Shu-Yuen Ron Hui Nanyang Technological University & Imperial College London
Topic: Electric Spring Technology: A Green Technology for Smart Grid Applications to combat Climate Change
Prof. Ron Hui received his Ph.D degree at Imperial College London in 1987. Previously he held academic positions at the University of Nottingham, University of Sydney and University of Hong Kong. Presently, he is the MediaTek Endowed Professor at Nanyang Technological University and Chair Professor of Power Electronics at Imperial College London.
His research covers power electronics, wireless power, smart grid and lighting technology. He has over 120 patents adopted by industry and published over 320 refereed journal papers. His inventions underpin the key dimensions of the world’s first wireless charging standard “Qi” launched in 2010 by the Wireless Power Consortium. His recent works involve electric spring technology for smart grid applications. He is the recipient of the 2010 IET Crompton Medal and 2015 IEEE Technical Field Award (IEEE William Newell Power Electronics Award). He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, the US National Academy of Inventors and the IEEE. Currently, he was the Committee Chair of IEEE Medal in Power Engineering in 2020-2022.
Abstract :
Increasing use of wind and solar power of intermittent nature pose new challenges to power system stability, which requires an instantaneous balance of power supply and load demand. Traditional power systems adopt the centralized generation principle with the control paradigm of “power generation (supply) following load demand” and unidirectional power flow from the power stations to the load centers. With increasing capacities of distributed renewable energy generation, control paradigm for centralized power generation is no longer valid for the future power grid. Distributed renewable energy generation in the load centers implies bidirectional power flow in the power networks and renewable power generation has stochastic nature. Therefore, for an emerging power grid, there is a need for a radical change in control paradigm to “load demand following power generation” in order to achieve power balance for system stability.
This presentation addresses recent developments in Electric Spring (ES) technology that has been proposed as fast demand-response technology. Analogous to mechanical spring, electric spring can absorb fluctuations arising from renewable energy generation in order to stablize the voltage and frequency of the power systems. They can offer effective demand response with very fast response time in the order of tens of milliseconds (i.e. almost instantaneous for the power systems at mains frequency of 50Hz or 60Hz). Starting with a brief explanation of ES concept, this presentation describes various types of ES topologies and their variants reported since 2012 for smart grid applications. Recent research of linking large-scale electric vehicle charging infrastructure with electric spring functions will be described. Their implications on the power system level and future developments will be discussed.
Teruhisa Ohno Kyushu Institute of Technology
Topic: Atomically Dispersed Metal Ions on Carbon Nitride for Hydrogen Peroxide Production System
Educational Background:
1979-1983 Bachelor Course of Kyushu University
1983-1985 Master Course of Kyushu University
1985-1988 Doctor Course of Kyushu University
Professional background:
1988-1990 Research Associate of Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
1990-1994 Associate Professor of Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
1994-2003 Associate Professor of Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Osaka University
2003 - now Pressor of Kyushu Institute of Technology
2019-2020 Vice president of Kyusyu Institute of Technology
Research Topics:
1. Visible light responsive metal oxide photocatalyst for antivirus and environmental clean up
2. Visible light responsive metal oxide photocatalyst and photoelectrochemical system for CO2 reduction
3. Single metal atom coordinated organic polymer photocatalyst for H2O2 production
4. Photoelectrochemical system for H2O2 production under visible light
From 1983 to now, published about 212 SCI papers, these papers were totally quoted more than 12,870 times and h-index is 52. (Scopus Data)
A number of papers have published on influential periodical, such as Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (IF 19.5) and Nature Catalysis (IF 41.8), Communications Materials (IF 6.20), The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (4.13), and Chemical communications (IF 6.22).
Yuichi Nagata Tokushima University, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences
Topic: Research on automatic generation of artistic paintings called Escher tiling
Yuichi Nagata is a professor at Tokushima University.
He received his bachelor's degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1994, master's degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1997, and Ph.D. in engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2000.
Since 2000 he worked as a research associate at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Since 2001 he worked as an assistant professor at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Since 2009 he worked as an assistant professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Since 2012 he worked as a project associate professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Since 2014 he worked as an associate professor at Tokushima University.
Since 2023 he worked as a professor at Tokushima University.
His research topics include optimization, evolutionary computation, and reinforcement learning.
Abstract :
In this talk I will present my research on creating artistic paintings called Escher tiling by optimization. Escher tiling is well known as a tiling that consists of one or a few recognizable figures, such as animals. Designing an artistic Escher-like tiling is a highly intellectual task because it is difficult to create meaningful tile shapes that satisfy the constraints to enable tiling. Our method creates Escher-like tiling automatically. For a given target shape, we optimize a tile shape that is as similar as possible to the target shape. Our method can generate satisfactory tile shapes even if the target shape is complex, such as a spider. Key ideas and optimization methods will be presented in the talk.