Selected Papers from ECOS 2017—30th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

ECOS[DM1] 2017 conference aims at disseminating advanced scientific and engineering knowledge on energy conversion and efficiency.

The overall objective of the conference is to introduce scholars of the subject, policy makers, and interested groups to cutting edge research that benefits society. It is also intended to initiate discussion among international scholars from multiple disciplines, on the current state of energy-related research, including the impacts of energy use and conversion on critical resources, such as water, or on climate change. The conference strives to foster new collaborative and interdisciplinary relationships among emerging and established engineers, scientists, and policy makers.

ECOS’s topics are built on the fundamentals of thermodynamics, with vigorous attention to all forms of energy conversion and enabling research tools, such as CFD. Papers on any of the related themes, including the following, are invited.

1. Basic and applied thermodynamics
2. Heat and mass transfer
3. Fluid dynamics and CFD
4. Exergy, process integration and optimization
5. ORC and low grade thermal energy recovery
6. Refrigeration and heat pumps
7. Fuel cells
8. Power generation and CHP
9. Renewable energy, solar, wind, hydro, etc.
10. Energy storage (batteries, thermal, hydrogen, etc.)
11. Distributed generation, smart grids, peak demand
12. Biomass, biofuels
13. Combustion, gasification, reaction engineering and CO2 mitigation
14. Energy use (building, transportation, desalination, etc.)
15. Industrial energy use
16. Environmental impacts of energy conversion
17. Energy policy and planning

Prof. Asfaw Beyene
Assist. Prof. David MacPhee
Guest Editors

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