Scientific Program

15th International Conference on Efficiency, Costs, Optimization, Simulation

and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

Hotel Hilton

Berlin, Germany July 3-5, 2002

organized by

Technische Universität Berlin Institute for Energy Engineering

in participation with ASME International

International Centre for Applied Thermodynamics

Wednesday, July 3, 2002 8:45 – 10:30 Plenary Session I 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 12:30 Plenary Session II 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:00 Exergy Analysis I Gas Turbines Energy Conversion I Renewable

Energies 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:10 Exergy Analysis II Power Plants I Energy Systems Analysis

Internal Combustion Engines

14:30 – 17:30 Poster Presentations

Thursday, July 4, 2002

8:30 – 10:30 Thermoeconomics I Economics, Environ-ment and Policies I

Energy System Optimization

Energy, Momentum and Mass Transfer I

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Thermoeconomics II Economics, Environ-ment and Policies II

Energy Management and Energy Storage

Energy, Momentum and Mass Transfer II

9:30 – 12:30 Poster Presentations

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:00 Design, Integration and

Optimization Power Plants II Energy Conversion II Fuels

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break 16:30 – 18:10 Thermoeconomics III Power Plants III Diagnostics and

Control Chemical Processes

14:30 – 17:30 Poster Presentations

Friday, July 5, 2002 8:30 – 10:30 Cogeneration Intelligent Systems New Concepts Refrigeration and

Air Conditioning 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Exergy Analysis III Transient Operations Thermodynamics Finite Time

Thermodynamics 9:30 – 12:30 Poster Presentations

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:15 Plenary Session III 16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break 16:45 – 18:00 Plenary Session IV

Wednesday, July 3, 7:30-10:30

7:30 Registration Plenary Session I (Ballsaal A/B/C) Session Chairman: G. Tsatsaronis 8:45 Opening Speeches

9:00 Fran Bosňjaković and his World of Thermodynamic Charts – Demonstrated

for Selected Processes with Humid Air (invited presentation) K.-F. Knoche, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany

9:45 Scientific Revolution: Thermodynamics as a General Nonstatistical Science

of any State (invited presentation) E.P. Gyftopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

10:30 Coffee break

Wednesday, July 3, 11:00-12:30

Plenary Session II (Ballsaal A/B/C) Session Chairman: K.-F. Knoche 11:00 Status and Perspectives of Fossil Power Generation

(invited presentation) B. Rukes and R. Taud, Siemens Power Generation, Germany

11:45 Sustainable Energy Supply – A Challenge for Business,

Government and Research (invited presentation) A. Pflüger, Federal Ministry for Economics, Germany

12:30 Lunch

Wednesday, July 3, 14:00-16:00

Exergy Analysis I (Ballsaal A) Session Chairman: E. Sciubba 14:00 An Exergetic Assessment of Natural Mineral Capital (1): Reference

Environment, A Thermodynamic Model for a Degraded Earth A. Valero, L. Ranz, and E. Botero

14:20 Exergetic Evaluation of Natural Mineral Capital (2): Application of the

Methodology to Current World Reserves A. Valero and E. Botero

14:40 The Effect of Environmental Temperature on the Chemical Exergy of

Hydrocarbons R. Rivero, G. Montero, and M. Garfias

15:00 Systematic Analysis of Biochemical Processes in Cells by Applying Graphical Diagrams M. Ishida and K. Okuno

15:20 Evaluation of Energy Conversion Systems Based on Normalized Exergy

Loss N. Murata, T. Kato, K. Wu, Y. Suzuoki, and A. Ishikawa

15:40 The Concept “Environment” in Exergy Analysis (Some Special Cases)

E.N. Serova and V.M. Brodianski Gas Turbines (Ballsaal B/C) Session Chairman: P. Mathieu 14:00 An Analysis of the Efficiency and Economy of Humidified Gas Turbines in

