Co-ordinators: Nella Rotundo; Ferran Brosa Planella; Dirk Peschka; Tim Myers
The transition to a sustainable future is one of the most important goals of society, as clearly identified by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This process is currently influencing scientific, industrial and political developments to a great extent. In particular, the development of sustainable energies and materials are two areas with a very high impact on industry and which can contribute to several SDGs.
The goal of this SIG is to continuously improve the processes involved in the energy and material industry, to reduce their cost and their environmental impact. For energy, for example, this involves replacing limited or polluting energy sources with renewable and environmentally friendly ones, improving the efficiency of the distribution networks and keeping in mind the stability of the energy supply. For materials, this involves reducing the use of energy and scarce raw materials in the production processes, and improving the recycling processes.
Our aim is to transfer fundamental mathematical methods for Modelling, Simulation, Optimization (MSO) to the fields of energy generation, transport and storage, material extraction, production and recycling. At present the focus of the SIG are MSO of:
- solar panels, wind turbines and beyond,
- model hierarchies for energy networks,
- batteries,
- carbon capture and contaminant removal,
but we are open to new topics and mathematical aspects.
Contact details:
Nella Rotundo, nella.rotundo@unifi.it
Ferran Brosa Planella, ferran.brosa-planella@warwick.ac.uk
Dirk Peschka, peschka@wias-berlin.de
Tim Myers, tmyers@crm.cat