Presented by: Dr. Rudy Shankar - Director of Energy Systems Engineering, Lehigh University
Register below for the next installment of the Energy Systems Engineering Fall 2022 Seminar Series: The Janak Raj Lectures.
DATE: MONDAY, August 29, 2022
TIME: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
LOCATION - Zoom MEETING link to be sent prior to the seminar date
CONTACT US:
inesei@lehigh.edu ABSTRACT:
Digitization, Decentralization and Decarbonization. The 3 “Ds” will dominate as power generation capacity increases throughout the
world. The “Ds” are important for different reasons, but they have come
sharply together as the coming decades presage more uncertainty due to climate
change. Electricity is a necessary and increasingly important part of our
infrastructure for safety and economic prosperity and the forms of generation
are/will be driven by the 3 Ds. Digitization is increasingly important as
automation takes prominence to manage assets, document findings for prognostics
or forensics in case of unexpected outages. Decentralization is driven by lower
costs of renewable energy which has fallen in price by several folds over the
years. Consumers are also driving the adoption of decentralization. Consumers
will continue to play an important role at the grid edge. More commercially
available storage technologies are adding to that flexibility. Decarbonization
is a mandate that must be adhered to as countries combat climate change. While
the battle was identified initially in the generation supply chain, it is more
evident today that the demand side must be equally decarbonized. Major
industries—transportation, electricity, and cement—depend heavily on fossil
fuels. Replacement of these fuels by hydrogen (H2 ) may be more beneficial, but would
require enormous investments (and worker training). This talk will discuss
how power generation will adapt, what are the challenges and the wrenching
changes already underway. Come join us for this seminar!
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- Unless specifically requested by the speaker, all questions will be deferred to the end of the talk.
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- Students will be given first preference in the Q&A session.
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