District Heating Applications M. Rydstrand, M.O. Westermark, and M.A. Bartlett

14:20 Basic Chemically Recuperated Gas Turbines - Power Plant Optimization and

Thermodynamics Second Law Analysis L.G. Alves and S.A. Nebra

14:40 Water Recovery Systems for Steam Injected Gas Turbines: An Economic

Analysis G. Blanco and L.L. Ambs

15:00 Thermodynamic Analysis of Different Humid Air Turbine Schemes

I. Szczygiel 15:20 The Study of Capacity Enhancement of a 37.5 MW Gas Turbine Using the

Chilled Water Thermal Energy Storage System M. Ameri and K. Montaser

15:40 The Power Enhancement of the Kish Island Gas Turbine Using Absorption Chiller M. Ameri and A.R. Gharibi

Energy Conversion I (Heine I & II) Session Chairman: K. Lucas 14:00 Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell-Powered Vehicle Performance

Using Direct-Hydrogen Fueling and On-Board Methanol Reforming D.D. Boettner and M.J. Moran

14:20 Understanding Reversible Operation of Electrochemical Energy Converters -

A Key to Fuel Cell Irreversibilities C. Linnemann and S. Kabelac

14:40 An Investigation of the Economy of Fuel Cells for Distributed Generation in

Sweden M. Ohlsson, C. Wallmark, and P. Alvfors

15:00 Typical Part-Load Characteristics of Single Shaft Microturbine Generation Set

at Variable Rotating Speed W. Wang, R. Cai, and N. Zhang

15:20 Economic and Environmental Evaluation of the Production of Zinc,

Hydrogen, and Methanol by the Thermo-Neutral Combined ZnO Reduction with Partial Oxidation of Methane M.M. Halmann and A. Steinfeld

15:40 Energy-Use Analysis and Improvement for Delayed Coking Units

Q.L. Chen, Q.H. Yin, B. Hua, and S.P. Wang Renewable Energies (Dresden) Session Chairman: M. Feidt 14:00 Energy Yield Ratio and Cumulative Energy Demand for Wind Energy

Converters E. Pick and H.-J. Wagner

14:20 Return Temperature of the Brine and Efficiency of a Binary Geothermal

Power Plant S. Köhler

14:40 Cumulative Energy Demand and Cumulative Emissions of Photovoltaics

Production in Europe D. Gürzenich and H.-J. Wagner

15:00 Thermoeconomic Evaluation and Optimization of Solar Assisted Thermally

Driven Cooling Cycles with Irreversibility Constraint S. Colle, J.A. Perrella Balestieri, and H. Vidal Gutierrez

15:20 Thermodynamic Optimization as an Effective Tool to Design Solar Heating

Systems E. Torres-Reyes, J.J. Navarrete-González, A. Zaleta-Aguilar, and J.G. Cervantes-de Gortari

15:40 Design and Validation of a Forced Ventilation Solar Collector Installed in a Public School S. Ubertini and U. Desideri

16:00 Coffee break

Wednesday, July 3, 16:30-18:10

Exergy Analysis II (Ballsaal A) Session Chairman: R. Rivero 16:30 A New Method for Disclosing Internal Phenomena in a Distillation Column by

Use of Material-Utilization Diagram A. Budiman and M. Ishida

16:50 Exergy Analysis of Heat Integrated Distillation Column

A. Budiman and H.T. Bayu 17:10 Relationships Creating Functionalities of a Process System and their

Representation by Process Vectors M. Ishida

17:30 A Dynamic Exergy Evaluation of a Fuel Cell System in a Building

C. Wallmark and P. Alvfors

17:50 An Exergy Analysis of a Concrete Core Conditioning System Coupled with a Combined Heat and Power Unit Using Exhaust Gas Recovery T. Weber

Power Plants I (Ballsaal B/C) Session Chairman: B. Qvale 16:30 Software for the Simulation of Power Plant Processes - Part A: The

Mathematical Model B. Elmegaard and N. Houbak

16:50 Software for the Simulation of Power Plant Processes - Part B: Program Description and Application B. Elmegaard and N. Houbak

17:10 DIMAP: A Very Flexible Tool for Power Plant Simulation

A. Stoppato and C. Carraretto 17:30 Simulation and Optimization of Power Plant Cycles

R. Dobrowolski, A. Witkowski, and R. Leithner 17:50 On Thermoeconomics of Gas Turbine Based Peak Power Generating

Systems T. Veer, B. Czinkóczky, and A. Penninger

Energy Systems Analysis (Heine I & II) Session Chairman: G. Manfrida 16:30 A Novel EFHAT System and Exergy Analysis with Energy Utilization

