FINAL PROGAM

"Alternative Energy Sources, Materials & Technologies (AESMT’19)", Sofia, Bulgaria

SUNDAY (June 2, 2019):

1. Sightseeing of Sofia, Bulgaria: 14:00 - 18:00 h (meeting point in hotel "Dom na uchenia"/
Hotel of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BAS)

2. Registration and Welcome party: 19:00 - 21:00 h (in hotel BAS)

MONDAY (June 3, 2019):

1. Registration (Large hall, hotel BAS): 8:30 - 8:55 h

2. Plenary sessions (Large hall, hotel BAS):

2.1. Opening: 8:55 - 9:00 h;

2.2. Plenary session 1: 9:00 - 10:30 h (Chair: Aleksandar Georgiev)

9:00 - 9:30 h; Venko Beschkov (Sofia, Bulgaria): V. Beschkov, E. Razkazova-Velkova.
Methane and carbon dioxide – two sides of one coin?
9:30 - 10:00 h; Juan Ramón Morante (Barcelona, Spain): J. R. Morante. Renewable gas as
energy source for an energetic transition to sustainable society based on a circular economy of
the CO2.
10:00 - 10:30 h; Gang Pei (Hefei, China): Integrated utilization of sky radiation cooling and
solar energy.

2.3. Coffee break: 10:30 - 11:00 h (in hotel BAS);

2.4. Plenary session 2: 11:00 - 12:00 h (Chair: Aleksandar Georgiev)

11:00 - 11:30 h; Jing Li (Hull, United Kingdom): J. Li, F. Yi, A. Badiei, X. Zhao, G. Pei, X.
Ma. Thermodynamic analysis of an innovative mixed indoor/outdoor air source heat pump
system using two-stage evaporation.
11:30 - 12:00 h; Mustafa Mutlu (Bursa, Turkey): M. Mutlu, E. Çaliskan. Numerical
investigation of thermostat position in a cooled room with a cassette type air conditioner in
terms of thermal comfort, energy consumptions, and particle distributions.

