are both basic human needs and intricately related. Due to the close linkages, an energy-water nexus approach has been a main research topic in recent years and becomes a global concern. Energy and water security cannot be analyzed without considering their relation to changing consumption patterns, global trade, climate change, resource limitations, and governance issues. Despite the progress in recent years, there remain many challenges in scientific research on the energy-water nexus, while implementation as a management tool is just beginning. The scientific challenges are primarily related to data, information and knowledge gaps in our understanding of the inter-linkages. This session aims to discuss how to strengthen the pool of information, and to develop integrated software platforms and tools for systematic analysis of the energy-water nexus. A special issue on energy-water nexus will be organized in Applied Energy, and participants in this session are encouraged to submit papers to the special issue.
