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| Start (EST) | End (EST) | Day 1 Live Program - Wednesday August 4, 6 PM - 11:10 PM EST |
| 6:00 PM | 6:10 PM | Opening and Welcome |
| Wojciech Lipinski (Australian National University) and Jonathan Scheffe (University of Florida) | ||
| 6:10 PM | 7:00 PM | Keynote Session 1 |
| Session Chair: Wojciech Lipinski (Australian National University) | ||
| 6:10 PM | 6:35 PM | Keynote Talk - 636096: Bassam Dally, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. CST and Combustion Hybrids for Power and Heat |
| 6:35 PM | 7:00 PM | Keynote Talk - Andy Zhao, Supcon Solar Technology. Molten salt thermal energy storage for large-scale concentrated solar power |
| 7:00 PM | 7:10 PM | Short break |
| 7:10 PM | 8:30 PM | Technical Session 1: Solar Thermal Power |
| Session Chair: Joe Coventry (Australian National University) | ||
| 7:10 PM | 7:30 PM | Invited Talk - Manuel Blanco, The Cyprus Institute. Tonatiuh++, FluxTracer and SunPATH - open source tools for the holistic optimization of concentrating solar thermal systems |
| 7:30 PM | 7:45 PM | 633418: Enkhbayar Shagdar, Harbin Institute of Technology, Mongolian University of Science and Technology. Performance Analysis of the 50 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant Under Various Operation Conditions |
| 7:45 PM | 8:00 PM | 633818: Bo Wang, Australian National University. Numerical Modelling of Two-Phase Particle–Gas Flow in a Multi-Stage Falling Particle Receiver |
| 8:00 PM | 8:15 PM | 633687: Jingjing Chen, Australian National University. Radiative Transfer in Polydispersion Systems for Solar Particle Receiver Applications |
| 8:15 PM | 8:30 PM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 1 Speakers |
| 8:30 PM | 8:40 PM | Short break |
| 8:40 PM | 9:40 PM | Technical Session 2: Thermal Energy Storage 1 |
| Session Chair: John Pye (Australian National University) | ||
| 8:40 PM | 9:00 PM | Invited Talk - 636276: Alicia Bayon, Arizona State University. Effect of Fe Doping in (MgMn)3O4 for Thermochemical Energy Storage |
| 9:00 PM | 9:15 PM | 634250: Charles Forsberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Assured Heat Supply Using 1000-MW PV with 100-Gigawatt-Hour Crushed-Rock Heat Storage |
| 9:15 PM | 9:30 PM | 621099: Yong Shuai, Harbin Institute of Technology. Insight into Redox-Based Thermochemical Energy Storage (TCES) |
| 9:30 PM | 9:40 PM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 2 Speakers |
| 9:40 PM | 9:50 PM | Short break |
| 9:50 PM | 11:10 PM | Technical Session 3: Thermal Energy Storage 2 |
| Session Chair: Alicia Bayon (Arizona State University) | ||
| 9:50 PM | 10:10 PM | Invited Talk - 636241: Gang Xiao, Zhejiang University. Self-Assembled Structure Evolution of Mn-Fe Oxides for High Temperature Thermochemical Energy Storage |
| 10:10 PM | 10:25 PM | 633790: Juvenal Alejandro Ortiz-Ulloa. Conceptual Reactor Design for High Temperature Discharge of Solid-State Solar Thermochemical Energy Storage Particles |
| 10:25 PM | 10:40 PM | 633805: Ishan Bajaj, University of Wisconsin-Madison. System Design and Material Selection for Thermochemical Energy Storage in Solar Power Systems |
| 10:40 PM | 10:55 PM | 633806: Riley Choquette, Baylor University. Analysis of Thermal Energy Storage Using Sorption-Assisted Boudouard Processes |
| 10:55 PM | 11:10 PM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 3 Speakers |
| Start (EST) | End (EST) | Day 2 Live Program - Thursday August 5, 6 PM - Thursday August 5, 11:40 PM EST |
| 6:00 PM | 6:10 PM | Welcome and Last Day's Takeaway |
| Wojciech Lipinski (Australian National University) and Jonathan Scheffe (University of Florida) | ||
