Selected Papers from ECOS 2015—the 28th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The increasing number of environmental restrictions as well as the growing problems of the availability of energy resources urge the energetic sector not only to develop its technologies but to use them more rationally.

The ECOS conferences have a long tradition in fostering the key aspects and the scientific knowledge that are essential to take into account the evolution of all the aspects of energy and their impacts.

The 28th ECOS conference was held on 30 June–3 July 2015 in Pau, France. As in the previous years, distinguished presenters have participated in ECOS2015. The topics are as follows:

• Fundamental & applied thermodynamics

• Heat & mass transfer, fluid dynamics

• Exergy analysis & Second Law analysis

• Exergy and Raw Materials

• Process integration, simulation & optimization of energy systems

• Thermoeconomic analysis & optimization

• Biomass / biofuels, biorefinery concepts, waste-to-energy

• Nonbiomass renewable energy: solar, wind, water, others & hydropower

• Fossil energy: coal, oil, natural gas

• Chemical reactions & reaction engineering

• Engines, furnaces & boilers, combustion/gasification

• Cogeneration and waste energy recovery

• Energy conversion, storage and transport

• Buildings, urban & distributed energy systems

• Refrigeration & air conditioning, Heat pumps

• Fuel cells

• System operation, control, diagnostics & prognosis

• Carbon dioxide capture, utilization & storage

• Energy & water interactions, use of water resources

• Industrial production, sustainability & use of resources

• Energy policy & planning

• Energy systems: social, environmental & sustainability issues

• Life Cycle Assessment, industrial ecology, environmental impact of energy systems

• Sustainability analysis of energy systems and components

Thank you very much!

Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Bédécarrats
Guest Editor

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