Unintended Consequences of Fuel-economy Policies
Unintended Consequences of Fuel-economy Policies
Philadelphia, PA
Presentation by Dr. Arthur van Benthem (The Wharton School, Business Economics & Public Policy Dept.) Many important policies aim to fix market failures due to the existence of an “externality” such as pollution. For a long time, economists have understood that market efficiency can be fully resto…
Friday, December 16 2016
1:00 PM
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Energy and Resource Recovery from Wastewater: Helping Cities Become Sustainable
Energy and Resource Recovery from Wastewater: Helping Cities Become Sustainable
Philadelphia, PA
Presentation by Dr. Chris Crockett (Philadelphia Water Department) Currently 2% of the U.S. energy usage is for water and wastewater treatment. However, wastewater contains energy and resources in many forms that can be harvested to provide benefits to society. Consideration of managing wastes for…
Friday, April 29 2016
1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Reducing Penn's Energy Use, Operating Costs and Carbon Footprint by an Upgrade of Aging Chemistry Building
Reducing Penn's Energy Use, Operating Costs and Carbon Footprint by an Upgrade of Aging Chemistry Building
Philadelphia, PA
Presentation by Robert G. Andrews, Jr. & Roger L. Fournier (AHA Consulting Engineers, Inc.) Chem ‘73, the 1973 Wing of the Chemistry Laboratories in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, is one of the largest laboratory complexes on campus. A standard part of the labs’ infrastructure is fume hoods, th…
Friday, May 6 2016
1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Engineering Nanostructures for Thermal Management
Engineering Nanostructures for Thermal Management
Philadelphia, PA
Talk by Prof. Jennifer R. Lukes (Penn Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics) The management of heat is a central challenge in many domains, impacting automotive fuel economy, clean water production, nuclear, coal, and solar energy, human health, Earth’s climate, and electronic system reliabil…
Friday, November 4 2016
12:45 PM
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2:00 PM
Energy from Combustion of Solid Biomass
Energy from Combustion of Solid Biomass
Philadelphia, PA
Presentation by Prof. Reto Gieré (Penn Earth & Environmental Science Dept.) Combustion of solid biomass for the generation of heat and electricity is in heavy demand in central Europe, mainly due to the “exit strategy”, which is aimed at abandoning nuclear and fossil-fuel energy. The main fuel typ…
Friday, March 25 2016
1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
System Principles of Thermodynamics: Is There a 4th (or 5th) Law?
System Principles of Thermodynamics: Is There a 4th (or 5th) Law?
Philadelphia, PA
Presentation by Prof. William W. Braham (Penn Design, Dept. of Architecture) In 1922 Alfred Lotka proposed that selection for maximum power could be a fourth law of thermodynamics, a general principle in the “persistence of stable forms.” It can be confusing to call maximum power a “law” in the sa…
Friday, April 8 2016
1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Unconventional Gas and Oil Drilling Operations in the Marcellus Shale and Health Disparities
Unconventional Gas and Oil Drilling Operations in the Marcellus Shale and Health Disparities
Philadelphia, PA
Presentation by Prof. Trevor M. Penning (Penn School of Medicine) Unconventional gas and oil drilling (UGOD) refers to all activities required to extract natural gas and oil from shale formations and is not limited to hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” but includes all pre- and post-well drilling …
Friday, March 31 2017
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