Young Energy Researchers Conference

DATE

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

VENUE

Stadthalle, Pollheimerstraße 1,
4600 Wels/Österreich

LANGUAGE

English

What do we offer?

A conference that presents the work and achievements of young researchers in the fields of energy efficiency and biomass. It offers participants the opportunity to interact with researchers and industry experts from all over the world and build-up a peer network!

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Conference Fees

  • 60 Euro for the Young Energy Resarchers Conference (5 March)

All fees include an entrance ticket to the tradeshow and conference documentation. All fees plus 10 % VAT.

PROGRAMME

Tuesday
5 March

Morning
session

09.00 Young Energy Efficiency Researchers Conference

This conference presents the work and achievements of young energy efficiency researchers from all over the world.

  • Opening and welcome
    Gerhard Dell / Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband
     
  • Climate change impacts on heating and cooling energy demands of buildings
    Essam Elnagar, Building Performance Institute Europe, Belgium
     
  • Innovative approaches to thermal comfort and automated lighting
    Christian Weiglein, Center for Applied Energy Research, Germany
     
  • A novel control method for energy-efficient, grid-interactive buildings
    Rui Tang, University College London, UK
     
  • Why not net zero energy buildings?
    László Zsolt Gergely, Budapest University of Technology, Hungary
     
  • A novel approach to energy efficiency in data centre cooling
    Zhichu Wang / Cheng Zeng, University of Hull, UK
     
  • Energy-efficient indoor climate control with plants
    Elias Wolfrath, Center for Applied Energy Research, Germany
     
  • Optimised demand side management in networks of multi-energy prosumers
    Costanza Saletti, University of Parma, Italy
     
  • Enhancing PV efficiency through thin object shade analysis
    Matthew Axisa, University of Malta
     
  • Underwater performance of photovoltaic systems for aquatic applications
    Sally Raduk, University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
     
  • System efficiency factors for space-based solar radiofrequency microwave power beaming
    Anthony Peters, United States Navy, USA
     
  • Photoelectrochemical cells: solar water splitting and green hydrogen production
    Sofia Gonçalves / João Freitas, University of Porto, Portugal
     
  • Hydrogen-based microgrid solutions for a green energy future
    Mary Esther Ascheri, Fraunhofer IWU, Germany
     
  • A green hydrogen route for electromobility in Brazil
    Milena Marques, Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil
     
  • Management of electric vehicles for energy flexibility under uncertainty
    Antoni Bosch Pons, IREC, Spain
     
  • Improvements of LiFePO4 batteries and supercapacitors
    Stefania Volante, University of Pisa, Italy
     
  • Enhancing energy efficiency in battery cell factories
    Jonas Finn Kutschmann, Fraunhofer FFB, Germany
     
  • Exploring the determinants of success in the renewable energy transition
    Mohamed Wael Ben Khaled, Université Cote-d‘Azur, France
     
  • Strategic supply reduction in renewable energy
    Christoph Kretschmer, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
     
  • Legislative developments for disruptive technologies and storage in the EU
    Ella Jollands, e7, Austria / Silvia Cesa-Bianchi, Twenty Communications, France
     
  • Energy communities alleviating energy poverty in the Netherlands
    Jordan Young, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands


Chairperson:
Gerald Steinmaurer, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

13.00 Mittagspause

Poster Presentations Energy Efficiency

  • Benefits and implications of retrofitting a building with a green wall
    Ben Taylor, AECOM, UK

  • Novel hybrid solar thermal, PV, sand and water storage for industrial steam
    Puneet Saini, Dalarna University, Sweden

  • Efficiency measures for the manufacturing and the oil industry
    Omar Ebaid, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

  • Cost-effective methods for hydrogen production by electrolysis from seawater
    Yiğit Osman Akyildiz / Buket Güntay, Selçuk University, Turkey

  • Electricity pricing and household welfare in Lagos state
    Abigail Adaramola, Anchor University Lagos, Nigeria

  • Increasing engine efficiency by utilising hydrogen in fuel mixture formation
    Setayesh Javadirad, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

  • Blockchain-supported energy trading infrastructure for electric mobility
    Maximilan Mock / Matthias Körner / Lena Schönhofer, University of Applied Sciences Landshut, Germany

  • SWOT analysis of EPC implementation in the Irish residential sector
    Lala Rukh, University of Galway, Ireland

  • Clay supported catalysts for enhanced piezo-catalytic hydrogen production
    Talha Kuru / Emre Aslan, Selçuk University, Turkey

  • Public acceptance of energy-efficient buildings
    Duygu Celik, WIP Renewable Energies, Germany

  • Field validation of air-source heat pumps for cold climates
    Rebecca Trojanowski, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

  • Literature review of low energy housing electric components
    Francisco Carrasco, TH Köln, Germany

  • The hydrogen-water nexus in Central Asia     
    Ayush Jha, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, The Netherlands

  • GHG assessment of electricity systems of an injection moulding plant
    Carlos Hernandez, University of Coimbra, Portugal

  • Hydrogen production with negative emissions from waste
    Akshay Bagde, University of Glasgow, UK

  • Synergies between lean manufacturing and energy efficiency
    Vinícius Viero, Mitsidi, Brazil

  • Vehicle-specific power-based method to evaluate energy, emissions and utility factor of PHEV
    Miguel Campino, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

  • Long-term care facility for elderly and its relationship with energy efficiency
    Gabriela Sardinha Pacheco, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

  • Analysis of factors influencing the use of electricity from renewable energy
    Tobias Bopp, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

