Advanced Utilization Technologies for Renewable Energy

This session focuses on key technical challenges in advancing renewable energy from resource capture to efficient utilization. It covers solar thermal power generation and integrated utilization technologies, efficient geothermal energy utilization, clean heating technologies, and integrated thermal systems. The development of renewable energy technologies depends not only on resource harvesting itself, but also on whether the subsequent conversion and end-use processes are appropriately designed and highly efficient. With energy losses in the conversion process as the starting point, we will examine system optimization, cascade utilization, and optimal system configuration, and explore technical pathways and practical solutions for improving energy efficiency, reducing energy consumption, and achieving greater overall benefits.Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Solar Thermal Power Generation

2. Integrated Utilization of Solar Thermal Energy

3. Efficient Geothermal Energy Utilization

4. Clean Heating Technologies

5. Integrated Thermal Systems

Chairs:

Xiuzhen Li, Henan University of Science and Technology, China

XiuzhenLi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor. His research focuses on the efficient utilization of low-grade thermal energy, refrigeration and air-conditioning theory, and related applications. He has led more than 10 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (General Program), a Henan Province Science and Technology Research Project, and the Central Plains Young Top Talent Program. He has published 33 academic papers and been granted 11 invention patents. As the project leader, he received one Second Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the China Energy Conservation Association for Energy Saving and Emission Reduction; as a participant, he received three Second Prizes of the Henan Province Science and Technology Progress Award.

Qingshan Ma, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China

QingshanMa, Ph.D., Lecturer, Master's Supervisor. His long-term research interests include clean energy power generation, medium- and deep-layer geothermal energy, ultra-long gravity heat pipe technology, and techno-economic analysis of clean thermal systems. He has published 15 SCI/EI papers, applied for seven invention patents, and been granted one invention patent and three utility model patents. He has participated in winning one Silver Award in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High-Value Patent Competition and one First Prize in the industry category of the Hebei Province Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.