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Energies Webinar | Research Advances in Cooling and Dehumidification

17 Nov 2022, 09:00 (CET)

Waterbased Evaporative, Cooling, Dehumidification, Metalorganic Frameworks, Air Conditioning
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10th Energies Webinar

Research Advances in Cooling and Dehumidification

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning systems account for 50% of a building’s energy consumption particularly in the tropics. A large portion of the energy is consumed by the mechanical vapour compression chillers. In order to reduce the energy demand for air conditioning, efforts have been made to develop energy-efficient cooling systems. For hot and humid climate, lowering air temperature and humidity are both necessary to realize thermal comfort. Therefore, to decouple the latent and sensible heat load of the air is a popular method, as it allows individual control of dehumidification and cooling. This talk focuses on recent research advancements related to air cooling and dehumidification. Several game-changing technologies are presented, namely, dew-point evaporative cooler, membrane dehumidifier, polymer-based superabsorbent, and Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) based Adsorbents. More importantly, these technologies, when combined, have enabled new paradigms for heat and mass transfer and air conditioning, favouring high moisture removal and sustainable cooling. This talk further highlights their most recent developments, thermal performances, and provides key insights on their global energy and sustainability impacts.

Date: 17 November 2022

Time: 9:00am CET | 3:00am EST | 4:00pm CST Asia

Webinar ID: 824 7169 1498

Webinar Secretariat: energies.webinar@mdpi.com

Chair

Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Introduction
Bio
Dr. Chua Kian Jon is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore. He has been conducting research on renewable energy systems and heat recovery systems since 1997. He has more than 200 international peer-reviewed journal publications, 6 book chapters and two recent monographs on advances in air conditioning. He has been elected to several fellowships including Fellow of Royal Society, Fellow of Energy Institute and Fellow of Institute of Mechanical Engineering. He was highlighted among the top 1% of scientists in the world by the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, top 2% of energy researchers in Elsevier database, and top 0.3% in the Stanford list of energy researchers. His works has garnered more than 12,000 over citations with a current h‐index of 57. He is the Associate Editor of several reputable journals in Elsevier, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis. He is on the editorial boards of numerous journals in Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis and MDPI. Further, he owns more than 10 patents related to several innovative cooling and dehumidification systems. On a regular basis, he has been invited to deliver many plenary and keynote talks on his research findings. He is the Principal Investigator of several multi-million competitive research grants. Additionally, he has been awarded multiple local, regional, and international awards for his breakthrough research endeavors.

Invited Speakers

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Introduction
Bio
Dan Zhao obtained his Ph.D. degree in Inorganic Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Hong-Cai Joe Zhou at Texas A&M University in 2010. After finishing his postdoctoral training at Argonne National Laboratory, he joined the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at National University of Singapore in July 2012 as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in July 2018. He started to serve as an Associate Editor of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research in June 2021. His research interests include advanced porous materials and hybrid membranes with applications in clean energy and environmental sustainability.

School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Introduction
Bio
Dr. CUI Xin is currently an associate professor in Xi'an Jiaotong University. He received his B.Eng from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2011, and Ph.D degree from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2015. Dr. Cui’s main research interests are advanced air cooling technologies, green air-conditioning systems, and building energy analysis. As the first or corresponding author, he has published more than 40 international peer-reviewed papers. Recently, he has received the Best Paper Award during the 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), and the Best Presenter Award in AUA-SEGT 2022 academic conference.

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Program

Speaker/Presentation

Time in CET

Chair Dr. Kian Jon Chua

Chair Introduction

9:00 - 9:10 am

Dr. Zhao Dan

Advanced Porous Materials for Water Capture and Release

9:10 - 9:30 am

Dr. Cui Xin

Fundamentals and Applications of Energy Efficient Evaporative Cooling Technology

9:30 - 9:50 am

Dr. Kian Jon Chua

Disruptive Energy-Efficient Air Conditioning Technologies

9:50 - 10:10 am

Q&A

10:10 - 10:25 am

Closing of Webinar

Chair Dr. Kian Jon Chua

10:25 - 10:30 am

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