Prof. Igor Pioro

Ontario Tech University, Canada

Title: Current Status and Future Trends of World Nuclear-Power with Supercritical Fluid Concept Reactors

Bio: Professor Igor Pioro Doctor of Technical Sciences (1992), Professional Engineer (Ontario, Canada) (2008), Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2012), Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers (2015), and Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) (2013), Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He is an internationally recognized scientist within areas of thermal and nuclear engineering (thermalhydraulics of supercritical fluids, Generation-IV nuclear-reactor concepts, etc.) and thermal sciences/engineering (boiling, forced convection including supercritical pressures, etc.). He is author/co-author of more than 480 publications: 11 technical books, 28 chapters in encyclopedias, handbooks and books, 96 papers in refereed journals, 273 papers in refereed proceedings of international and national conferences and symposiums, 26 patents and inventions, and 46 major technical reports.

Dr. Pioro is the Founding Editor of the ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science. He was a Chair of the Executive Committee of the Nuclear Engineering Division of the ASME (2011-2012) and a Chair of the International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-20) (2011-2012).

Professor Pioro has received many international and national awards and certificates of appreciation including a Harold A. Smith Outstanding Contribution Award from CNS (2017), Medal 60th Anniversary of NED (Nuclear Engineering Division of ASME) (2016); Service Recognition Award from the ASME (2014); an Honorary Doctor’s Degree from the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kiev Polytechnic Institute” (2013); The CNS Education and Communication Award (2011); The UOIT Research Excellence Award (2011); the ICONE Award from the ASME (2009); etc.

Prof. Hiroshi Yamaguchi

Sinocarbon-Energy (Beijing) Technology Co., LTD, China

Title: Energy Conversion System Using Carbon Dioxide (CO2) as Working Fluid

Bio:Prof. Hiroshi Yamaguchi is a Fellow of The Engineering Academy of Japan and also the Chief Scientist/Induastrial Technical Director of Zhongnengling Carbon (Beijing) Technplogy Co., LTD. He obtained his Ph.D from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, U.K. in 1982. He is a Professor Emeritus of Energy Conversion Research Center, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. His areas of expertise include Experimental and Computational Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Engineering, Involving Basic Study and Applications for Supercritical CO2 Flow, Solar Energy Conversion, Ultra-Low-Temperature Refrigeration, Non-Newtonian and Viscoelastic fluids and Magnetic Fluids and Functional Fluid,He has authored over 150 articles in the leading international journals and chapters in books and edited journals.

Prof. Ganesan Subbaraman

GTI Energy, America

Title: Progress in Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Project and Materials Selection for sCO₂ Brayton Cycles

Bio: Dr. Subbaraman is presently Institute Fellow and Project Development Director at GTI Energy. In this role, he shapes opportunities and customer interests in clean hydrogen production technologies, steam- and power generation technologies such as the sCO2 power conversion cycle, and in Central and distributed low-carbon power with alternate energy carriers (e.g., hydrogen, ammonia). His latest responsibility is directing GTI Energy’s role in the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2), a 10-year program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. He has undergraduate and master’s degrees in Metallurgy and Material Engineering, and a doctorate in Nuclear Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech., USA. He serves as Courtesy Professor in the University of Central Florida and as University Distinguished Visiting Professor in PSG Institutions, India where he has initiated and conducted the first Global Conference on Decarbonizing India (GCDI), December 2023.

Prof. Jinliang Xu

North China Electric Power University, China

Title: Pseudo-boiling theory and applications

Bio:Prof. Jinliang Xu is the Director of Key Laboratory of Power Station Energy Transfer Conversion and System of Ministry of Education, China. He was the Dean of School of Energy Power and Mechanical Engineering and the School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, in the period of 2010-2020. His research interest includes multiphase flow and heat transfer in micro/nano systems, advanced power generation system, low grade energy and renewable energy utilization. He published more than 300 journal papers such as Physics Reports-Review, Small, Nano Letters, Nano Energy, Int J. of Multiphase Flow, etc. He has been the chair of 5 international conferences and presented 50 plenary /keynote speeches. He received the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education, China (first grade). He was "973" project chief scientist, Ministry of Science and was named as the "Yangtze River Scholar" Professor by the National Ministry of education, China.

Prof. Yanping Huang 

Nuclear Power Institute of China, China

Title: Research and development of supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle in Nuclear Power Institute of China

Bio: Huang Yanping, researcher, doctoral supervisor. Currently serving as deputy director and chief engineer of Reactor Engineering Institute of China Nuclear Power Research Institute, CNNC, director of the Key Laboratory of Thermal Hydraulic Technology of Nuclear Reactors, chairman of the Nuclear Reactor Thermal Fluid Mechanics Branch of the Chinese Nuclear Society, and leader of nuclear reactor thermal and fluid mechanics technology of CNNC. He is mainly engaged in the research of basic theory of thermal hydraulics of nuclear reactors and supercritical carbon dioxide power conversion technology. He has published more than 220 papers, 9 Chinese monographs, and 3 translations.

Prof. Hongzhi Li

Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd, China

Title: Research Progress and Prospects of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle forNew Power System

Bio:Prof. Hongzhi Li is the chief expert at Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd. He is a Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University and co-appointed by the Ministry of Education's Yangtze River Scholar program. He is the leader of both the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Team and the first batch of science and technology innovation teams at China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd. He is involved in supercritical fluids advanced power conversion cycles and energy storage technologies. He was in charge of over 20 research projects, including National Key R&D Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China and innovation capability-building initiatives by the National Development and Reform Commission. He was in charge of the development and deployment of first pilot 5MW SMART (Supercritical CO₂ Modular Advanced Research and Test) fossil-fired power system that safely operated for more than 2000 hours. His contributions have been recognized through over 10 provincial and ministerial-level remarkable awards, including the First Prize of Electric Power Science and Technology Progress Award, China Patent Excellence Award, Second Prize of Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, and Shaanxi Youth Science and Technology Award, etc.

Prof. Daniel Beysens

ESPCI, PSL Research University, France

Title: Processing Wastes During Long Duration Space Missions by Supercritical Water Oxidation Implies to Investigate Basic Thermal, Mass and Momentum Transport Phenomena

Bio: Daniel Beysens is Honorary Director of Researches at the PMMH laboratory, a joint laboratory of CNRS and ESPCI–PSL. He is President - founder of the OPUR International Organization, was President of ELGRA and Head of Institute at CEA. His area of expertise is phase transition: In space, to improve the management of fluids, with emphasis on near and supercritical conditions, and on earth, to obtain water from the air. He is Associate Editor of several scientific journals and has authored or co-authored 14 books (two with awards) and 500 publications. He was granted various prices and honors in Physics and Environmental Sciences.

Prof. Lin Chen

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Title: Look into Supercritical: from thermodynamic criticality to large-scale system

Bio: Dr. Lin Chen, full professor and director deputy of Heat and Mass Transfer Research Center in the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research topics include supercritical fluids and CO2 cycles, energy resources, advanced measurement technologies. He has authored around 300 well-cited papers, 20 patents, 4 books, including the most famous one on Supercritical Fluids Applications for Sustainable Energy Systems (IGI Global, 2021, 821 pages). He was winner of YSA-AUTSE (2018) and VSJ Award (2022), and within the World TOP 2% Scientists 2023 (Elsevier).