Diagram H. Jin, H. Zhao, Z. Liu, and R. Cai

16:50 Thermodynamic Analysis of a Combined Cooling, Heat and Power

Generation System J. Cao, F. Liu, and S. Zhang

17:10 Including Exergy Analysis in Industrial Ecology: The Case of Combined Cycle Power Plants with CO2 Capture A. Zvolinschi, S. Kjelstrup, O. Bolland, and H.J. van der Kooi

17:30 Incorporating Externalties in Electric Power Generation Life-Cycle

Costing I. Roth and L. Ambs

17:50 Life Cycle Assessment for End Life Tyres: Comparison of Alternative Final

Disposal Processes A. Corti and L. Lombardi

Internal Combustion Engines (Dresden) Session Chairman: Y. Gögüs 16:30 Unscavenged Combustion Prechamber as a Way to Improve Efficiency and

Emissions of a Lean-Burn Cogeneration Biogas Engine: Comparison with Natural Gas A. Roubaud, R. Röthlisberger, and D. Favrat

16:50 Analysis of a Novel High Efficiency Reciprocating Internal Combustion

Engine M.W. Coney, C. Linnemann, and H.S. Abdallah

17:10 Modeling Pollutant Emissions from S.I. Engine Exhaust Systems

G. D'Errico, G. Ferrari, and A. Onorati 17:30 Improvement of IC Engine Work by Modification its Thermodynamic Cycle

S. Postrzednik and Z. Zmudka 17:50 Producing Electricity from Biogas Using Internal Combustion Engines: Spark

Ignition or Dual-Fuel Engine? A. Bilcan, O. Le Corre, M. Tazerout, I. Bitir, and V. Athanasovici

19:00 Reception at the Reichstag

Thursday, July 4, 8:30-10:30

8:00 Registration Thermoeconomics I (Corinth) Session Chairman: A. Valero 8:30 The Thermoeconomics of Co-Generating Variable Demands of Power and

Heat Y.M. El-Sayed and Y.A. Gögüs

8:50 Exergoeconomic Analysis of a Crude Oil Combined Distillation Unit

R. Rivero and C. Rendón 9:10 Thermoeconomic Optimisation of a Hybrid Microturbine and Fuel Cell

J. Roy-Aikins

9:30 Application of the Method of Exergy Splitting to Cost Evaluation of a Retrofitted J-79 Engine as Cogeneration Unit B. Narin and Y.A. Gögüs

9:50 Topological Interpretation of Exergoeconomic Techniques

J.A. Perrella Balestieri and S. Colle

10:10 Theoretical Research on the Transfer Equation of Exergy Cost S.P. Wang, Q.L. Chen, Q.H. Yin, and B. Hua

Economics, Environment and Policies I (Humboldt) Session Chairman: E. Gyftopoulos 8:30 Thermodynamics and Economics: Energy-Dependent Production Functions

and the Optimization Model PRISE of Price-Induced Sectoral Evolution D. Lindenberger and R. Kümmel

8:50 Energy Efficiency, Environmental Impact and Technology Change in a

Restructured Electric Utility System M.R. von Spakovsky, R.F. Hirsh, and A.H. Serchuk

9:10 CO2 Separation from Power Cycle Using Membrane Technology: Performance Simulation and Preliminary Economic Discussion A. Corti, D. Fiaschi, and L. Lombardi

9:30 An Example of the Ecological Cost Minimization in Case of Blast-Furnace

Process W. Stanek

9:50 A Method of Simulating the Atmospheric Boundary Layer and the Dispersion

of Industrial and Traffic Pollutants: Application to the Attica Peninsula M. Kadja and G. Bergeles

10:10 Establishing the Evaluation Method for CO2 Emission Reduction Potentials in the Industrial Sector in Korea H.-Y. Kim, Y.-G. Park, and M.-H. Park

Energy System Optimization (Heine I & II) Session Chairman: H. Jin 8:30 A Dynamic Approach for the Optimal Electricity Dispatch in the Deregulated