3. Poster session 1 (Large hall, hotel BAS): 12:00 - 13:00 h (Chair: Yunlan Li)
Ilia Iliev (Russe, Bulgaria): A. A. Genbach, K.K. Shokolakov, D.Y. Bondartsev, I. K. Iliev,
A. Terziev. Research of specific destruction energy of the porous coatings at power units.
Juliana Javorova (Sofia, Bulgaria): DULUCHEANU Constantin, SEVERIN Traian Lucian,
POTORAC Alexandru, IRIMESCU Luminita, JAVOROVA Juliana. Influence of the initial
structure on the critical points in solid-state phase transformation of some hypoeutectoid
steels.
Saltanat Bolegenova (Almaty, Kazakhstan): A. S. Askarova, S. A. Bolegenova, V. Yu.
Maximov, A. G. Georgiev, S. A. Bolegenova, R. K. Manatbayev, A. O. Nugymanova.
Simulation of pulverized coal combustion using direct-flow and vortex burners.
Aleksandar Georgiev (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): Jingyang Han, Xu Ji, Qiangqiang Xu, Haiyang
Xu, Chao Liao. Solar desalination by heat-concentrated vaporization.
Aleksandar Georgiev (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): Xu Haiyang, JI Xu, Wang Jinkang, Han Jingyang.
Study on solar desalination by electrodialysis.
Aleksandar Georgiev (Plovdiv, Bulgaria): Cong Wang, Xu Ji, Jingyang Han, Changchun
Yang, Bianfeng Yang. Study on the performance of solar evaporative air conditioning with
different dehumidifying materials.
Saltanat Bolegenova (Almaty, Kazakhstan): A.S. Bergaliyeva, A. Askarova, S.A.
Bolegenova, V.Yu. Maksimov, S.A. Bolegenova, Zh.K. Shortanbayeva. 3D Computer
Simulation of Heat and Mass Transfer Processes to Improve the Energy Efficiency of
Combustion Chambers.
Saltanat Bolegenova (Almaty, Kazakhstan): A. S. Askarova, S. A. Bolegenova, V. Yu.
Maximov, S. A. Bolegenova, N.R. Mazhrenova, M.R. Mamedova. Numerical simulation of
turbulent combustion of pulverized coal flame.
Bo Cao (Beijing, China): Bo Cao, Weijie Cui, Yixue Chen. Development and parameter
sensitivity analysis of radionuclide atmospheric dispersion modeling code based on Gaussian
plume model.
Bo Cao (Beijing, China): Bo Cao, Weijie Cui, Jingyu Zhang. Assessment of dose rate to
aquatic biota around an inland nuclear power plant.
Bo Cao (Beijing, China): Bo Cao, Weijie Cui. Assessment of atmospheric dispersion and
radiological consequences for blackout accident of marine reactor.
Ilia Iliev (Russe, Bulgaria): A. A. Genbach, D. Yu. Bondartsev, I. K. Iliev, A. G. Georgiev.
Scientific method of creation of ecologically clean capillary-porous systems of cooling of
power equipment elements of power plants on the example of gas turbines.
Saltanat Bolegenova (Almaty, Kazakhstan): A. S. Askarova, S. A. Bolegenova, M.N.
Mazhrenova, S. A. Bolegenova, Zh. K. Shortanbayeva, A.O. Nugymanova, P. Safarik.
Calculation of standards for permissible environmental impact for boilers with known
technical characteristics.
Saltanat Bolegenova (Almaty, Kazakhstan): A.Askarova, S.Bolegenova, W.Laptev,
I.Berezovskaya, R.Musabekov, A.Adilbekov, E.Kaymuldinova. Autonomous sources of
energy based on the freepiston stirling’s engine.
Yuanbin Zhao (Jinan, China): Wenjing Ge, Yuanbin Zhao. Feasibility Study of
Reconstructing Natural Draft Wet Cooling Tower into Dry Cooling Tower and Relevant
Multi-tower Coupling Optimizations.
Daniela Chakyrova (Varna, Bulgaria): Nadezhda Doseva, Daniela Chakyrova. Life cycle
cost analysis of different residential heat pump system.
Janis Kleperis (Riga, Latvia): A. Plavniece, G. Dobele, A. Volperts, A. Zhurinsh, I.
Kruusenberg, J. Kleperis. Influence of precursor pretreatment on the properties of activated
carbons for energy applications.

4. Lunch: 13:00 - 14:00 h (on your own).

5. Afternoon session 1 (Large hall): 14:00 - 16:00 h; Solar and Hybrid Thermal Systems,
Energy Efficiency (Chair: Juan Ramón Morante)
14:00 - 14:20 h; Çagri Kutlu (Nottingham, United Kingdom): Cagri Kutlu, Yanan Zhang,
Yuehong Su, Saffa Riffat. Solar Assisted Heat Pump system to Meet Domestic Hot Water
Demand by Novel Controlling method of Supercooled PCMs.
14:20 - 14:40 h; Debing Wang (Shanghai, China): Debing Wang, Lingling Wang, Huaqing
Xie, Wei Yu. Application of Magnetic Nanoparticle Rotor in Directly Absorption Solar
Collector.
14:40 - 15:00 h; Ayse Altun (Bursa, Turkey): A. F. Altun, M. Kilic. Dynamic simulation of a
solar absorption cooling system.
15:00 - 15:20 h; Qiongwan Yu (Hefei, China): Qiongwan Yu, Gang Pei, Junfei Li, Yunyun
Wang. Effects of frame shadow on photovoltaic performance of building-integrated
photovoltaic/ thermal system.
15:20 - 15:40 h; Halil Bayram (Amasya, Turkey): AA S. Mahmoudinezhad, D.T. Cotfas, A.
Rezania, P.A. Cotfas, L.A. Rosendahl. Transient response of Bi2Te3 based thermoelectric
generator to variant solar radiation: an experimental and numerical study.
15:40 - 16:00 h; Halil Bayram (Amasya, Turkey): H. Bayram, G. Sevilgen, M. Kiliç.
Simulation of Air Source Heat Pump Systems for Electric Vehicles.

