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Cutting-Edge Research in Clean Energy Storage Applications — Innovation in Energy System and Storage Technologies
Clean energy production with a low-carbon economy targeting carbon neutrality which is practiced across the globe. With the ongoing global energy crisis and environmental concerns, the development of sustainable and renewable energy storage and conversion systems, such as electrochemical capacitors, lithium ion batteries, and proton-exchange membrane fuel cells, has evolved into an urgent task. Conversion of sustainable energy technologies into various useful applications required state-of-the-art research. Systems should be analyzed based on the requirements of the application. The analysis should include an investigation of all of the possible storage technologies suitable for the application and the operational/cost/benefits tradeoffs of each. R&D is needed to quantify the value of energy storage to the grid depending on the application, and economic viability needs to be assessed by comparing value to the lifecycle cost. Models for analysis of energy storage value as a function of time, location, market, solar profile, etc, need to be developed. Software-based modeling and simulation tools represent a key component of successful systems analysis. The social, environmental, and economic problems can be overcome by use of the clean energy sources as these resources are considered environment-friendly, having no or little emission of exhaust and poisonous gases. There is a tremendous opportunity for the countries that invent, manufacture and export clean energy technologies. Therefore, corresponding industries generate hundreds of billions in economic activity and are expected to continue to grow rapidly in the coming years. Sustainable energy is going to be an important source for power generation with many other useful applications in the near future. Therefore, we invite scholars/researchers to contribute to this topic collection and promote their research worldwide. The topic covers include but are not limited to:
1. Sustainable and renewable energy
2. Energy storage
3. Social and economic impact
4. Clean energy applications
Keywords: clean energy, innovation, economics, environment, applications
Editors
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Salah Ud-Din Khan
Assoc. Prof. Salah Ud-Din Khan, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He is working as an Associate Professor in the Sustainable Energy Technologies(SET) Center, at King Saud University(KSU), Saudi Arabia. His area of research includes clean energy, energy storage, reactor design and safety including techno economics. Dr. Khan is teaching and supervising postgraduate students of Renewable Energy Technologies. He has published many research articles in reputed journals and conferences. He authored 3 books and 2 book chapters. He has one US patent to his credit which is going to be registered in Europe and the Saudi patent office as well.
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Zeyad Ammar Almutairi
Assoc. Prof. Zeyad Ammar Almutairi, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He earned his Ph.D. Degree from the University of Waterloo, Canada, 2014. Since then, he joined King Saud University. Dr. Almutairi is the Director of the Sustainable Energy Technologies Center at KSU and also currently holds the position of the Director of the joint center between King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy located in KSU. His research focuses on thermal fluid and material sciences and their engineering and energy systems applications. He led and participated in several research projects funded by different agencies in Saudi Arabia.
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Shahab Ud-Din Khan
Dr. Shahab Ud-Din Khan, Pakistan Tokamak Plasma Research Institute. His professional interests refer to Designing of diverter system with cooling channels, Neutron source through blanket system, designing of limiter system with cooling channels, Ion source for neutral beam injection, Fusion-fission Hybrid system, Plasma image reconstruction technique for a diverter and limiter region, Eddy current calculation on CS, Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma techniques at atmospheric pressure, Plasma torch for solid waste management, Fluid mechanics for diverter and blanket cooling channels, and Nuclear Reactor Desalination Systems.
