Ultimately our vision is about using science to make a difference in the world.
GRAND CHALLENGE
GRAND CHALLENGE
GRAND CHALLENGE
GRAND CHALLENGE
GRAND CHALLENGE
GRAND CHALLENGE
Built Environment
Information & Communication Technology
Materials Science
Life Science
Production Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Transport Energy
THE MISSION Together with the departments and the education organization develop:
• research environments of excellence
• integrate education, research and benefits for society
• strategic cooperation with industry and society
• a sustainable organizational and management structure
• the brand of Chalmers
• focusing and visualizing Chalmers’ strengths
CHALMERS ENERGY AREA OF ADVANCE
Applied Physics Applied Mechanics Applied Mathematics
ENERGY OVERVIEW EXCELLENCE PROFILES
BASIC SCIENCE
HEAT AND POWER
GENERATION & TRANSMISSION
COMBUSTION AND
GASIFICATION
MATERIALS FOR ENERGY
APPLICATIONS
VEHICLES & TRANSPORTATION
FUELS
BUILDINGS – ENERGY USE AND
EFFICIENCY
INDUSTRY – ENERGY USE AND
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
Applied Physics Applied Mechanics Applied Mathematics
HEAT AND POWER
GENERATION & TRANSMISSION
COMBUSTION AND
GASIFICATION
MATERIALS FOR ENERGY
APPLICATIONS
VEHICLES & TRANSPORTATION
FUELS
BUILDINGS – ENERGY USE AND
EFFICIENCY
INDUSTRY – ENERGY USE AND
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
Smart Grid
Wind Power
District Heating Systems
Solar heating and
Heat pump technologies
Fission& Fusion
Ocean Energy
Biomass gasification
Carbon capture
technologies
Combustion and corrosion using
biomass and waste fuels
Materials for
energy conversion
Materials for
energy storage
Materials for
energy production &power transmission
Combustion
engines research
Renewable transportation
fuels
Electric and
hybrid vehicles
Construction and
management processes
Energy use and
technology integration in buildings
The building as a system
Process technologies
Industrial biorefineries
Energy efficiency
and process integration
Global sustain-
able systems and bridging
technologies
Technology impact assessment and
innovation processes
Local and regional
energy systems
ENERGY OVERVIEW EXCELLENCE PROFILES
BASIC SCIENCE
ACTI
VE F
IELD
S
Applied Physics Applied Mechanics Applied Mathematics
Applied Physics Applied Mechanics Applied Mathematics
HEAT AND POWER
GENERATION & TRANSMISSION
MATERIALS FOR ENERGY
APPLICATIONS
VEHICLES & TRANSPORTATION
FUELS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
Smart Grid
Wind Power
Fission& Fusion
Ocean Energy
Materials for
energy conversion
Materials for
energy storage
Electric and
hybrid vehicles
Global sustain-
able systems and bridging
technologies
ENERGY OVERVIEW EXCELLENCE PROFILES
ACTI
VE F
IELD
S
HEAT & POWER GENERATION & TRANSMISSION
• Smart Grid – Intelligent power systems – Distributed generation – Measurement techniques – Active demand
• Wind Power
– Dynamic modeling – Model validation – Drive train design – Reliability analysis – Integration in power system
HEAT & POWER GENERATION & TRANSMISSION
• Fission & fusion – Applied statistical physics – Positron science – Plasma physics – Fast particle dynamics
• Ocean Energy
– Hydrodynamics – Electrical transmission – System optimisation
MATERIALS FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS
• Materials for energy storage – storage of electric energy, (Li-ion) batteries, including novel electrode and
electrolyte materials (ionic liquids, polymer gels, glassy electrolytes – storage of chemical fuels such as hydrogen in metal hydrides for transport
applications and chemical compounds which store solar energy
• Materials for energy conversion – fuel cells – thermoelectric materials
VEHICLES & TRANSPORTATION FUELS
• Electric and hybrid vehicles – Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Centre (SHC) – Electrical drives – Driveline optimization tools – Energy storage materials – Recycling – System design – Environmental assessment
ENERGY SYSTEMS
• Global sustainable systems and bridging technologies
– long-term modelling of global, regional and local energy systems,
– analyses of the dynamics of technical and societal change, – integrated energy and transportation systems studies, – the bioenergy system and land-use competition (between food
and bioenergy), – the role of industry and industrial clusters in local and regional
energy systems, and, – the possibilities to build on current infrastructure in developing
towards future sustainability
ENERGY-RELATED COMPETENCE CENTRES AT CHALMERS
• Combustion Engine Research Centre (CERC) • High Temperature Corrosion (HTC) • Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Centre(SHC) • Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK) • Swedish Wind Energy Technology Centre (SWPTC) • Swedish Centre for Indirect Biomass Gasification • Ocean Energy Centre • Swedish Knowledge Centre for Renewable Fuels (in cooperation with several other universities and institutes as well as industry)
THREE ENERGY CONFERENCES
• 2011: Bridging to Sustainable Energy
Systems • 2012: Electricity for tomorrow • 2013: Towards the efficient society
EXHIBITION • E.ON • Göteborg Energi • Johanneberg Science Park • Chalmers University of Technology • Chalmers Professional Education • Nimbell • SEVS – Safe Efficient Vehicle Solutions • E-gomotion
POSTER EXHIBITION • 26 posters on the conference themes outside RunAn:
– Renewable power generation and grid integration – Electricity of road transport – Next generation nuclear power – Fusion – Smart grid – Shaping the future