Market C. Carraretto and A. Lazzaretto

8:50 Economic Optimization of Gas Turbine Inlet Air - Cooling systems in

Combined Cycle Applications R. Gareta, L.M. Romeo, and A. Gil

9:10 CO2 Mitigating Effects by Waste Heat Utilization from Industry Sector to

Metropolitan Areas B. Kiani, Y. Hamamoto, A. Akisawa, and T. Kashiwagi

9:30 On the Integration of Thermodynamics with Mathematical Programming for

Total Site Optimisation Z. Shang and A.C. Kokossis

9:50 The Role of Heat Exchangers in Optimum Diabatic Distillation Columns

G. de Koeijer, A. Røsjorde, and S. Kjelstrup Energy, Momentum and Mass Transfer I (Dresden) Session Chairman: H. Auracher 8:30 On the Minimum Entropy Production in Steady State Heat Conduction

Processes Z.S. Kolenda, J. Donizak, and J. Hubert

8:50 Flow Area Structure Generation in Point to Area or Area to Point Flows

L. Ghodoossi and N. Eğrican 9:10 Investigation of the CHF on the Porous Coating in Forced Convection

S. Yildiz and G. Bartsch

9:30 Modified Theories of Axi-Symmetric and Two-Dimensional Laminar Jets S.H. Sohrab

9:50 Homogenization Method for Effective Thermal Conductivity of Metal Hydride

Bed Y. Asakuma, M. Soejima, T. Yamamoto, H. Aoki, and T. Miura

10:10 Time-Dependent Modelling of the Heating Demand for Three-Zone Passive

Houses V. Badescu and B. Sicre

10:30 Coffee break

Thursday, July 4, 11:00-12:30

Thermoeconomics II (Corinth) Session Chairman: C.A. Frangopoulos 11:00 On the Thermoeconomic Approach to the Diagnosis of Energy System

Malfunctions: Part-1 The Tadeus Problem A. Valero, L. Correas, A. Zaleta, A. Lazzaretto, V. Verda, M. Reini, and V. Rangel

11:15 On the Thermoeconomic Approach to the Diagnosis of Energy System

Malfunctions: Part-2 Malfunction Definitions and Assessment A. Valero, L. Correas, A. Zaleta, A. Lazzaretto, V. Verda, and M. Reini, and V. Rangel

11:30 Exergetic and Economic Evaluation of Control Strategies for a Gas Turbine Plant V. Verda and R. Borchiellini

11:50 Thermoeconomic Analysis of Different Technologic Alternatives for

Performance Improvement of a Combined Cycle Power Plant A.P. Arena and E.N. Correa

12:10 Thermoeconomic Method Applied to New Energetic Proposals for Sugar Cane Industry A. Jesús Benitez Fundora

Economics, Environment and Policies II (Humboldt) Session Chairman: G. Erdmann 11:00 Poland's Renewable Policy. Constraints, Costs, and Limitations

J.J. Norwisz and A.D. Panek

11:22 Potentials and Challenges of Industrial Energy Efficiency in Southern California A. Beyene

11:44 Sustainability Analysis of Urban Areas Based on Energy and Environmental

Costs I. Zabalza, A. Aranda, S. Scarpellini, and L.M. Lopez

12:06 Thermal Processing of Chlorine- and Bromine-Containing Wastes

R. Zevenhoven, L. Saeed, and A. Tohka

Energy Management and Energy Storage (Heine I & II) Session Chairman: J. Szargut 11:00 The Future of Compressed Air Energy Storage: High Efficiency and Power

Output with Reliable Turbine Technology I. Tuschy, R. Althaus, R. Gerdes, and P. Keller-Sornig

11:22 The Application of Heat Storage Tanks in CHP Plants in Polish Conditions A. Ziebik and J.P. Zuwala

11:44 Direct Contact Thermal Energy Storage System Using Na2CO3.10H2O Solution

P. Mulyono 12:06 Demand Side Management (DSM) in Hong Kong: Current Status and its

Application to Commercial Buildings S. Deng and W.-H. Ng

Energy, Momentum and Mass Transfer II (Dresden) Session Chairman: Z. Kolenda 11:00 Thermo-Fluid-Dynamic Investigation of a Dryer Using Numerical and