6. Coffee break: 16:00 - 16:30 h (in hotel BAS)

7. Afternoon session 2 (Large hall): 16:30 - 18:30 h; Shallow Geothermal Energy

Applications, Hydrogen Energy (Chair: Michele Bottarelli)
16:30 - 16:50 h; Bojan Žlender (Maribor, Slovenia): P. Jelušic, B. Žlender. Determining
optimal designs of geothermal energy piles for 10-story building, Slovenia.
16:50 - 17:10 h; Ayse Altun (Bursa, Turkey): A. F. Altun, M. Kilic. Thermodynamic
performance evaluation of a geothermal ORC power plant.
17:10 - 17:30 h; Borja Badenes (Valencia, Spain): Javier F. Urchueguía, Burkhard Sanner,
Borja Badenes, Miguel Ángel Mateo Pla, José Manuel Cuevas, Lenin Lemus Zuñiga.
Advanced materials and processes to improve performance and cost-efficiency of Geothermal
Heat Pump Systems and Underground Thermal Storage.
17:30 - 17:50 h; Borja Badenes (Valencia, Spain): Borja Badenes, Miguel A. Mateo Pla,
Jose M. Cuevas, Lenin G. Lemus, Jose V. Oliver, Javier F. Urchueguía. Theoretical and
experimental optimization of borehole heat exchangers (BHE) according to hydrogeological
conditions, geometric characteristics and material properties.
17:50 - 18:10 h; Bachirou Guene Lougou (Harbin, China): Bachirou Guene Lougou,
Yong Shuai, Hao Zhang, Jiupeng Zhao, Basile Bruno Kounouhewa, Ogugua Paul Chinonso,
Heping Tan. Design of porous NiFe2O4-Aluminate as redox material integrated into solar
thermochemical reactor for efficient CO2 reduction and H2O-splitting.
18:10 - 18:30 h; Ilze Dimanta (Riga, Latvia): Ilze Dimanta, Janis Kleperis, Laila Zemite,
Dainis Bošs, Peteris Lesnicenoks, Ainars Knoks. Renewable resources of Bio-hydrogen and
Extraction Technologies – Review on up-to-now Developments.

8. Official dinner: 19:30 - 23:00 h (in restaurant BAS)

TUESDAY (June 4, 2019):

1. Morning session 1 (Large hall): 9:00 - 11:00 h; Solar Photovoltaic Systems, Wind Energy
(Chair: Khairulla Baishagirov)
9:00 - 9:20 h; Yovko Rakanov (Sofia, Bulgaria): Yovko P. Rakanov, Andrei D. Mirev,
Anton G. Andonov, Juliana G. Javorova. Topology of Transformerless Grid Connected
Inverter for Photovoltaics.
9:20 - 9:40 h; Samer Ali (Beirut, Lebanon): Wassim Salameh, Samer Ali, Jalal Faraj, Rabih
Murr, Mahmoud Khaled. Improving the efficiency of photovoltaic panels using air exhausted
from industrial systems.
9:40 - 10:00 h; Tadej Bevk (Ljubljana, Slovenia): T. Bevk. Perception of landscapes
changed by solar power plants.
10:00 - 10:20 h; Biao Li (Harbin, China): B. Li, Z. Zheng, W. Cai, J. Liu. The design of a
lab-scale wind turbine model with the high performance of similarity to its full-scale
prototype.
10:20 - 10:40 h; Angel Terziev (Sofia, Bulgaria): Angel Terziev, Ilia Iliev, Aleksandar
Georgiev, Hristo Beloev. Impact assessment of terrain specifics on wind energy production
over semi-complex terrains.
10:40 - 11:00 h; Hanna Szumilas-Kowalczyk (Warsaw, Poland): H. Szumilas-Kowalczyk,
N. Pevzner, R. Giedych. Long-term visual impacts of aging infrastructure: challenges of
decommissioning wind power infrastructure and a survey of alternative strategies.

