THE GEI Waste-to-fuel (w2F) Initiative
The GEI/NUS Waste-to-Fuel Initiative (GEI-W2F) is a collaboration with the Environmental Research Centre of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The project entails three distinct phases.
- Phase 1 will develop a comprehensive framework to evaluate system parameters (legal, political, financial social) and assess the levers and barriers to technological commercialization.
- Phase 2 will apply this framework to novel NUS-patented “gasification” technologies, within various systems contexts in Asia and Southeast Asia.
- Phase 3 will use the results of this research to guide the targeted deployment of these technologies in strategic test sites.
This project aims to help researchers, technological innovators, and policy-makers with the means to conduct system-level analysis for any technology in any geographical area. We are so passionate about this because of our belief that the green transition will be built upon a fundamental revision of systems. Producing the tools to to interact with these systems is a core mission of ours.
A delegation of the W2F team will be participating in the Oxford Saïd Map the System competition in June 2022.
You can read the full GEI W2F Proposal, here:
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Bo Wang (NUS Technical Coordinator)
Bo Wang obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in energy engineering from Zhejiang University, China (2012), joint Master of Science degree in sustainable energy from Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, and the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (2015), and Doctor of Philosophy degree in high-temperature solar energy engineering from the Australian National University (2021, under review) before his recent commencement in the E2S2 project as a research fellow supervised by Prof. Chi-Hwa Wang. His research interests are focused on utilizing thermal, chemical, and optical sciences to guide the design, test, and optimization of high-temperature solar-driven energy and environmental applications.
Xian Li (NUS Technical Coordinator)
Xian Li obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Thermal Power Engineering and Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Hohai University, China in 2007 and 2010, respectively, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermo-physics from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China in 2015. His research interests lie in the optical and thermal engineering sciences applied in solar energy conversion, enhancement of solar-to-thermal conversion employed advanced solar optics and heat/mass transfer, highly efficiency solar cooling and heating for low-carbon/net-zero-energy buildings, and solar fuel converted from carbonaceous feedstock (solid waste), water, and carbon dioxide.
Xin He (NUS Technical Coordinator)
Ph.D, Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, United States, 2014-2019. M.Eng., Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 2011-2014. B.Eng., Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 2007-2011.
Research Interests: Simulation and optimization of energy systems; model predictive control for nonlinear processes.
Qiang Hu (NUS Technical Coordinator)
Ph.D, State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2012-2018. B.Eng., School of Power and Energy Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2008-2012.
Research Interests: Biomass pyrolysis/gasification; chemical looping conversion; catalytic reaction.
Wang Chi-Hwa (Professor – National University of Singapore)
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