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Prof. Ali Reza Kamali Energy and Environmental Materials Research Centre (E2MC), Northeastern University, China |
Dr. Ali Kamali is a Double Hundred Distinguished Professor
and
Director of the Energy and Environmental Energy and
Environmental Materials Research Centre (E2MC) at
Northeastern
University, ex-Senior Research Fellow and current Visiting
Professor at the University of Cambridge, and consultant to
several leading materials companies. He is a Fellow of the
Royal
Society of Chemistry, and has published more than 150
SCI-indexed articles and 50 patents, some of which have been
transferred to industry. His research mostly focuses on the
development of innovative methods for green preparation of
advanced materials for various applications. He is the
recipient
of several awards, including the International Khwarizmi
Award,
the Rose Prize of Shenyang, and NSFC Excellent Young
International Scientist Fellowship.
Speech Title: Clean and low-cost electrochemical generation of hydrogen at elevated temperatures
Abstract: Efficient decarbonization of the economy requires the availability of methods for clean and economical production of hydrogen. The available water electrolysis technologies used for hydrogen generation suffer from various limitations, including the high voltage required in the electrolysis unit, reducing the energy efficiency of the process, while increasing the cost of produced hydrogen. The current presentation focuses on the electrochemical generation of hydrogen at high temperatures, as a new approach for generation of hydrogen at low voltages, enabling the low-cost preparation of hydrogen for various applications. A selection of demanding applications of the generated hydrogen at high temperature is also discussed.
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Prof. Dr. Parin Somani London Organisation of Skills Development, London, United Kingdom |
Prof. Dr Parin Somani is the Director of London Organisation
of Skills Development, Chief Editor of Global Research
Journal for the United Kingdom, Independent Academic
Scholar, TEDx speaker, Banker, Writer, Humanitarian,
Philanthropist and Multi International Award Winner.
Prof. Dr. Parin Somani has achieved 8 doctorate awards,
recognised 5 times in the world book of records, twice in
the India book of records, Asia book of records and
Karnataka book of records. Prof. Dr. Parin Somani has
travelled to over 117 countries to help society at large in
fields of Education, Women empowerment and Youth
development.
Prof. Dr. Parin Somani is the winner of several beauty
pageants and has been honoured with the title of Mrs
Universe 2022, where she was crowned by Bollywood Actress
Mahek Chahal. Prof. Dr. Parin Somani is the Icon of Beauty
with Brains and became the Winner of Enigma Mrs World 2022.
In addition, Prof. Dr. Parin Somani is the winner of Mrs
India 2021 and was crowned by the Bollywood Actress Aditii
Govitrikar. She is Winner of Mrs BritAsian 2021, Winner of
Mrs Universe International 2021, Winner of Mrs India Global
2021 and the runner up of Mrs Queen of India 2021.
Prof. Dr. Parin Somani has authored 19 books and her new
upcoming book “Manifest Inner Beauty: Part I” will be
released in 2023. Prof. Dr. Parin was invited to deliver a
Keynote address at King’s College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
in May 2023 and last year also, she was invited as Keynote
Speaker at Harvard University, United States of America in
May 2022 to help global society at large.
Speech Title: Greenhouse Gas Treatment in the New Normal
Abstract: Events occurring during the
coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic including implementation of
social distancing regulations, resulted in a vast reduction in
the number of transport vehicles being used. This created an
impact upon the amount of greenhouse gas emissions being
emitted, particularly highlighting a reduction in the levels of
carbon dioxide. This study aims to understand the effects of
greenhouse gases on the environment due to the covid-19
pandemic. There is an objective to recommend a recovery plan
towards facilitating new energy production, storage, and
transmission of greenhouse gases, thereby contributing to a
sustainable environment in the new normal. A review of published
and grey literature sources has been conducted through
electronic and manual sources. Results have revealed that carbon
dioxide and methane are deemed as two most important greenhouse
gases, while nitrate particles and nitrogen oxides are dominant
two air pollutants. Emissions appear to have returned to levels
pre-pandemic, hence there is urgent need to ensure a transition
to technology that emits low carbon levels. If this is not
implemented swiftly, severe environmental threats like global
warming and climate change will be accelerated. Recommendations
like turning carbon dioxide into methanol, in addition to
storing renewable energy forms like solar energy and wind energy
are discussed. There is a need to work together to recover from
the covid-19 pandemic implementing a novel and more greener
transition process, to produce and consume greenhouse gases. It
is necessary to facilitate the increase in economical
transformations around the world to help sustain global
environments.
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Prof. Decheng Wan Shanghai Jiaotong University, China |
Prof. Wan received his Ph.D from Shanghai Jiao Tong
University (SJTU), China in 1994. After successively worked
as a research fellow of the Royal Society at University
College London, UK, a senior research fellow at National
University of Singapore, and a Wissenschaftliche
Angestellter at Dortmund University, Germany from 1997 to
2005, he returned to Shanghai and was appointed as a full
professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2006.
Prof. Wan is the Ministry of education of Yangtze River
scholar Professor, the Distinguished professor of Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, one of Shanghai outstanding academic
leaders, The Shanghai East scholar ( tracks plan) professor,
the Doctoral Tutor, the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Fund Winner,
the Ministry of Education New century talents scheme winner,
the Adjunct professor of Strathclyde university and Dalian
University of Technology, the Vice dean of Science and
Technology Development Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong
University, Deputy Dean of advanced Technology and Equipment
Research Institute (presiding) and the Director of Marine
and Ocean Engineering computational hydrodynamics Center.
His research interest is mainly on computational marine and
coastal hydrodynamics, Computational Marine Hydrodynamics,
Simulation Based Design for Offshore and Polar Structures,
Renewable Energy in Deep Sea, Numerical Marine Basin,
Fluid-Structure Interaction, etc.
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Prof. Yifei Wu Xi'an Jiaotong University, China |
Yifei Wu was born in Zhejiang, China. He is now a professor
in Xi'an Jiaotong University (top young talent) and
supported by the national youth talent plan. He has hosted
over more than 10 scientific research projects including the
NSFC, the Key R&D Program of Shaanxi Province, and the State
Grid Corporation's Science and Technology Project. He also
published more than 70 SCI/EI papers in high-level journals
at home and abroad, including 30 SCI papers as the
first/corresponding author. He is a senior member of IEEE,
authorized 19 national invention patents, 10 U.S. patents, 2
European patents. He won the Second Prize of Science and
Technology of Shaanxi Province.
Speech Title: Research on DC Interruption Technology-Topology and Its Key Technologies
Abstract: The DC circuit breaker is an indispensable device for constructing the DC grid and ensuring the reliability and flexibility of the DC power supply. Although the existing DC interruption technology has achieved staged research results, there are still problems such as high cost, large volume, and complicated control, which is difficult to meet the needs of large-scale application of DC grids in the future and becomes a bottleneck restricting the development DC grid. Therefore, it is necessary to fundamentally change the interruption principles of existing DC circuit breakers, and seek high-performance, low-cost, and miniaturized new technologies and methods. In view of the above problems, a novel topology of economical DC circuit breaker based on vacuum arc control is studied. The arc voltage can be rapidly increased by regulating the vacuum arc with a magnetic field, which can be used to commutate the current in the main branch fast. Firstly, the principle of arc control and the method of increasing arc voltage are introduced, and the key influencing factors affecting arc voltage and post-arc dielectric recovery are obtained. Secondly, the arc control method and its effect on commutation is analyzed, in which the specific design parameters are obtained. Finally, a series of DC circuit breaker prototypes are developed and applied to several DC power distribution demonstration projects.
