Assoc. Prof. Dr. MD. Hasanuzzaman
Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre, Universiti Malaya
Research Area:
Thermal Engineering, Renewable Energy, Solar Thermal, Energy and Buildings, Energy Policy, Energy and Environment, Nanotechnology, Transportation and Electric Vehicles.
Speech title：
Challenges in Energy and Environmental Sectors: Prospects of Renewable Energy and Energy Storage
Abstract:
Energy is one of the basic inputs for industrial production, economic growth, automation and modernization. Global energy is mainly supplied from fossil fuels that are the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and cause global warming as well as climate change. According to IPCC, global warming will continue to get worse unless there is a rapid shift towards clean energy. About 350 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere is a safe norm while 450 ppm represents a high-risk state. Fossil fuels-based energy is the main source of CO2 emission and air pollution. Renewable energy is the potential solution wherein solar energy comes in the first place due to its inexhaustible supply and environmentally friendly nature. Presently, most industries burn fossil fuel or use electricity to produce process heat. However, a large portion of industrial process heat is the sufficiently low temperature that can easily be supplied by solar energy. Photovoltaic based power generation is very potential where electric vehicle is one of the potential solutions. If the battery is charged by renewable energy-based electricity that can be reduced emissions and air pollution. Phase change materials (PCMs) have thrown new light on sustainable ways of thermal energy storage while addressing environmental issues. PCMs can store and release a large amount of heat at a constant temperature during the phase change process. PCMs have gained attention in research and application fields like building comfort, solar energy systems, cold transport supply chains, electric vehicle battery colling, etc.
Brief biography:
Dr. Md. Hasanuzaman is currently working as Associate Professor at the Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC), University of Malaya, Malaysia. He was listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists for the year 2020, 2021 & 2022. He was Program Coordinator (Master of Renewable Energy, September 2012 to September 2020), Double Degree Programme with Master of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Japan. He is an Associate Editor of the Alexandria Engineering Journal, Elsevier; Associate Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Renewable Energy Resources; and has been a Guest Editor for Renewable Energy, Elsevier. He is an editor and author of the books: (i) Technologies for Solar Thermal Energy, 2022 and (ii) Energy for Sustainable Development, 2020 published by Elsevier. His research interests include thermal engineering, renewable energy, energy and buildings, energy policy, transport and electric vehicles. He has also authored and co-authored more than 120 research papers and 50 conference proceedings. Dr. Hasan has more than 5750 citations with an h-index of 40 in the Scopus index and 8150 citations with an h-index of 44 in the google scholar index. Dr. Hasan has supervised and supervising more than 50 postgraduate students. He has secured and managed more than 7 million Ringgit national and international research grants as a PI & co-PI. He received a University of Malaya Excellence Award 2012 for his outstanding achievement in PhD.