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Marine energy
Location: Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel. Room: Brattøra
Relevant side event: How could a bridge construction increase the potential for utilization of renewable energy? (workshop)
Monday 16 April
Salinity difference power source
- 11.00 – 11.40 (keynote): Menachem Elimelech (Yale University, USA). Power generation from salinity gradients by pressure retarded osmosis
- 11.40 – 12.00: John G. Pharoah (Queen’s University, Canada). Fluid mechanics of salinity difference power systems
- 12.00 – 12.20: Inger Lise Alsvik (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Preparation of a thin-film composite membrane on a hydrophilic support for pressure retarded osmosis
- 12.20 – 12.40: Ngai Yin Yip (Yale University, USA). Thermodynamic and energy efficiency analysis of power generation from salinity gradients by pressure retarded osmosis
- 12.40 – 13.00: Edvard Sivertsen (SINTEF Building and Infrastructure, Norway). Concentration and temperature effects on the PRO performance
Lunch break
Salinity difference power source
- 14.30 – 14.50: David A. Vermaas (Wetsus / University of Twente, Netherlands). High power density from salinity gradients by using reverse electrodialysis
- 14.50 – 15.10: Enver Guler (Wetsus / University of Twente, Netherlands). Anion exchange membranes for reverse electrodialysis
- 15.10 – 15.30: Katrine D. Sandbakk (Norwegian University of Science and technology). A method for determination of ion transference numbers in ion-exchange membranes for RED applications
- 15.30 – 15.50: Fei Liu (Wetsus / Wageningen University, Netherlands). New operation mode for capacitive energy extraction based on Donnan potential
- 15.50 – 16.10: Raul A. Rica (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy). Electrokinetic modelling of capacitive energy extraction from salinity differences with porous electrodes
- 16.10 – 16.30: Bert Hamelers (Wetsus, Netherlands). CAPMIX – Deploying capacitors for salinity difference power extraction
Tuesday 17 April
Wave (& tidal) energy
- 08.30 – 09.10 (keynote): Johannes Falnes (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Why is wave power still in its infancy?
- 09.10 – 09.30: Adi Kurniawan (Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures / Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Characteristics of a pitching wave absorber with rotatable flap
- 09.30 – 09.50: Celiné Faudot (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Prediction of wave loads on tidal turbine blades
- 09.50 – 10.10: Valentin Chabaud (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Ocean wave energy conversion from depth-limited wave breaking
Coffee break
Wave (& tidal) energy
- 10.30 – 10.50: Christian McLisky Sandvik (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Impact of generator efficiency on linear control strategies of the wave energy converter Bolt
- 10.50 – 11.10: Johannes Ulvin (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Analysis of the Power Extraction Capability for the Wave Energy Converter BOLT®
- 11.10 – 11.30: Vin Cent Tai (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Control of the electric power take off for a point absorber wave energy converter
- 11.30 – 11.50: Phen Chiak See (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Ant colony optimization applied to the control of the ocean wave energy converter
Lunch break
Please note that minor changes to the program might occur.
