报告内容摘要

“Distributed Generation Technology for Geothermal Power”

This lecture will cover the basics of distributed generation, geothermal resources, ORC technology, and the project of developing an industry for developing and deploying low temperature geothermal power systems. Our research group is focusing on building expertise and teaching in the thermal systems engineering fundamentals: thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics and energy systems. The Canterbury Geothermal Energy Research Group is studying turbo-machinery and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power generation technology. 

“Transition Engineering”

Professor Krumdieck will provide an introduction to the emerging field of Transition Engineering. Transition Engineering is like Safety Engineering in that all professional engineers must take the social responsibility for long-term health and well-being into account in their work. Transition Engineering focuses on the problem definition: reduce fossil fuel use to meet agreed IPCC targets of 80% reduction as soon as possible. TE projects change existing operations, supply chains, materials, systems and products so that they work 0-20% of current fossil fuel use.

报告人简介

Susan Krumdieck is a professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She studied Mechanical Engineering at UC Boulder, USA, then worked on wind turbine control systems and solar system testing and certification. She earned a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1989 at Arizona State University in Energy Systems Engineering. Susan’s energy research focuses on engineering change projects aimed at continuity of human activities and wellbeing within the constraints of environment and resource availability. The work aims to develop sustainability metrics, engineering fundamentals for low-fossil energy systems, and bridging technologies and control systems to accelerate the transition to manage un-sustainable processes. This is a truly innovative approach with new ideas receiving acclaim at international meetings and conferences. She has published 116 peer-reviewed papers, has three patents, and has been an invited keynote speaker at more than 114 workshops, conferences and seminars in the past seven years. She has achieved over $5.5 million in research funding and supervised 15 PhD projects.