Welcome to the ASPACC 2025 webinar series, leading up to the 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, which will be held in the vibrant city of Singapore from 18-22 May 2025. This pre-conference webinar series is designed to explore the latest advancements in combustion research—a field crucial to the intersection of energy, sustainability, and technology. These webinars provide a platform for experts from academia, industry, and government to share their insights, reflecting the significant progress and contributions from the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
[Upcoming: 28th November 2024] Battery and EV Fire Safety and Resilience
This webinar, hosted by Professor Xinyan Huang from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, explores fire safety challenges in battery energy storage systems (BESS) as Li-ion technology advances in renewable energy and data centers. One of the invited speakers, Dr Yi Wang from FM Global, will introduce the FM Global's recent research on battery thermal runaway tests and modeling. The second invited speakers, Professor Xuning Feng from Tsinghua University, will discuss thermal runaway mechanisms and safety innovations for high-energy Li-ion batteries, drawing from his research, standards contributions, and patents. The session will also cover the fundamentals of Li-battery thermal failure and fire dynamics.
[6th November 2024] Meet the ASPACC 2025 Committees
This webinar provides you an insider’s look at ASPACC2025! Learn about the history of ASPACC, its exciting outlook, the paper review and editorial process, PROCI publication opportunities, awards, and pre-conference workshops. Plus, hear from the local organizing committee on the unique combustion research happening in #Singapore and why this city is the perfect backdrop for ASPACC 2025.
[10th October 2024] Achieving Sustainability with Intelligence
This webinar focuses on the role of AI in research and development of carbon capturing and combustion, technologies. Dr. Harpreet Sethi, Solutions Architect for Energy at NVIDIA, will share how graph neural networks offer a powerful framework for the predictions of subsurface reservoir pressure and saturation evolution, Subsequently, Prof. Matthias Ihme from Stanford University will share his insights in the challenges of AI for combustion and energy and how domain expertise can alleviate them. This session sheds light to the potential and possibility when we embrace AI in our journey towards a zero-carbon and sustainable future.
[12th September 2024] Hydrogen and Ammonia Energy for Power
This webinar will explore cutting-edge developments in hydrogen and ammonia energy for power. Dr. Ghenadie Bulat, Head of New Technologies for Gas Services at Siemens Energy, will delve into the innovative use of ammonia as a gas turbine fuel. Meanwhile, Prof. Agustin Valera-Medina, Director of the Net Zero Innovation Institute at Cardiff University, will discuss the role of ammonia boilers in rural decarbonization. This session highlights the transformative potential of ammonia in advancing clean energy solutions.