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Perspectives

Perspectives from CEG members

Photovoltaic in China: what to expect, a recession or a breakthrough?

03/17/13 by Hao Chen (ELE)
The global solar energy market recession in 2012 exposed the issue of overcapacity, and other problems. This article will briefly discuss China’s PV development in two levels: market opportunity and technology breakthrough.

 

Urban Sustainability: the Role of Micrometeorology

01/12/13 by Dan Li (CEE)
Understanding and assessing the combined impact of urbanization and global climate change on various issues including health risks, water/energy sustainability, and pollution management in urban areas is becoming increasingly important.

Making on Specification Jet Fuel Through Syncrude Refining

01/12/13 by Qiang Li (PEI)
The synthetic fuel can be produced from syngas (CO+H2) through the well-known catalytic reaction called Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis, which is named after the original German inventors in the 1920s.

Carbon Dioxide to Fuel – a Mirage or Reality?

01/12/13 by Yuan Hu (CHE)
This discovery opened a new page on human’s footprints to the realization of photosynthesis scientifically, as well as the ultimate goal to industrialize a feasible approach to build a renewable cycle from fuel to CO2 then back to fuel.

Introduction to Frontier Research on Combustion

01/04/13 by Peng Zhao (MAE)
Through combustion, chemical energy could be converted to thermal energy, and be further converted to mechanical energy through thermodynamic cycles.
Gardiner Hill

CO2 Storage: Large-scale Low-cost Demonstration Opportunities in China

08/26/12 by Zhong Zheng
CO2 source-sink matching identifies low-cost opportunities for large-scale CO2 capture and storage demonstration projects.
Gardiner Hill

Ammonia: An Overlooked Byproduct from Energy Generation
08/20/12 by Kang Sun
Controlling ammonia actually can be a more efficient way to mitigate the environment impact from energy generation.
 
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