International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection

📕 NEW PUBLICATION!!! "A #CFD Study on Different Configurations of Spacer-Filled #MembraneDistillation System Using #OpenFOAM" Our partners from Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) have made the chapter from #SimHydro2023 conference proceedings accessible. Here what it is about: #CircularEconomy initiatives like the EC funded #iWAYS project promote the reuse of #WasteHeat in industrial sites. This presents opportunities and challenges for technological adaptation. Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven process for #WaterTreatment that can use waste heat. However, effectively treating complex industrial #wastewater requires adapting MD units to achieve reliable and efficient performance. Filament #spacers within the MD units play a key role in structural maintenance and flow mixing. CFD simulations can help to characterize filament spacer configuration impacts on the hydrodynamic of feed and permeate channels, which affects both trans-membrane temperature gradient and membrane fouling control. Here, we performed a CFD study on a direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) sub-unit with the goal of evaluating impact on robustness and performance of a set of designed filament spacer configurations. The modeled membrane distillation system has an overall length of 200 mm, width of 10 mm and height of 4.1 mm, containing two layers of filaments in each of the feed and permeate channels. The diameter of the filaments was 1 mm, and they had a 45° degree angle to the flow direction in the channels. Variations of this standard filament configuration were also tested and simulated to optimize their mixing performance. The numerical simulations to approximate in a 3D solution of Navier-stokes equations for steady state conditions were performed using OpenFOAM code. The computational domains were meshed using OpenFOAM snappyHexMesh utility, and finite-volume based simulation relying on the chtMultiRegionFoam solver was executed in parallel over 40 CPU cores. Comparing the CFD analysis of different filaments' configurations lead to an assessment of an improved spacer structure. The selected configuration is to be #3D printed for laboratory-scale experimental confirmation of the validity of the CFD model and the optimal configuration finding. Find this and all other #iWAYSpublication.s here 📚 https://lnkd.in/eKa_w76P Authors: Atefeh Tizchang Morgan ABILY Olivier Delestre Wolfgang Gernjak

I am delighted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP). I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the colleagues who have contributed to and supported the SEEP Conference over the past 20 years. I am also pleased to announce that SEEP 2025 will be hosted at Brunel University London from the 28th to the 31st of July, 2025.

We had a fantastic time hosting the annual Sustainable Steam Symposium at Spirax Sarco as part of the 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection (SEEP2024). The day included inspiring presentations from distinguished speakers, including Prof. Abdulnaser Sayma and Dr. Bertrand Delpech from Brunel University London, alongside experts across Spirax Group Topics ranged from the latest advancements in steam compression technology to the commercial readiness of high-temperature heat pumps, and innovations in steam trap monitoring and heat recovery. A huge thank you to Dr. Julien Porré for chairing the symposium and Dr. Sulaiman Almahmoud for chairing the afternoon sessions. We would also like to thank the contributors including GRUNDFOS Steamology Teknologisk Institut and University of Sussex for making this a day to remember! #SEEPConference #HTHP #SEEP2024 #EnergyRecovery #SustainableSteam

Impressions from the Innovative WAter recoverY Solutions Symposium at #SEEP2024, happening today! Prof. Eva Schulev-Steindl, Rector of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), awards Prof. Hussam Jouhara as one of the organisers of the SEEP2024 conference. Abdul Ghani Olabi Luca MONTORSI Eva Steindl

Want to know more about "Radiative Heat Pipe Ceiling for #WasteHeatRecovery and Uniform Cooling in the #ceramics #industry"? Don't miss Bertrand Delpech PhD from Brunel University London holding his presentation at International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection (#SEEP2024) in #Vienna! 🇦🇹 📆 Monday, 9. September, 12:45-13:00 🎫 https://lnkd.in/eP3-7J-D University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)

Don't miss Jurgita Malinauskaite, Prof of Law at Brunel University London, putting a focus on "The Water-Energy-Materials nexus in an industrial setting: #legal and practical peripheries." She will present at the International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection (#SEEP2024) during the #iWAYS Symposium. Agenda and booking options 👉 https://lnkd.in/eP3-7J-D #industry #circulareconomy #conference

👀 Curious to know more about "Performance of a Heat Pipe Condensing Heat Exchanger in an Aggressive Gas Stream"? Listen to the presentation of Robertas Poškas from Lithuanian Energy Institute at the International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection (#SEEP2024) next Monday, 📆 9. September 2024 in #Vienna 🇦🇹. Aagenda and booking options 👉 https://lnkd.in/eP3-7J-D #watertreatment #circulareconomy #conference #industry #energysaving #decabonisation #wasteheatrecovery

🤝 Our #iWAYS #Symposium will take place, next week at the International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection (#SEEP2024) in #Vienna! 🇦🇹 Don't miss Matteo Venturelli from Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia talking about "Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation of a Radiative #HeatPipe Heat Exchanger" on 📆 Monday, 9.9. at 12:00. Agenda and booking options 👉 https://lnkd.in/eP3-7J-D #circulareconomy #conference #wasteheatrecovery #industry

We are thrilled to have Prof Tobias Pröll, process #engineer and professor for #EnergyTechnology and #EnergyManagement from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), as keynote speaker at #SEEP2024. He will present "#CarbonDioxide removal with a positive #energy balance – the case of #biomass-based negative #emission technologies" on 📆 Monday, 9. September at 9:30. Tobias Pröll obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Technische Universität Wien in 2004 and a venia docendi in Chemical and Energy Engineering at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry of TU Wien in 2012 where he was responsible for the Research Group #ZeroEmission Technologies. Since January 2013 he is full professor for Energy Technology and Energy Management at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). Ongoing research focuses on thermal fuel processing, fluidized bed systems, emerging #CO2 capture technologies, and #EnergyEfficiency increase in buildings and industry by heat integration and active waste heat utilization using heat pump systems. He is experienced in process modelling and design and in fluidized bed system design and operation. So far, he supervised 8 completed PhD theses as official main supervisor (3 at the TU Wien and 5 at the BOKU) and another 5 PhD theses as inofficial immediate supervisor at the TU Wien. He was previously part of more than 20 PhD defense committees in several European countries. #Decarbonisation #technology #innovation

We are thrilled to have the experts from Innovative WAter recoverY Solutions again at our conference to learn more about an innovative technology to recover #energy, #water and #material in #energyintensive industries! 🙌