  • Modelling study on the role of energy communities in the energy transition
    Roger Valdés Martín, IREC, Spain

  • Financial viability of agri-voltaic systems
    Aidana Chalgynbayeva, University of Debrecen, Hungary

  • Impact of climate neutrality targets on energy efficiency
    Frederic Berger, Fraunhofer ISI, Germany

  • Energy-efficiency measures versus heritage buildings protection measures
    Azra Smječanin, Ministry of Spatial Planning, Bosnia-Herzegovina

  • Toward an electric horizon: Clean cooking in household sector Panama
    Esaú Sáenz Jordan, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá

  • Sustainability governance through budget models
    Jan Wortmann, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany

  • Modelling toolkit for optimised design and integration of large-scale heat stores    
    Michael Reisenbichler-Sommerhofer, AEE INTEC/Graz University of Technology, Austria

  • Construction of a low temperature chamber from Peltier elements
    Hariharan Muthukumar, TU Darmstadt, Germany / Vladislav Živanović, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

  • Morphologies and efficiencies of energy form conversion chains
    Ella Jennings, University of Cambridge, UK

  • Digital Innovation for energy efficiency and renewable energy sources: EU and Greece
    Maria Konstantina Lili-Kokkori, Koutalidis Law Firm, Greece

Afternoon
session

14.00 Young Biomass Researchers Conference

This conference presents the work and achievements of young biomass researchers from all over the world.

  • Opening and welcome
    Gerhard Dell / Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband
     
  • Evaluation of pellets produced from coffee and biomass residues
    Michalis-Alexandros Kougioumtzis, CERTH / Vasileios Filippou, Energy Community of Karditsa, Greece
     
  • Catalytic hydropyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass from Quebec's forests
    Aravind Ganesan, University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, Canada
     
  • Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from biomass
    Münevver Tuna Genç, Selçuk University, Turkey
     
  • Unlocking lignin's potential as a sustainable biofuel from black liquor
    Matúš Majerčiak / Richard Nadányi, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
     
  • GIS-based biofuel potential from phytoremediation in the Aegean Region
    Benginur Baştabak / Elif Gödekmerdan, Ege University, Turkey
     
  • Microbial chain elongation for chemical and fuel precursors
    Fabián Otálora / Andrés Suazo, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso; Jimmy Martínez / University of La Frontera, Chile
     
  • Pre-treatment of waste cooking oils for alternative transport fuels
    Ioanna Kosma, Center for Research & Technology Hellas, Greece
     
  • Improving the coefficient of friction of a biolubricant derived from waste cooking oil
    Rafael Anelić / Mia Gotovuša / Ivan Pucko, University of Zagreb, Croatia
     
  • Energy productivity and net energy balance of biogas from tofu wastewater
    Selly Ayu Janetasari, University of Miskolc, Hungary
     
  • Energy from solid household waste in Tashkent: composition, social and thermal aspects
    Rakhimjon Kobilov / Alisher Davirov / Ganisher Mustofoev, TIIAME, Uzbekistan
     
  • Hazelnut shell vs miscanthus giganteus: green Qdot efficiency comparison
    Fikret Müge Alptekin / Merve Uyan, Ege University, Turkey
     
  • Legislative perspective on the recovery of Ukraine's energy sector based on bioenergy
    Anna Pastukh, Bioenergy Association of Ukraine
     
  • Decentralised biochar production – European technology survey
    Konstantin Moser, BEST, Austria
     
  • Thermochemical analysis of a novel form-stable PCM-biochar composite
    Dudul Das, University of Glasgow, UK
     
  • Comparative study of silicas from cornhusk for methane combustion
    Clement Owusu Prempeh, Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum, Germany
     
  • CO2 bioconversion into butyric acid and butanol in microbial electrosynthesis cells
    Meritxell Romans-Casas, University of Girona, Spain
     
  • Water hyacinth biomass as substrate in microbial fuel cells for electricity generation
    Kalpana Sharma / Ankit Kumar, Sharda University, India
     
  • Mathematical approach to rank biomass resource types for power generation
    Lala Rukh, University of Galway, Ireland
     
  • Excel-based tool for calculating CO2 emissions from biogas
    Alex Bergamo / Micha Gruber / Melanie Harrer, Austrian Energy Agency

Chairperson:
Elisabeth Wopienka, BEST, Austria

19.00 Evening programme

Poster Presentations Biomass
 

  • Biogas production from aquatic biomass sources with scale-down geometry
    Kübra Turgut / Tuğçe Özcan, Selçuk University, Turkey
     
  • Sustainability assessment of circular bioeconomy implementation in Indonesia
    Dwica Wulandari, Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research, UK
     
  • New value for biomass - monetizing low emissions exemplified by GHG quota
    Hendrik Etzold, Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum, Germany
     
  • Use of biomass in energy production for the steel industry
    Nathália Balzana Anacleto, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil
     
  • Opportunities, benefits & challenges of biofuels
    Vanessa Wurm, University of Business and Economics Vienna, Austria
     
  • Hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae targeting biofuels intermediates
    Dimitrios Liakos, CERTH, Greece
     
  • Bamboo biomass capability for Pb and Cd removal from aqueous solutions
    Harsh Sable / Vaishali Kumar / Vandan Singh, Sharda University, India
     
  • A new sustainable aviation
    Ariel Toh, Marcharh Initiative Center for Sustainable Solutions, Singapore
     
  • Sustainable waste management leading to energy efficiency in Shivaganga
    Naveen Yalagalawadi Somashekaraiah, CatchUrWaste, India

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