2. Coffee break: 11:00 - 11:30 h (in hotel BAS)

3. Morning session 2 (Large hall): 11:30 - 13:30 h; Energy Materials Science,

Biotechnologies (Chair: Venko Beschkov)
11:30 - 11:50 h; Michele Bottarelli (Ferrara, Italia): M. Bottarelli, G. Dino, A. Balbo, S.
Milani, A. Ferrari, Y. Su. A study on the effect of high IR-reflective interior coating on
building thermal performance.
11:50 - 12:10 h; Oguz Tunçel (Bursa, Turkey): O. Tuncel, H. Aydin, S. Cetin.
Microstructure and mechanical properties of similar and dissimilar laser welds of DP600 and
DP1000 steel sheets.
12:10 - 12:30 h; Tsvetozar Tsanev (Sofia, Bulgaria): Mariya Aleksandrova, Tsvetozar
Tsanev, Georgi Dobrikov. Study of piezoelectric behavior of sputtered KNbO3 nanocoatings
for flexible energy harvesting.
12:30 - 12:50 h; Jiangfan Liu (Beijing, China): J. F. Liu, T. R. Fu. Analysis of the influence
of energy migration on upconversion core-shell nanostructures based on the migration
diffusion model.
12:50 - 13:10 h; Oguz Tunçel (Bursa, Turkey): O. Tuncel, H. Aydin, S. Cetin. Effect of laser
power on mechanical and microstructure properties of pulsed Nd:YAG laser welded
dissimilar DP600-DP1000 steel sheets.
13:10 - 13:30 h; Yunlan Li (Taiyuan, China): Li Wang, Xingan Wu, Dan Wang, Rui Xu,
Yunlan Li. Antiviral Mechanism of Carvacrol on HSV-2 infectivity through Inhibition of
RIP3-Mediated Programmed Cell Necrosis Pathway and Ubiquitin-Proteasome system in
BSC-1 Cells.