Experimental Approach A. Ficarella, A. Perago, G. Starace, and D. Laforgia

11:18 On the Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer Problem of a Channel with a

Combined Sinusoidal Wall and a Plane Wall J.A. Ramirez-Vazquez, A. Hernandez-Guerrero, S.M. Hernandez-Gonzalez, and R. Romero-Mendez

11:36 A New Moving Boundary Model for Transient Simulations of Dry-Expansion

Evaporators J. Munch Jensen and H.J. Høgaard Knudsen

11:54 Thermal Characteristics of the Various Cooling Methods in Electronic

Equipment Y.-S. Son and J.-Y. Shin

12:12 Increase in Water Evaporation Rate Using Porous Media

E.F. Jaguaribe, P.C. Lobo, M.A.R. Andrade, and F.B. Ferraz 12:30 Lunch

Thursday, July 4, 14:00-16:00

Design, Integration and Optimization (Corinth) Session Chairman: M.J. Moran 14:00 A Brief Review of Methods for the Design and Synthesis Optimization of

Energy Systems C.A. Frangopoulos, M.R. von Spakovsky, and E. Sciubba

14.20 The Formulation of Inter-Disciplinary Information Exchange

Y.M. El-Sayed and Y.A. Gögüs 14:40 Minimization of the Depletion of Non-Renewable Resources by Means of the

Optimization of Design Parameters J.T. Szargut

15:00 Principal Power Generation Schemes with LNG Cryogenic Exergy

N. Zhang and R. Cai 15:20 Isolated Hybrid PV-Diesel Power Plants Design Method

S.L. Abreu, S. Colle, K.L.Z. Glitz, and R. Rüther, H.G. Beyer 15:40 Thermodynamic Analysis of Technical Energy Systems by Energy-Flow

Framework Diagram D. Zheng, R. Yao, H. Jin, and K. Chu

Power Plants II (Humboldt) Session Chairman: D. Sama 14:00 Performance Analysis of a Biomass Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle

with Reduced CO2 Emissions A. Corti and L. Lombardi

14:20 Integration of Biomass into Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycles -

Thermodynamic and Economical Analyses F. Donatini, G. Gigliucci, C. Zamparelli, and N. Herzog

14:40 Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Waste Wood Co-Utilisation for Energy Production G. Skodras, P. Grammelis, E. Kakaras, and G.P. Sakellaropoulos

15:00 Effective Waste Incineration in Hybrid Cycles for CHP Applications - A Cycle and System Study M.A. Bartlett, K. Wikman, K. Holmgren, and M.O. Westermark

15:20 Thermoeconomic Evaluation of the Feasibility of Highly Efficient Combined Cycle Power Plants A. Franco and C. Casarosa

15:40 Performance and Cost Analysis of a Coal-Fired Steam Power Plant Y. Yang, W. Xue, X. Guo, and X. Liu

Energy Conversion II (Heine I & II) Session Chairman: Ö. Arnas 14 :00 Reaction Front Propagation Velocity in the Fixed Bed Combustion of Solid

Fuels A. Szlek

14:20 PAHS Formation in Flames of Gaseous Fuels - An Experimental Study of the

Influence of Selected Combustion Parameters R.K. Wilk, A. Ksiadz, and A. Szlek

14:40 Drying and Burning of Romanian Energetic Coal Powder in Ultrasound Field,

An Efficient Method for CO2 Reduction I. Ionel and C. Ungureanu

15:00 New Proposal in the Thermodynamic Analysis of Complex Heat Regeneration

Systems T. Morosuk, C. Morosuk, and M. Feidt

15:20 Thermodynamic Basis for Creation of Multi-Temperature Heat Pumps

T. Morosuk, L. Morosuk, E. Neurov and B. Andresen 15:40 Subsea Multiphase Pumping System x Gas Lift: An Exergo-Economic

Comparison C.Y. Nakashima, S. de Oliveira, and E.F. Caetano

Fuels (Dresden) Session Chairman: A. Mirandola 14:00 Thermodynamic and Environmental Profile of Selected Gaseous Energy

Carriers. Comparing Natural Gas, Syngas and Hydrogen S. Bargigli, M. Raugei, and S. Ulgiati

