Panel 4. Technology, products and systems
The improvement of technology, products and systems optimisation in industry plays a major role to unlock the existing energy efficiency potential and deliver energy savings. Besides increasing industrial productivity, the approach to the whole system optimisation, in a way that is cost-optimised for the end-user, can bring social and environmental positive impacts. This panel is dedicated to all types of technologies, products and systems which undertake high impact on the support of energy and competitiveness strategy of the industrial sector, focusing on new developed technologies, innovative products and the whole system optimisation towards improvements in processes and in energy efficiency.
The main panel objective is to be stimulated by the latest developments in the whole industry sector, regarding cross cutting technologies, innovative products and the whole system optimisation for, but not limited to, load management, waste heat recovery, industrial cogeneration and use of alternative energy sources, motor driven systems, process specific technologies, digitalisation and eco-design requirements for industrial products vs. systems. Successful case studies and interaction between the “user” and “technology” are also welcome to this panel.
Panel Leaders
Paula Fonseca, ISR-University of Coimbra, Portugal
Paula Fonseca graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra. From 1994 to 1995 she took a training post at the City Hall of Coimbra, in the department of municipal buildings. She has been involved in ISR-University of Coimbra as researcher in the area of energy planning, renewable energies and sustainable development, energy conservation and Demand-Side Management since 1994. Paula has been involved in several EU projects to promote energy efficiency, with collaboration with the industry, local and regional authorities, building operators and electricity utilities. She has been extensively involved in the energy monitoring of industrial installations, including power quality assessments.
Paula was one member of the consultant team who prepared the Portuguese Plans of Energy Efficiency Promotion, 2007, 2008, 2009/2010 and 2011/2012. She is co-author of over twenty publications and numerous technical reports.
Sotirios Karellas, National Technical University of Athens – School of Mechanical Engineering, Greece
Dr.-Ing. Sotirios Karellas is Associate Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering of NTUA, visiting Professor at the Technische Universität München an Universität Bayreuth, specialist on thermal power plants, central and decentralized energy systems, energy storage, solar-thermal energy, biomass, ORC technology, heat pumps, and tri-generation systems. He is member of the Greek representation at the Energy Committee of Horizon 2020 and alternate national representative of the Coal and Steel Committee (COSCO) at the EU.
Currently supervising five Ph.D students at NTUA and co-supervisor of two Ph.D students in other Universities (TU München, Xi'an Jiaotong University) working in the field of energy conversion, Sotirios has also participated in a high number of projects in NTUA (2006–present) and in Technische Universität München (2001–2006), having both technical and coordination responsibilities. He has significant industrial experience in thermal power plants, co/tri-generation systems, heat pumps and chillers.
Sotirios is full member of the editorial board of 5 scientific journals dealing with energy systems and renewable energy sources, and has over 80 relevant publications in scientific journals and conferences.
