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SUMMARY:MechE Colloquium: Engineering the energy transition
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. François Maréchal\, Industrial Process and Energy Syst
 ems Engineering (IPESE) group\, EPFL School of Engineering (STI)\, Institu
 te of Mechanical Engineering (IGM)\nAbstract:\nTransforming the energy sys
 tem to realise constraints and targets of the Paris agreement is not only 
 a political challenge\, it implies radical changes of the energy system de
 sign. The main objective is to replace fossil fuel tanks and technologies 
 as well as the nuclear plants by integrating the use and the conversion of
  renewable energy resources to supply the system's energy services. In my 
 talk\, I will demonstrate the role of system engineering to identify optio
 ns for the energy transition. System design means to choose and size the t
 echnologies and define the way they will be operated. A holistic and multi
 disciplinary approach is needed\, considering in a systemic way the effici
 ency\, the use of advanced technologies and their integration following a 
 multi-energy perspective. Optimisation based decision support methods appl
 y thermodynamic principles\, process models and process integration techni
 ques as well as superstructure models with optimal management techniques t
 o systematically generate integrated energy system designs using appropria
 te life cycle based sustainability metrics. The method is illustrated by i
 ts application at different scales: from the development of technologies t
 o their integration in complex large scale systems.\n\nBio:\nProf. Franço
 is Maréchal is professor in École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (
 EPFL) in Valais. He is conducting research in the field of computer  aide
 d decision support for process and energy systems engineering. His activit
 ies are focussing on integrating rational use of energy\, renewable energy
  resources and circular economy concepts in industrial processes and energ
 y systems design. François Marechal is the founding member and the co-cha
 ir of the energy section of the European Federation of Chemical Engineerin
 g and is representative of Switzerland in the Working Party on the Use of 
 Computers in Chemical Engineering of the European Federation of Chemical E
 ngineering.
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/82207717593
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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