14:20 Biodiesel as Alternative Fuel: Experimental Analysis and Energetic

Evaluations C. Carraretto, A. Macor, A. Mirandola, A. Stoppato, and S. Tonon

14:40 Towards the Hydrogen Era Using Near-Zero CO2 Emissions Energy Systems

P. Mathieu 15:00 Kinetics of Biomass Wastes Pyrolysis for Fuel Gas Production

G. Chen, J. Andries, H. Spliethoff, and M. Fang 15:20 Effect of Water Vapour on the Product Yields and Compositions of the Fixed-

Bed Pyrolysis of Olive Residue E. Apaydin, B.B. Uzun, N. Özbay, and A.E. Pütün

15:40 Bio-Crude From Rice Straw: Fixed-Bed Pyrolysis

E. Apaydin, N. Özbay, F. Ates, and A.E. Pütün

16:00 Coffee break

Thursday, July 4, 16:30-18:10

Thermoeconomics III (Corinth) Session Chairman: M.R. von Spakovsky 16:30 Thermo-economic Analysis of a Cogeneration System of a Sugar Mill Plant

M.G. Sanchez and S.A. Nebra

16:50 Energy and Economic Analysis of Cogeneration System Applied to Ceramic Industry R.A.P. Borba, M.A.M. Silva, and E. Bazzo

17:10 A Thermo-economic Comparison Among Different Solutions for Energy

Recovery From Industrial Waste Comprising an Advanced BIGFC Plant: The Case of a Confectionary Plant P. Lunghi and R. Burzacca

17:30 Evaluation of Matrix Thermal Conductivity Effect on the Thermoeconomic

Optimisation of an Air-Conditioning Rotary Regenerator R.K. Jassim

17:50 Simulation and Thermoeconomic Analysis of a PV-Hydrogen System Serving

the Energy Needs of a Residential Building in an Isolated Valley of the Alps M. Santarelli, R. Borchiellini, and C. Gregoire-Padro

Power Plants III (Humboldt) Session Chairman: M. Ishida 16:30 Thermodynamic Analysis of Supplementary-Fired Gas Turbine Cycles

B. Elmegaard, U. Henriksen, and B. Qvale 16:50 Tests on a Ceramic High Temperature Heat Exchanger Module for a Directly

Coal Fired Combined Cycle C. Ehlers and R. Leithner

17:10 Compressor Intake Air Cooling in Gas Turbine Plants

E. Kakaras, A. Doukelis, and S. Karellas 17:30 Effect of the HRSG on the Performance of Co-Fired Combined Cycles

A. Walter, J. Llagostera, M.R. Souza, and A. Faaij 17:50 Performance Evaluation and Energy Efficiency in Combined Steam and Gas

Turbines M. Saffar-Avval, L.S. Mayboudi, F. Rahmani, and R. Eshghi

Diagnostics and Control (Heine I & II) Session Chairman: L.H. Tsoukalas 16:30 Optimization of Boiler Start-Up Using a Nonlinear Boiler Model and Hard

Constraints K. Krüger, R. Franke, and M. Rode

16:50 Fault Prediction/Diagnosis and Sensor Validation Technique for a Steam Power Plant D. Mesbahi, M. Genrup, and M. Assadi

17:10 Chiller Plant Diagnosis Through Equipment Power Monitoring for Energy

Efficiency S.N. Tay, K.J. Phua, and F. Nishimura

17:30 Intelligent Controls of Chiller Plant Operation for Energy Optimization

F. Lei and S.N. Tay 17:50 An Algorithm for the Control of the Burner of a Rotary-Rocking Furnace for

the Melting of Lead H. Rusinowski and M. Szega

Chemical Processes (Dresden) Session Chairman: G. Wozny 16:30 Economic Optimisation and Control of Energy Integrated Distillation

Schemes M. Emtir, P. Mizsey, E. Rev, and Z. Fonyo

16:50 The Optimal Design of Multi-Component Distillation Process Based on

Exergy Analysis Y. Li, Y. Hu, Q. Chen, Q. Yin, and B. Hua

17:10 Optimal Design of Distillation Column with Side Reboilers and Condensers

Based on Minimum Exergy Loss Y. Hu, Y. Li, Q. Chen, Q. Yin, and B. Hua

17:30 Using Turbine Expanders to Recover Exothermic Reaction Heat - Flow Sheet

Development for Typical Chemical Processes I.L. Greeff, J. Perold, J.A. Visser, K.J. Ptasinski, and F.J.J.G. Janssen

