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Whilist the detailed range of topics which will be covered will depend upon the papers which are accepted, contributions are invited in any fundamental and applied area of interest in Economics and Management of Energy in Industry, including:
ENERGY ECONOMICS
Future demand for energy in industry
Industry and CO2-emissions
Industry and energy policy issues.
Combined Heat, Cold and Power
Energy efficiency
Evolution of prices of gas and electricity/price volatility.
Energy taxation versus CO2 taxation.
Emission certificates Trading
Impact of environmental regulation on energy production and consumption.
Competitive markets and regulation/ deregulation
Cross border flows of electricity and gas
Electricity labelling (Green electricity, CHP- certificates
Electricity Power Exchanges and energy trading
Investment in power production: base load and peak load
Kyoto and beyond
Liberalisation of electricity / gas markets: realisations, problems, and prospects.
Renewables (wind, biomass, photovoltaic, solar thermal …) and market prices
Security of supply (generation capacity) for gas c.q. electricity and infrastructure.
Technological Progress, Energy and Industry
Technology issues in energy production and consumption
Energy services and financing issues
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
decentralised energy conversion and power generation
energy policy and environmental issues
energy storage systems (thermal and electric)
fossil fuels and new energy vectors
- feasibility of hydrogen based energy
industrial energy analysis
- Energy auditing (including new methodology)
- pinch point analysis
- thermodynamic (energy and exergy) studies
- thermoeconomic optimisation
industrial ecology
- Carbon and Environmental footprint analysis
- environmental impact assessment
- life cycle perspectives and techniques
- waste to energy
industrial energy management
- industrial energy efficiency
- heat transfer enhancement, heat exchangers and heat pipes
- heat transfer in manufacturing processes
- low energy building design
- air conditioning systems
- thermal insulation
energy management systems
- “quality” management
- energy monitoring and control systems
Process control and supervision for energy efficiency
renewable energy systems
heat recovery and valorisation |
