National Hub for the Postgraduate Programme in Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management

Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering

National Hub for the Postgraduate Programme in Energy Efficiency and

Demand Side Management

Professor Xiaohua Xia

Centre of New Energy SystemsUniversity of Pretoria

06 September 2012


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The Hub

– a five-year project (2009-2013) of the South African National Energy Research Institute (SANERI), a joint effort of the Department of Minerals and Energy & the Department of Science and Technology;

– focusing on the training of postgraduates in EEDSM;

– hosted by the Centre of New Energy Systems (CNES) of the University of Pretoria after heated bidding process;

– a cross school research unit


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Training Programme

EECE Chemical Eng.

Mechanical Eng.

Civil & Bio Eng.

Architecture

BEng (Hons)(Electrical Eng)ETE780EES732EEV732EED780ENA732Energy OptimizationAdvanced topics

BEng (Hons)(Chemical Eng)CIP732 CIR702CBO700

BEng (Hons)(Mechanical Eng)MGM732MHM732MSM732MGV732 MNO732MSS732

BEng (Hons)(Transp Eng)Core (16 each)SVC781SHC789

Selective (16 each)SVC788 SVC782 SVC784 SVC787 SVV780 SVV781 INM781

BArch (Hons)(Architecture)

Practical (CPD710, 720, 730, 740)Theory (RFS710, 720, 730, 740)Project (RFP711, 721, 731, elective)

MEng MEng MEng MEng MArch

MSc (Applied Science)



MSc Course M

PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD

…

BSc (Hons)(Applied Sci)Same BSc (Hons)

(Applied Sci)


EEDSM Hub & Research Groups


SUSPSET Majozi

Batch Processes

Heat Integration• CSIR(Jane Stamp, PhD)

Wastewater Minimization• India Institute of Technology, INDIA• University of Nottingham, Malaysia• Johnson & Johnson (Pty) Ltd(Bola Adekola, PhD)(Donald Nonyane, MEng)

Novel Scheduling Techniques

• India Institute of Technology, Delhi(Esmael Rashid, PhD)

Continuous Processes

Utility SystemsDebottlenecking

Cooling Water System Design

• CSIR• AEL(Vincent Gololo, PhD)

Hot Utility System Design

• Sasol Technology• Unilever, Boksburg(Tim Price, PhD)(Sheldon Beangstrom, MEng)

Clean Coal Technology: IGCC• University of Limerick, IRE• Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain• CSIR(Knowledge Molokoane, MEng)(Mkhokheli Ndlovu, PhD)

Sustainable Process Systems Engineering


Awards (2008 – 2011)

•NSTF Category B Award (2011): Individual contribution to research over the last 5 to 10 years

•Bill Neal-May Gold Medal Award for Outstanding Achievement and International Recognition (2010) – South African Institution of Chemical Engineers (SAIChE)

•NRF President’s Award (Transformation of the Scientific Cohort), 2009

•S2A3 British Association Medal, 2008

•Leading Minds (1908 – 2008) Centenary Award, University of Pretoria, 2008


Publication highlights


Heat Transfer Group

Members: full-time: 9 teaching 4 NRF rated (B & 3Y’s) 2 postdocs 51 full time postgraduate students:

– 15 full time PhD students – 36 full time MEng students

10 part-time students


Achievements

85 papers (30 journals, 55 conferences) since 2008

Developed and built five state of the art experimental set-ups

Won a project from the American Society for Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers on an international open bid

>50 projects (completed and on-going) for research organizations and industry


Research topics

I. Enhanced heat transferII. Heat exchangersIII. Heat transfer in nanofluidsIV. Fuel cellsV. Solar thermal cyclesVI. Cooling of power electronics


Energy Systems at CNES

Members: full-time: 3 teaching, 6 research, 9 associated

2 NRF rated (A & C) 3 postdocs 12 full time PhD students 10 full time MEng students 30 part-time students

House Exxaro Chair in energy efficiency


Achievements

52 papers (22 journals, 30 conferences) since 2008

Contracted to offer Measurement and Verification (M&V) for Eskom

>160 projects (completed and on-going) One spring-off company


Research Topics at CNES

I. Industrial energy systemsII. Residential energy systemsIII. Transport efficiencyIV. New methodology in energy

optimisationV. Energy system performance

evaluationVI. Classical and renewable energy

system and electricity market


Services offered at CNES

M&V– Eskom– Dora funded municipality projects– Open source training

Tax incentive management system– GIZ funded


EEDSM Hub in summary

Launched in Jun 2008, hosted by the Dept. Electrical Electronic Computer Eng., University of Pretoria

Strong team: Director Prof X Xia (NRF A-rated)+ 1 B-rated+1 P-rated+1 C-rated;

Research focus: Industrial/Commercial/Transport/Residential EE Establish comprehensive EEDSM Postgraduate Programme in electrical,

mechanical, chemical, civil and architecture Short courses & open source training (M&V) for engineers/technicians

delivered

2011 Since inception in 2008

Publications 60 papers (19Jnl+39Conf+2TechRpt)

1bk+160papers (56Jnl+99Conf+5TechRpt)


Our proudest achievements – our students

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Increase from 2008 to 2012

Students 27 61 70 90 109 303%

Female 4 (15%) 11 (18%)

13 (19%)

17 (19%)

21 (19%)

4%

White 15 (56%)

31 (51%)

35 (50%)

36 (40%)

30 (28%)

-28%

Black 10 (37%)

23 (34%)

27 (39%)

47 (52%)

48 (44%)

7%

Asian 2 (7%) 7 (11%) 8 (11%) 7 (8%) 10 (9%) 2%

Graduates

2011 total

8Hnr+9MEng=17 44Hnr+18MEng+4PhD=66


Moving into the future

7 year strategic plan in place A regional research centre on energy efficiency (a Lawrence

Berkeley Lab model)– Formal training– Technical training– Open research platform– National key labs and pilots– Strategic advice– Best practice show ground

A joint SANEDI/UP brand and infrastructure on EE– UP energy IRT– UP land– SANEDI budget (initial and operational)– DHET


Contacts

http://eehub.up.ac.za/[email protected]

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