17:50 Heat Pumps Using Mixtures as Working Fluid to Generate Variable

Temperature Heat Transfer B. Andresen

19:00 Dinner at Schloss Cecilienhof, Potsdam

Friday, July 5, 8:30-10:30

8:00 Registration Cogeneration (Corinth) Session Chairman: D. Favrat 8:30 Effectiveness of the Utilisation of Technological Low Calorific Gaseous Fuels

in an Industrial Combined Gas-and-Steam Co-Generation Plant A. Ziebik and M. Warzyc

8:50 Exergy Analysis of a Tri-Generation Plant: A Case Study of the Existing Plant

in Skelleftea D. Minciuc, B. Wahlund, and J. Yan

9:10 CHP Plants for Distributed Generation – Equipment Sizing and System Performance Evaluation J. Kalina and J. Skorek

9:30 Analysis of Distributed Cogeneration in the School Sector

S. Proietti and U. Desideri 9:50 A Cogeneration System Applied to the UFSC University Hospital: An

Exergetic, Economic and Environmental Analysis J.A. Matelli, C.R.P. Rücker, and E. Bazzo

10:10 Analysis of Hybrid CHP Systems Subject to Technical and Economic

Uncertainties N. Kassem

Intelligent Systems (Humboldt) Session Chairman: F. Cziesla 8:30 EUSEBIA - Decision-Support-System for Technical, Economical and

Ecological Design and Evaluation of Industrial Energy Systems E.M.G. Augenstein, I. Kuperjans, and K. Lucas

8:50 An Expert Assistant for the Automatic Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks

M. Maiorano, J. Petrucci, and E. Sciubba 9:10 PROMISE: A Tool for the On-Line Intelligent Performance Prediction of

Cogeneration Plants T. Biagetti, R. Melli, E. Sciubba, S. Bologna, and R. Iannucci

9:30 A Feature-Based Fuzzy Logic Methodology for On-Line Quickest Transient

Detection X. Wang and L.H. Tsoukalas

9:50 Fuzzy Approach for the Quantification of Uncertainties in Plant Radiation Protection Systems J. Reyes-Jimenez, T. Jevremovic, L.H. Tsoukalas, and R.E. Uhrig

10:10 Expert Tool for Energy System Analyses Under Emission Trading Schemes N. Enzensberger, M. Göbelt, M. Wietschel, and O. Rentz

New Concepts (Heine I & II) Session Chairman: N. Lior 8:30 Combined Cycle with Low Quality Heat Integration and Water Injection into

the Compressed Air N. Aronis and R. Leithner

8:50 Exergy Analysis of the R-ATR and R-REF Power Cycles with CO2 Removal

D. Fiaschi and L. Tapinassi 9:10 ZEITMOP Cycle (Zero Emission Ion Transport Membrane Oxygen Power)

E. Yantovski, J. Gorski, B. Smyth, and J. ten Elshof 9:30 Efficiency of Zero Emission Combined Cycle with Chemical Recuperation

E. Yantovski, G. Verkhivker, V. Kravtchenko, and S. Laguta 9:50 Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Analysis for a Hydrothermal

Upgrading Process W. Feng, H.J. van der Kooi, and J. de Swaan Arons

10:10 Hydrogen Production via the Solar Thermal Decarbonization of Fossil Fuels

P. von Zedtwitz, D. Hirsch, and A. Steinfeld Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Dresden) Session Chairman: G. Reistad 8:30 Performance of Organic Working Fluids in a Triple-Pressure Level

Absorption Cycle A. Levy, M. Jelinek, and I. Borde

8:50 A Novel Thermally Driven Rotor-Vane/Pressure-Exchange Ejector

Refrigeration System with Environmental Benefits and Energy Efficiency W.J. Hong, K. Al-Hussan, H. Zhang, and C.A. Garris

9:10 Refrigerating Power Optimization of a Quadri-Thermal Solid Sorption System

L. Ait Taleb, R. Boussehain, and M. Feidt 9:30 Analysis of Air Cycle Refrigerator Driven Desiccant Air Conditioning System

