International Conference on

UNITED Scientific Group

Clean Energy for the

World’s Electricity Grids

November 20-22, 2017

VenueCrowne Plaza Geneva

Avenue Louis-Casaï 75-771216 Cointrin, Genève

Switzerland

Fusion Advocatesfast track to fusion electricity

Day 1 | November 20, 2017

08:30-09:00 Registrations

09:00-09:20 Opening, Welcome and Announcements

Plenary Talk09:20-09:50 World Energy Outlook 2017: The Transition is Underway Brent Wanner, International Energy Agency, FranceSession Fahmy Metwally Ahmed Bendary, Benha University, EgyptChairs Joon Ching Juan, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Session-1 The Renewable Energy Challenge @ Zurich- Level -2

09:50-10:10 Present and Future of Renewable Energy in Egypt and Challenges Fahmy Metwally Ahmed Bendary, Benha University, Egypt10:10-10:30 Iran’s Energy Resources: Oil, Natural Gas, Hydropower, Geothermal,

Wind, Renewable Energy and Nuclear Energy Ali Pazirandeh, Islamic Azad University, Iran10:30-11:00 Coffee Break @ Foyer Level -211:00-11:20 Global Challenges of Clean Energy: The Elephant(s) in the Room Diala Beinke, Independent Energy Advisor, The Netherlands11:20-11:40 The Relation between Energy Efficiency and Energy Prices Tomáš Buus, University of Economics, Czech Republic11:40-12:00 Planning and Operation of Electricity Grids with Renewable Energy

from a Smart Grid Perspective Miguel A. Velasquez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia12:00-12:20 Compact and Low Cost Design for Accurate Two Axis Solar Tracking of

Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) System Muhammad Burhan, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia12:20-13:30 Lunch @ Geneva rooms Level -1Session-2 Biomass Energy Systems @ Zurich- Level -2

13:30-13:50 Diesel like Biofuel from Deoxygenation by Mesoporous Catalyst Joon Ching Juan, University of Malaya, Malaysia13:50-14:10 Bio-H2 Production by an Anaerobic Mixed Culture: Metabolic Pathway

and Flux Analysis Elvia Ines Garcia Pena, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico14:10-14:30 An Assessment of a Sustainable Combined Cooling and Power

Generation System for Post-harvest Loss Reduction of Yam Tubers in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Rasaq. O. Lamidi, Newcastle University, UK

14:30-14:50 Sustainable Biofuel Production from Biomass-Based Resource via a Catalytic Deoxygenation Reaction

Lee Hwei Voon, University of Malaya, Malaysia

14:50-15:20 Coffee Break @ Foyer Level -2

Session-3 Markets @ Zurich- Level -2

15:20-15:40 The Opportunities Presented by Renewable Energy Technology in Alleviating Disadvantage

Oshan Jayawardena, University of Tasmania, Australia 15:40-16:00 Positive Energy Building and Micro-Grid Designed by the Swiss Team

for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017 Philippe Couty, Solar Decathlon HEIA-FR, Switzerland

16:00-19:15 Tour to: Fusion R&D Facility at EPFL

19:30 Welcome Cocktail at Crowne Plaza

Day 2 | November 21, 2017

Keynote Talk

09:00-09:30 The Why and the How of Fusion Based Electricity Generation (FBEG) Howard Hornfeld, Fusion Advocates, Switzerland

Session Marketa Zukalova, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, CAS, Czech RepublicChairs K. Ravindranathan Thampi, University College Dublin, Ireland

Session-4 Nuclear Energy @ Zurich- Level -2

09:30-09:50 The ITER Project Spencer Pitcher, ITER Organisation Central Team, France09:50-10:10 Nuclear Energy as a Renewable Energy Source Claude Degueldre, Lancaster University, UK 10:10-10:30 Strategies to Optimize Sustainable Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel

from Fission Nuclear Power Plants Laura Rodríguez-Penalonga, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain10:30-11:00 Coffee Break @ Foyer Level -2

Session-5 Novel Fuel Cell Developments @ Zurich- Level -2

11:00-11:20 Highly Stable Precious Metal-Free Cathode Catalyst for Fuel Cell Application

