代轉知時代基金會邀請Prof. Asegun Henry，以「Moving the Needle on Climate Change: New Innovations in High Temperature Systems」為題，分享「熱電池(thermal batteries)」和「高溫製氫系統 (high temperature system for hydrogen production)」之研究，此為虛擬電網所需的兩項重要技術。
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【講者介紹】
Prof. Asegun Henry 為 MIT Robert N. Noyce Career Development Professor 暨機械工程系副教授。Prof. Henry 致力於研究新型能源系統，以因應氣候變遷所帶來的挑戰，如太陽能、熱能儲存系統等。Prof. Henry近期專注於研究多結光伏(TEGS-MPV)的熱能電網儲存、高溫熱化學能轉化和反應器設計、分子動力學等領域，運用熱傳學提升能源、電子效能與再生能源系統的效率。Prof. Henry在熱傳學領域有傑出的表現，獲獎無數，包括 Bell Labs Prize Winner (2021年)、ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer (2018年)、World Technology Award–Energy (2018)等。同時，他於2017年發明全世界最高溫幫浦(highest temperature pump)，該設備可讓液體金屬高達1400°C，奠定開發「盒中太陽（sun in a box）」的技術，以高溫液態矽提供低成本且全天候不間斷的電力儲存技術。
【Special Epoch Webinar Series】
時間：4月26 日(二) 09:10-11:00 AM(台北時間)
地點：Zoom會議室 (考量國內疫情及相關防疫措施，本會特別爭取且 MIT/ILP 同意，開放本場演講報名者採線上形式參與)
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演講題目：
Moving the Needle on Climate Change: New Innovations in High Temperature Systems
演講大綱：
To mitigate climate change, we have to decarbonize the stationary power, transportation and industrial sectors. One of the most logical approaches to doing so is to decarbonize the grid by developing and deploying low cost energy storage paired with renewables, electrifying the transportation fleet and electrifying industry, such that they draw from a clean grid. If full decarbonization is realized these three sectors would comprise more than 60% of CO2 emissions, and would in essence solve the majority of the problem. Since the cost of renewables has dropped dramatically over the last two decades, energy storage is now the key technology to realizing a decarbonized grid. Technologies that are commercially available today are unable to meet the future needs of the grid. However, the Atomistic Simulation & Energy (ASE) group at MIT is developing an extremely low-cost (< $10/kWh) technology that can meet future grid needs, termed thermal batteries. Thermal batteries are grid scale rechargeable batteries that store electricity as extremely high temperature heat, instead of electrochemically. In addition, the ASE group is also developing a high temperature system for hydrogen production based on methane pyrolysis. This talk will review how both technologies work, progress to date, and will highlight the new innovations that enabled it.
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