| 6:10 PM | 7:00 PM | Keynote Session 2 |
| Session Chair: Jonathan Scheffe (University of Florida) | ||
| 6:10 PM | 6:35 PM | Keynote Talk - Yanjun Dai. Shanghai Jiaotong University. Efficient Solar Heating with Sorption-resorption NH3-H2O Heat Pump |
| 6:35 PM | 7:00 PM | Keynote Talk - 636284: Brendan Bulfin, ETH Zurich. Non-Stoichiometric Redox Materials and Their Applications in Solar Thermochemical Processes |
| 7:00 PM | 7:10 PM | Short break |
| 7:10 PM | 8:10 PM | Technical Session 4: Solar Heating and Cooling |
| Session Chair: Meng Lin (Southern University of Science and Technology in China) | ||
| 7:10 PM | 7:25 PM | 635216: Sanoj kumar Karki, Aarti strips Private limited. Solar Energy Potential in Nepal: A Meta-Analytic Review |
| 7:25 PM | 7:40 PM | 633693: Zhangli Liu, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Excellent Performance of Expandable Aluminophosphate with Sfo Topology in Low-Temperature-Driven Heating and Cooling |
| 7:40 PM | 7:55 PM | 636397: Fengyuan Zhang, Australian National University. Solar Thermal Driven Hydrate-Based Carbon Capture Enabled By Tetra-N-Butylammonium Bromide and Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate |
| 7:55 PM | 8:10 PM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 4 Speakers |
| 8:10 PM | 8:20 PM | Short break |
| 8:20 PM | 9:20 PM | Technical Session 5: Solar Photovoltaics |
| Session Chair: Alex Yokochi (Baylor University) | ||
| 8:20 PM | 8:35 PM | 620255: Izrael Zenar Bautista, Kyushu Institute of Technology. Perovskite Solar Cell Mission Onboard Cubesat Constellation |
| 8:35 PM | 8:50 PM | 635115: Abigail Kaufman, BQ Energy, Marist College. Understanding Irradiance Variability in Various PV Sites |
| 8:50 PM | 9:05 PM | 620129: Alyssa Chinen-Mendez, Phillips 66. Development of Polymers for Scalable Organic Photovoltaics |
| 9:05 PM | 9:20 PM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 5 Speakers |
| 9:20 PM | 9:30 PM | Short break |
| 9:30 PM | 10:30 PM | Technical Session 6: Solar Fuels |
| Session Chair: Yong Hao (Chinese Academy of Sciences) | ||
| 9:30 PM | 9:50 PM | Invited Talk - 636100: Magda Barecka, CARES. Economically Viable Pathways for Solar Fuels Production By Means of CO2 Electrolysis |
| 9:50 PM | 10:05 PM | 633638: Aniket Patankar, MIT. Thermal Modeling of the Reactor Train System for Efficient Solar Thermochemical Fuel Production with Solid Heat Recovery |
| 10:05 PM | 10:20 PM | 619904: Alon Lidor, ETH Zürich. High-Temperature Heat Recovery System Coupled to a Solar Redox Reactor for Splitting H2O and CO2 |
| 10:20 PM | 10:30 PM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 6 Speakers |
| 10:30 PM | 10:40 PM | Short break |
| 10:40 PM | 11:40 PM | Technical Session 7: Materials for Solar Energy Conversion I |
| Session Chair: Xian Li (National University of Singapore) | ||
| 10:40 PM | 10:55 PM | 633714: Xiaoyu Dai, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. Deep Learning Applied to Macroporous Structure Optimization of Ceria for Solar Thermochemical Water Splitting |
| 10:55 PM | 11:10 PM | 633889: Konstantinos Kakosimos, Texas A&M University at Qatar. Novel Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles As Catalysts for Sunlight-Driven Water Splitting |
| 11:10 PM | 11:25 PM | 635989: Hanqing Pan, University of Nevada, Reno. Efficient Photoreduction of Bicarbonate to Formate Catalyzed By Gold-TiO2 Composite Nanocatalyst Under Solar Irradiation |
| 11:25 PM | 11:40 PM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 7 Speakers |
| Start (EST) | End (EST) | Day 3 Live Program - Friday, August 6, 6 PM - Saturday August 7, 12:10 AM EST |