Barr Zulevi, Pajarito Powder LLC, NM, USA11:20-11:40 Root Cause Analysis of Power Grid Faults Using a Machine Learning Algorithm Badrul Chowdhury, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, USA

11:40-12:00 Intramolecular Locked Dithioalkylbithiophene Based Semiconductors for High Performance Organic Field Effect Transistors

Sureshraju Vegiraju, National Central University, Taiwan12:00-12:20 New Topology of Multiple Input Single Output PV System for DC Load

Applications Zeinab Kamal Mohamed el-Kady, Electronic Research Institute (ERI), Egypt12:20-12:40 The Use of Chemical Methods to Prepare Important Functional Materials Paul O’Brien, University of Manchester, UK12:40-13:40 Lunch @ Geneva rooms Level -1Session-6 Thorium Fission Energy Activities @ Zurich- Level -213:40-14:00 Worldwide Thorium Energy Activities Andreas Norlin, International Thorium Energy Organisation, Sweden14:00-14:20 Thorium as a New Primary Source of Clean and Sustainable Energy Jose R. Maiorino, Federal University of ABC, Brazil14:20-14:40 iThEC – Thorium ADS Initiative Ranjana Nath-M, University of Geneva, Switzerland14:40-15:00 Facilitated Li Insertion into TiO2-based Ternary Oxides for Battery

Application Marketa Zukalova, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, CAS, Czech Republic15:00-15:30 Coffee Break @ Foyer Level -2

Session-7 Other Innovative Molecular Technologies @ Zurich- Level -2

15:30-15:50 INCA (Ionomer NC Analyses) Method: A New Approach to the Study of Perfluorinated Ionomers

Riccardo Narducci, University of Rome, Italy15:50-16:10 Value-Driven Design Process: A Systematic Decision-Making Framework

Considering Different Attribute Preferences From Multiple Stakeholders Ming Hu, University of Maryland, MD, USA16:10-16:30 Parametric Optimization of PCM as a Passive Building Cooling Load

Abatement Medium Dibakar Rakshit, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

16:30-16:50 Photovoltaic and Micro-Hydroelectric Proposed Plant for Stand Alone Electric Generation in a Sixty-Floor Skyscraper (P60)

Raffaello Cirillo, University of Roma “Sapienza”, Italy16:50-17:10 Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Technology – The Final Objective of

Smart Meter for Efficient Electric Network Trung Kien Nguyen, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, France

17:10-17:55 Poster Presentations19:30 Gala Dinner

Day 3 | November 22, 2017

Keynote Talk @ Zurich- Level -2

09:00-09:30 How to Bridge the Gap between the World’s Developmental Aspirations and a Finite Energy Supply

Branko Milicevic, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, SwitzerlandSession Xi Lu, Tsinghua University, ChinaChairs Albana Ilo, Technical University Wien, Austria

Session-8 Wind Energy Developments @ Zurich- Level -2

09:30-09:50 Opportunities and Challenges of Wind Power in China’s Low Carbon Transition

Xi Lu, Tsinghua University, China09:50-10:10 Methods for Analyzing Operational Data of Wind Turbines to Enable an

Enhancement of Economic Viability Michael Pagitsch, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany10:10-10:30 Aluminium as an Energy Storage Vector for Electricity-Grid Management K. Ravindranathan Thampi, University College Dublin, Ireland10:30-11:00 Coffee Break @ Foyer Level -2

Session-9 Solar Energy Developments @ Zurich- Level -2

11:00-11:20 Thermo-Chemical Storage for Renewable Energies: Getting a Uniform Injection into the Grid

Maria del Carmen Rodriguez Hidalgo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain11:20-11:40 Photovoltaic Solar Cooker with Thermal Energy Storage Based on PCM Antonio Lecuona-Neumann, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain11:40-12:00 Hourly Ensemble Forecast for Purchased Photovoltaic Generation Hisashi Takeda, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., Japan

12:00-12:20 Operation of Distribution Systems Considering the Diffusion of Photovoltaic Microgeneration to Residential Consumers

