The First World Energies Forum
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Dear Colleagues,
It is our sincere pleasure and great honor to announce The First World Energies Forum—Current and Future Energy Issues, organized by the MDPI open-access journal Energies and Sapienza University of Roma. In light of the unprecedented circumstances, and the uncertainty due to the travel restrictions imposed by different countries, the Organizing Committee has made the decision to hold the conference virtually, from 14 September to 5 October 2020.
This new format will allow authors to share their papers and online presentations worldwide, making their work available for the audience to read and comment, and sharing ideas on the discussed topics. Moreover, during the conference, three internationally renowned speakers will share their current state-of-the-art research, through a series of live-streaming webinars, which will also include a Q&A session to allow audience participation.
The WEF-1 aims to provide a forum for direct communication between scholars, regarding advanced research and technical content spanning the area of mechanical engineering, with specific focus on energy issues and thermal sciences in both fundamental and applied engineering sciences. The main topics and sessions of the conference cover:
- Energy Fundamentals, Primary Energy Sources
- Secondary Energy Sources, Intermediate and Final Energy Use
- Energy Conversion Systems
- Energy Policy, Energy Research
- Exergy
All presented papers will be published in a dedicated issue of the MDPI journal Proceedings. Moreover, participants will have the opportunity to contribute with a full manuscript to an Energies Special Issue specifically dedicated to the Conference.
We look forward to having you join us at this exciting event.
Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba, Prof. Roberto Melli and Prof. Dr. Roberto Capata
WEF-1 Chairs
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Ms. Stella Mao
Ms. Angel Wang
Dr. Ana Sanchis
Dr. Sara Martínez
Email : energies2020@mdpi.com
Meet the Event Chairs
Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadlineApr 30, 2020
- Abstract acceptance notificationMay 05, 2020
- Full file submission deadlineJun 30, 2020
- Covering Author Registration start dateJun 15, 2020
- Covering Author Registration end dateSep 04, 2020
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Özer Arnas
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy at West Point, West Point, NY 10996, USA;
A. Özer Arnas received his BSME-Robert College, Istanbul, June ’58, MSME-Duke University, June ’61 and the PhD in ME-North Carolina State University, December ’64. He taught at the California State University System’s Chico, January 1986-May 1987, and Sacramento, August 1987-May 1989, campuses and retired from San Jose State University in December 1992. Now he is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY August 1998 - Present. He has also lectured extensively at universities on topics of his research and teaching interests and organized over eighty conferences/sessions in the United States and Europe. As a Registered Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering, now inactive, he has served as a Consultant and Expert Witness for Attorneys in Louisiana and California. Recipient of many awards, he is a LIFE FELLOW of ASME, has been a Mechanical Engineering ABET Visitor, and is listed in Who’s Who among America’s Teachers. He has received numerous awards for teaching excellence and service.
Prof. George Tsatsaronis
Institute for Energy Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin Marchstr.18, 10587 Berlin, Germany;
Dr. Frank A. Caro
Polsinelli PC, Kansas City, MO 64112, USA;
Frank Caro is Chair of the national Energy Practice of the Polsinelli PC, law firm. Polsinelli is a U.S. national law firm with over 900 attorneys in 22 cities throughout the U.S. from New York to Los Angeles and Chicago to Miami. Based in the center of the U.S., Kansas City, Missouri, Polsinelli’s Energy Practice focuses on development of power production facilities, especially renewables, wind, solar and energy storage facilities. Mr. Caro serves his energy and utility industry clients as a partner in meeting their legal challenges, as well as a trusted resource for strategies that are built on his vast experience in business, regulatory and government affairs. Polsinelli’s Washington, D.C. office provides legislative and policy support to energy clients.
As chair of Polsinelli’s national energy group, Frank has been representing clients in the electric and gas industries for more than 30 years, during which time he has assisted in structuring power plant construction projects, transmission systems and complex business, regulatory and legislative solutions to his clients’ most challenging legal problems.
Frank supports clients that are involved in all facets of the energy industry from power producers to various power segment utilities, energy developers to end-use consumers. His energy clients have included independent power producers, energy producers, oil and gas gathering systems, pipelines, large public utility/energy industry organizations, renewable energy developers, rural electric cooperatives, municipal power, energy marketers and industrial and commercial users of utility services.
His most recent work has involved the analysis and siting of new base load generating facilities, environmental retrofits of large power generating facilities and the acquisition and regulatory approvals of a 780-mile 600 kV HVDC electric transmission line extending from Southwest Kansas and into Indiana.
Prior to joining Polsinelli, Frank served as general counsel for the Kansas Corporation Commission. He successfully argued the Northwest Central Pipelin
- S1. Energy Fundamentals
- S2. Primary Energy Sources
- S3. Secondary Energy Sources and Energy Carriers
- S4. Intermediate and Final Energy Use
- S5. Energy Conversion Systems
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If it is not completely full, the registration will be opened for unregistered participants. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized for the people who did not pay the conference registration fee.
Title Talk: Legal and Regulatory Considerations on Power Systems Planning and Conversions
Date and time: 14 September 2020, 3:00 PM (CEST)
Chair: Prof. Roberto Melli
Speaker: Dr. Frank A. Caro.
A response to the questions that remained unanswered during the live session can be downloaded here.
The full recording can be found below.
Title Talk: On the importance of Thermodynamics in Engineering
Date and time: 16 September 2020, 3:00 PM (CEST)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba commenting on Prof. Özer Arnas slides.
The full recording can be found below.
The slides of Prof. Özer Arnas' presentation can be found in the link below:
Date and time: 21 September 2020, 3:00 PM (CEST)
Chair: Prof. Roberto Capata
Speaker: Prof. George Tsatsaronis
The full recording can be found below.
The WEF-1 Conference is pleased to announce the Best Oral Presentation Award, which will consist of a prize for the winner of 300 EUR and an Award Winner Certificate. The Scientific Committee will evaluate the applications based on the oral presentations given by the following candidates on their submitted work. The winner will be announced online once the conference is concluded.
Candidate: Fangyu Zhang
Title: Characteristics of ammonia/hydrogen premixed combustion in a novel Linear Engine Generator
Candidate: Federico Ricci
Title: Investigation on the lean stable limit of a Barrier Discharge Igniter and of a Streamer-type Corona Igniter at different engine loads in a single-cylinder research engine
Candidate: Lorenzo Talluri
Title: Exergy analysis of a wood fireplace coupled with thermo-electric modules
Candidate: Luca Pratticò
Title: Analysis of radiation propagation inside a hierarchical solar volumetric absorber
Candidate: Rafael S. Salles
Title: Energy Storage for Peak Shaving in a Microgrid in the Context of Brazilian Time-of-Use Rate
Candidate: René Nsabimana
Title: Electricity sector organization and performance in Burundi