| 6:00 PM | 6:10 PM | Welcome and Last Day's Takeaway |
| Wojciech Lipinski (Australian National University) and Jonathan Scheffe (University of Florida) | ||
| 6:10 PM | 7:00 PM | Keynote Session 3 |
| Session Chair: Manuel Blanco (The Cyprus Institute) | ||
| 6:10 PM | 6:35 PM | Keynote Talk - Wes Stein, CSIRO. Developments in dispatchable CSP |
| 6:35 PM | 7:00 PM | Keynote Talk - Craig Wood, Vast Solar. Vast Solar: Benefits of Sodium HTF and Modular Tower CSP |
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | Joint Plenary Session |
| Session Chairs: Wojciech Lipinski (Australian National University) and Yen Wah Tong (National University of Singapore) | ||
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | Joint Plenary Talk - Yogi Goswami, University of South Florida |
| 7:30 PM | 7:40 PM | Short break |
| 7:40 PM | 9:20 PM | Technical Session 8: Solar Process Heat |
| Session Chair: Ted Steinberg (Queensland University of Technology) | ||
| 7:40 PM | 8:00 PM | Invited Talk - 636249: Joe Coventry, Australian National University. Sodium-Based CSP and Thermal Energy Storage: Status and Outlook |
| 8:00 PM | 8:15 PM | 633578: Muhammad Asaad Keilany, IMT Ecole De Mines Albi. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of a Fixed Point Parabolic Trough Solar Receivers in a Pilot-Scale Project to Generate Heat for Industrial Application |
| 8:15 PM | 8:30 PM | 635957: Alireza Rahbari, Research School of Engineering, Australian National University, Australian National University. Solar-Thermal Beneficiation of Iron Ore |
| 8:30 PM | 8:45 PM | 633505: Jake Immonen, University of Utah. Optimizing the Use of Solar Industrial Process Heat through Flexible Heat Integration |
| 8:45 PM | 9:00 PM | 635954: Philipe Gunawan Gan, Australian National University. Particle-Based Concentrated Solar Power Plant for Electricity and Heat Generation |
| 9:00 PM | 9:20 PM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 8 Speakers |
| 9:20 PM | 9:30 PM | Short break |
| 9:30 PM | 10:50 PM | Technical Session 9: Solar Optics |
| Session Chair: Gang Xiao (Zhejiang University) | ||
| 9:30 PM | 9:45 PM | 633705: Konstantinos Kakosimos, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH). Enhancing the Volumetric Effect of Point-Focusing Concentrating Solar Receivers Via Partially Reflective Surfaces |
| 9:45 PM | 10:00 PM | 620657: Meng Lin, Southern University of Science and Technology. Design and Characterization of a Novel 40 kWe High Flux Solar Simulator with Flexible Flux Profiles |
| 10:00 PM | 10:15 PM | 633709: He Zili, IMT Mines Albi. Free-Form Optic Optimization Using Zernike Polynomials to Control Optical Aberrations |
| 10:15 PM | 10:30 PM | 636107: Lifeng Li, Australian National University. Optical Collector Systems for Solar Thermal and Thermochemical Applications |
| 10:30 PM | 10:50 PM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 9 Speakers |
| 10:50 PM | 11:00 PM | Short break |
| 11:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Technical Session 10: Materials for Solar Energy Conversion II |
| Session Chair: Bo Wang | ||
| 11:00 PM | 11:20 PM | Invited Talk - 636137: Ben Xu, Mississippi State University. A Multiscale Perspective of Powder-Bed Fusion Manufacturing Process for High Temperature Solar Thermal Applications |
| 11:20 PM | 11:35 PM | 633795: Sungwoo Yang, University of Tennessee Chattanooga. Cheap, Strong, Thermally-Insulating and Transparent Aerogel |
| 11:35 PM | 11:50 PM | 619375: Swee Ching Tan, National University of Singapore. Energy Harvesting from Shadows |
| 11:50 PM | 12:00 AM | Live Q&A for all Technical Session 10 Speakers |
| 12:00 AM | 12:10 AM | Conclusions and Next Steps |