Daniel Pinheiro Bernardon, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil12:20-13:30 Lunch @ Geneva rooms Level -1

Session-10 Mechanical Aspects of Power Distribution @ Zurich- Level -213:30-13:50 LINK-Technology for a Complete Smart Grid Solution Albana Ilo, Technical University Wien, Austria13:50-14:10 Distributed Generation with Photovoltaic Grid-Connected Systems:

Drivers and a Brazilian Case Study Haroldo de Faria Jr., Federal University of ABC, Brazil14:10-14:30 The Role of Design in Energy Storage System of Electric Vehicle Jian Zhang, Shantou University, China

14:30-14:50 Some Peculiarities of Fission Products Release from CP. Alexander S. Ivanov, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Russia14:50-15:10 An Efficient Abnormal System Call Detection Method for Smart Grid

Devices using Community Structure Techniques Incheol Shin, Mokpo National University, South Korea 15:10-15:40 Coffee Break @ Foyer Level -215:40-16:00 Trends on Smart Grid Research in Europe & Importance of Demand

Response for a Low Carbon Grid: A Test Case Description Nikoleta Andreadou, Joint Research Centre-European Commission, Italy 16:00-16:20 Novel Structure for Reactive Power Market by Considering Reactive

Losses Caused by Active Power Flow Mohsen Kalantar, Iran University of Science & Technology, Iran16:20-16:40 Grid-Forming VSC Control in Four-Wire Systems with Unbalanced

Nonlinear Loads Ruben Ronald LLiuyacc Blas, University of Seville, Spain16:40-17:00 DNA (Detecting Neutron Agent) Signature of Bulk Warfare: Explosive,

Chemical and Biological with the Application of High Energy Gamma Emitted from IEC

Yasser R. Shaban, Southern Medical University, China

17:00-17:30 Closure and Plans for the Future

Poster Presentations

P-01 1-D Numerical Simulation of a Counter-current Two-phase Flow Layout Inside a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Used for Absorption Cooling/ Heating

Antonio Lecuona-Neumann, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain P-02 Dairy Wastewater Recycling Possibilities to Biogas Production: Applying Lactic

Acid Fermentation in the Acidification Stage Grazina Juodeikiene, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaP-03 Smart Synthesis of New Liquid Crystals with Thiophene Units for Lithium-Ion

Batteries and Solar Cells Krzysztof A. Bogdanowicz, Military Institute of Engineer Technology, PolandP-04 Performance Evaluation of Semitransparent Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT)

Integrated Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC) Air Collector based on an Artificial Neural Network Model

Neha Dimri, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, IndiaP-05 Thermodynamic Analysis of High Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle Man-Hoe Kim, Kyungpook National University, South KoreaP-06 Development of a System for Monitoring the Effectiveness of Renewable Energy

Installations in Harsh Climate Conditions S E Shcheklein, Ural Federal University, RussiaP-07 An Optimized Stackelberg Game Theoretic Management Scheme for Smart

Distribution System with Electric Vehicles Parking Lot Mohsen Kalantar, Iran University of Science and Technology, IranP-08 Technical and Economic Aspects of Pre-dried Lignite Use for Efficient and

Flexible Power Generation Ioannis Avagianos, CPERI / CERTH, GreeceP-09 Dynamic Simulation of a Solar based Ground Source Heat Pump Including an

Electric Storage for an Office Application Maurizio Sasso, Università degli Studi del Sannio, ItalyP-10 Chinese Governmental Policies and Institutions Tendency to Internationalize

Investment to Develop Infrastructure for Renewable Energy J. Renato Peneluppi Jr., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, ChinaP-11 A Generalized Likelihood Ratio Approach to Detecting Faults of Wind Turbines Hsu-Hao Yang, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, TaiwanP-12 Effect of Dust Accumulation on IV Characterisation and Efficiency of Photovoltaic

Panels Mohamed Benghanem and Abdullah el-Mohammedi, Islamic University, Saudi ArabiaP-13 Understanding the Impact of Point-contact Scheme and Selective Emitter in a

c-Si BC-BJ Solar Cell by Full 3D Numerical Simulations Noemi Guerra, Università della Calabria, Italy

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