Abstract:
An effective carbon emission reduction strategy entails managing the electrical as well as thermal energy at the supply and demand sides.
For stationary emission point sources, carbon is mainly emitted from power generation plants via the combustion of fossil fuels. The growing global concern on sustainability has driven the energy sector to shift towards clean and low carbon energy sources. In the next five years, the global supply of renewable energy (RE) for power generation is expected to grow by 40%, thereby increasing the RE share to almost a quarter of global energy supply mix for power generation (The International Energy Agency (IEA), 2013). The projected growth is most significant for three types of RE – namely wind, solar and biofuels with five times higher demand in 2040 as compared to 2010 (Exxon Mobil Corporation 2013).
Modeling tools for the energy supply and demand planning have been relatively established. However, complementary tools that can provide planners, decision-makers, energy managers, process and facility engineers with graphical and visualisation insights that are vital for better conceptual understanding of the problems, have just been recently developed.
This lecture highlights some of the latest insight-based energy supply and demand planning and management tools for carbon emission reduction from stationary point sources. At the supply side, the tools enable the optimal planning and design of hybrid power systems. The lecture also highlights how emission can be reduced through carbon reuse, carbon demand and source manipulations, regeneration and carbon emission offsetting at the supply and demand sides.
Biography
Professor Dr Zainuddin Abdul Manan is the Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He was the Founding Director of UTM-Process Systems Engineering Centre (PROSPECT) and currently the President of Malaysian Muslim Scientists Association (PERINTIS), an officially registered NGO.
He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, USA, MSc in Process Integration from UMIST, UK, and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Zain began his career an engineer in PETRONAS and Hume Industries. Since then, he has been extensively involved as a researcher, consultant and trainer for more than 20 years. During this period, he has completed over 70 R & D & consultancy projects, filed for ten patents and has more than 280 publications in books, 120 refereed journals and 150 conference papers on sustainable systems planning and with emphasis on energy and resource sustainability.
Zain has recently been awarded as one of the Top Research Scientists of Malaysia, and was the winner of Saudi Arabia’s 2008 Prince Sultan Abdul Aziz International Award for Water.
Zain is a Fellow IChemE, a chartered engineer, a certified energy manager and currently the certified lead trainer for Malaysia energy managers accreditation. He was the vice-chairman of the Board of Judges for the Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN) Energy Awards program until 2011. He is the UTM consultant/advisor responsible for spearheading the implementation of Sustainable Energy Management in UTM that led UTM to achieve RM 6.1 million energy savings between 2010 and 2013, and ultimately, to win the ASEAN Energy Award (Large Category Buildings).