Selected Papers from ECOS 2016—The 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The 29^th international conference, ECOS 2016, will be held from 19–23 June, 2016, in Portorož, Slovenia. Scientists and engineers of ECOS represent an outstanding international community of experts in a domain of energy. At ECOS, the indispensable fields of energy efficiency, cost, optimization, simulation and the environmental impacts are merged into a comprehensive conference program. All the conference participants have the possibility to disseminate their work, to share and exchange opinions and knowledge. Through a number of different technical talks and social events, new potential partnerships and networks can be established.

This year, the twenty different conference topics and a workshop on new emerging technologies will strengthen the position of ECOS as being one of the most recognized communities not only for the optimization of the existing energy systems and processes, but also for the future energy developments toward a sustainable world. The topics are as follows:

• Basic and applied thermodynamics

• Heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics

• Exergy based methods and thermo-economic analysis and optimization

• Process integration, simulation and optimization of energy systems

• System operation, control, diagnostics and prognosis

• Refrigeration and air conditioning; Heat pumps

• Fuel cells

• ORC

• Power generation and CHP with fossil fuels and nuclear

• Power generation and CHP with RENEWABLES and WASTE

• Nonbiomass RENEWABLE thermal systems

• Energy Storage (thermal, electric, hydrogen, alternatives)

• District energy systems and Smart Cities

• Energy and buildings

• Energy in transportation

• Biomass/biofuels; biorefinery concepts; waste-to-energy

• Engines, furnaces and boilers, combustion/gasification

• Chemical reactions and reaction engineering

• Advanced fossil energy: clean coal, oil, natural gas, carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage

• Energy and water interactions, use of water resources

• Environmental, social and sustainability issues associated with energy systems, industrial production, and transportation

• Energy policy and planning

Thank you very much!

Prof. Dr. Alojz Poredos
Guest Editor

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