Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Systems

Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of a Steam Re-former Unit Performance to Produce Hydrogen Fuel for PEM Fuel Cell Applications.- Fuel cell power pack with integrated metal hydride hydrogen storage for powering electric forklift.- Testing an In-House CFD Code for Solving Gas-Solid Flow with Different Simulation Parameters.

Prof. Mohan Kolhe is with the University of Agder (Norway) as full professor in electrical power engineering with focus in smart grid and renewable energy in the Faculty of Engineering and Science. He has also received the offer of full professorship in smart grid from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He is a leading renewable energy technologist and has previously held academic positions at the world's prestigious universities e.g. University College London (UK/Australia), University of Dundee (UK); University of Jyvaskyla (Finland); Hydrogen Research Institute, QC (Canada); etc. He has been successful in winning competitive research funding from the prestigious research councils (e.g. Norwegian Research Council, EU, EPSRC, BBSRC, NRP, etc.) for his work on sustainable energy systems. He has published extensively in the energy systems engineering.



Dr. Muhammad Aziz is currently an associate professor at Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. He obtained his bachelor's degree from Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University (2004), master's degree and Doctor's degree from Engineering, Department of Intelligent Machinery and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University. His major areas of research interests include Energy systems, Process design, Power generation, Carbon capture and storage, Hydrogen production, Renewable Energy, Energy conservation, Energy and exergy analysis, Exergy recovery, Electric vehicle, Batteries, and Smart grid.

Dr Abdel El Kharbachi, DEA, Ph.D. is currently an associate professor at the Electrochemical Energy Storage of Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Germany. He obtained his M.Sc. (Chemistry) and DEA (Chemistry) from the University of Liège, and also his PhD. From Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France. Abdel El Kharbachi, DEA, PhD. Has served as