Y. Hamamoto, I. Nikai, A. Akisawa, and T. Kashiwagi 9:50 Experimental Data and Numerical Results on an Advanced Air Conditioning

System C.E. Panaite, G. Dumitrascu, O.V. Stadoleanu, and M.H. Vartolomei

10:10 Numerical Simulation and Experimental Studies of Air Treatment Process with Water Spray - Two-Row Spray B. Ni

10:30 Coffee break Friday, July 5, 11:00-12:30 Exergy Analysis III (Corinth) Session Chairman: D. Poulikakos 11:00 An Assessment of the Earth's Clean Fossil Exergy Capital Based on Exergy

Abatement Costs A. Valero and E. Botero

11:22 The Exergy Replacement Cost of the World's Renewable Water Resources

and Ice Sheets A. Valero, E. Botero, and L. Serra

11:44 Exergy Analysis of Coal-Based Polygeneration System for Power and

Chemical Production L. Gao, H. Jin, Z. Liu, and D. Zheng

12:06 Exergy Analysis as a Tool for Cleaner Production in a Bicycles Production

Process G.D. Mrema, J.M. Wichoka, J.H.Y. Katima, and P.P.A.J. van Schijndel

Transient Operations (Humboldt) Session Chairman: K. Krüger 11:00 Maximising Claus Plant and Tail Gas Treating Unit Performance at Lowest

Cost M. Kilian and G. Wozny

11:22 Solution Procedure for Open Loop Dynamic Simulation of Water/Steam Cycles in Combined Cycle Processes with Pressurized Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion S. Bockamp and W. Krumm

11:44 Simulation and Analysis of a Steam Boiler at Transient Process

X. Guo, Y. Yang, Z. Song, and X. Liu

12:06 Optimization of a Liquid Fuel Fired Burner for TPV System in Electrical Automotive Applications P.M. Congedo, A. de Risi, and D. Laforgia

Thermodynamics (Heine I & II) Session Chairman: F. Ziegler 11:00 Some Observations of Extrema in Physical Processes

D.M. Paulus and R.A. Gaggioli 11:22 Steady Energy Transfer in Nonlinear Complex Media: A Variational Principle

S. Sieniutycz 11:44 Ozone Friendly Binary Blends R32/R134a and the Ternary R407b

A. Stegou-Sagia, X. Kakatsios, and M. Damanakis 12:06 Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Generate Physical Property

Tables of Substances A.R. Azimian, J.J. Arriagada, and M. Assadi

Finite Time Thermodynamics (Dresden) Session Chairman: A. Lazzaretto 11:00 Thermodynamical Time Dependent Models of the Heat Regeneration Process

in Stirling Engine M. Feidt, K. Le Saos, M. Costea, and S. Petrescu

11:22 Entropy Production Rate Minimization in Plug Flow Reactors: Theoretical

Limit and Practical Approximation E. Johannessen and S. Kjelstrup

11:44 Optimization of the Irreversible Carnot Cycle Engine for Maximum Efficiency

and Maximum Power Through Use of Finite Speed Thermodynamic Analysis S. Petrescu, M. Feidt, C. Harman, and M. Costea

12:06 Minimum Exergy Loss Operation of a Diabatic Column

E. Jimenez, M. Schaller, C. Rendón, B. Andresen, R. Rivero, K.-H. Hoffman, and P. Salamon

12:30 Lunch

Friday, July 4, 14:00-16:15

Plenary Session III (Ballsaal A/B/C) Session Chairman: T. Bruckner 14:00 On Energy Conversion in Microelectromechanical Systems

Employing Microheaters (invited presentation) D. Poulikakos, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland

14:45 Panel Discussion: Global Climate Change: Adaptation, Mitigation or Carbon

Sequestration? Panelists:

H. Bradke, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany H.-J. Schellnhuber, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany

K. Thambimuthu, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada

H.-J. Ziesing, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany

16:15 Coffee break

Friday, July 5, 16:45-18:00

Plenary Session IV (Ballsaal A/B/C) Session Chairman: G. Tsatsaronis 16:45 Closing Speeches and General Discussion