Seminar 1:
Recent Development of Adsorption Refrigeration System and other Cooling
Strategies for Green Buildings
Seminar 2:
Recent Development of High Performance Thermal Management Systems
Date, Time and Venue
April 8, 2017
9:15am: registration
9:30am – 10:30am: Seminar 1, Q&A;
10:30am – 11:00am Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:00noon Seminar 2, Q&A
Venue: Lecture Theater G, (LT-G) HKUST
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Speaker
Prof. Christopher Chao is a Chair Professor and Head of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (HKUST). He has over 25 years of research and project
coordination experience in numerous areas of energy and environmental
engineering. Prof. Chao is Fellow of Five professional societies
including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution
of Mechanical Engineers, HKIE, etc. He has published more than 120+
journal articles and book chapters, and was granted more than 10
patents. He received his BSc(Eng) degree (first class honors) from the
University of Hong Kong, MS and PhD from the University of California
at Berkeley, all in Mechanical Engineering.
Prof. Huihe Qiu is Professor and Associate Head of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science &
Technology (HKUST). Prof. Qiu received his Ph.D. from Institute
of Fluid Mechanics, at the University of Erlangen, Germany. His
researches are in fluid dynamics and heat transfer. His is Fellow of
HKIE and elected member of MMNC committee. Prof. Qiu is
Editor/Associate Editor of four international journals. He has been
invited to give 20 plenary/keynote speeches in International
Conferences.
Programme highlight
Seminar 1:
In Hong Kong, building sector contributes to about 60% of the total
energy consumption and is ranked number one among all followed by
transportation. Cooling is a major portion of energy usage in buildings
in Hong Kong. Alternative cooling systems such as Adsorption cooling
system (ACS) may replace traditional cooling system in certain
occasions when there is solar energy or waste heat source. Our work
explores the feasibility of using an advanced adsorbate and utilization
of a novel composite adsorbent in the ACS. Besides, the talk will also
discuss some new directions such as the development of passive
radiative coolers and smart windows in enhancing further cooling effect
in energy efficient and low carbon emission sustainable buildings.
Seminar 2:
In electronics and power generation industries, many devices, such as
CPUs, GPUs, power LEDs, electric vehicles and reactors of nuclear power
plants generate a significant amount of heat. To prolong their
lifecycle and increase safety, thermal management utilizing novel phase
change cooling technique is crucial to meet the requirements of high
critical heat flux, high heat transfer coefficient, low noise and small
scale.
In the seminar, the speaker will introduce some new thermal management
techniques utilizing micro/nanofabricated surfaces.
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