4. Lunch: 13:30 - 14:30 h (on your own).

5. Poster session 2 (Large hall): 14:30 - 15:30 h (Chair: Janis Kleperis)

Khairulla Baishagirov (Kokshetau, Kazakhstan): Baishagirov Kh. Zh., Karimbayev T. D.,
Yermaganbetova S. K. The two-component model of heterogeneous medium deforming and
its application to the vibrations of composite bodies.
Yunlan Li (Taiyuan, China): SiqingNiu, Xi Chen, Mengjiao Zhang, Yunlan Li. Comparative
Study on the Quality Control of Rrihydroxybenzophenones Compounds.
Yunlan Li (Taiyuan, China): Dan Wang, Li Wang, Rui Xu, Xingan Wu, Yunlan Li.
Comparison of Antiviral Activity of Realgar and Nano-Realgar against Herpes Simplex Virus
Type II (HSV-2) in Vitro.
Yunlan Li (Taiyuan, China): Mengjiao Zhang, Hongyan Zhou, Siqing Niu, Xi Chen, Yunlan
Li. Screening of Antitumor and Hepatoprotective Activity Components from Hedyotis
Diffusa.
Jiangfan Liu (Beijing, China): C. Y. Xin, T. R. Fu, Congling Shi. Discussion of the local
thermal non-equilibrium problems in packed-bed thermal energy storage.
Yovko Rakanov (Sofia, Bulgaria): Yovko P. Rakanov, Andrei D. Mirev, Anton G. Andonov,
Juliana G. Javorova. Topology of Transformerless Grid Connected Inverter for Photovoltaics.
Rustem Manatbayev (Almaty, Kazakhstan): Sh.A. Yershin, A.K. Yershina, R.K.
Manatbayev, S.E. Sakipova, N.B. Kalassov. About effectiveness of the carousel type two-
rotor wind turbine.
Zaiguo Fu (Shanghai, China): Zaiguo Fu, Huanhuan Gao, Jiewen Zhu, Jiang Liu, Peifen
Weng. Numerical study on characteristics of pollutant generation of a heavy-duty gas turbine
annular combustor.
Bingzhan Zhang (Hefei, China): Bingzhan Zhang, Guodong Zhao, Yong Huang, Yaoyao Ni,
Mingming Qiu, Kang Huang. Optimal Energy Management for Series-Parallel Hybrid
Electric City Bus Based on Improved Genetic Algorithm.
Rustem Manatbayev (Almaty, Kazakhstan): R. K. Manatbayev, Zh. E. Baizhuma,
K.Baktybekov, A. Syzdykov. CFD simulation of Darrieus wind turbine with NASA-0021
profile.
Qiongwan Yu (Hefei, China): Yousef N. Dabwan, Pei Gang, Mujun Li, Guangtao GAO, Jing
Li, Junsheng Feng. An efficient Integrated Parabolic Trough Collectors with a Conventional
Heat, Cooling, and Power Trigeneration Plant: Thermodynamic-Economic-Environmental
Analysis.
Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Xiaoqiao Huang, Bixuan Gao, Qiong Li, Yonghang Tai,
Junsheng Shi. Comparison of LSTM network with different structures and parameters in
forecasting hourly solar irradiance for case study of Denver.
Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Lin Xu, Lu Wang, Wenjing Xiao, Jie Guo, QIong Li,
Ming Li. The efficiency characteristic of electrostatic dust precipitation using solar energy.
Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Jie Guo, Peng Wu, Jun Yuan, Jinghui Mo, Qiong Li,
Bingzhe Li. Activation and gas sorption performance in Zr-Co-Y getters on Ge substrates.
Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Wang Lu, Guo Jie, Hao Ruiting, Qiong Li, Liu Xinxing,
Liu Bin, Gu Kang, Sun Shuaihui. Influence of ZnS Sputtering Power on Film Adhesion and
Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells.
Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Qiong Li, Wenfeng Gao, Wenxian Lin, Tao Liu, Xiaoqiao
Huang, Yonghang Tai, Bixuan Gao, Xiang Ding. Experiment and simulation study on
Convective Heat Transfer of All-glass Evacuated Tube Solar Heater.

6. Afternoon session 1 (Large hall): 15:30 - 17:30 h; Energy Efficiency (Chair: Gang Pei)
15:30 - 15:50 h; Tatyana Petrova (Sofia, Bulgaria): Tatyana Petrova, Daniela Dzhonova-
Atanasova, Konstantina Stefanova. Simulation of liquid distribution in the wall zone of a
packed column: A case study.
15:50 - 16:10 h; Erkutay Tasdemirci (Kocaeli, Turkey): E. Tasdemirci, M. Hosoz, E.
Alptekin. Performance evaluation of an automobile air conditioning system with a variable
capacity compressor using HFO1234yf as a replacement for HFC134a .
16:10 - 16:30 h; Eman Abusaada (Istanbul, Turkey): Eman Abusaada, Volkan S. Ediger.
Assessment of the Transition to Renewable Energy in the United Arab Emirates Based on
Bibliometric Analysis.
16:30 - 16:50 h; Samer Ali (Beirut, Lebanon): Rabih Murr, Jalal Faraj, Samer Ali,
Mahmoud Khaled. Numerical and Experimental studies of a cooling system using buried
pipes.
16:50 - 17:10 h; Samer Ali (Beirut, Lebanon): Mahmoud Khaled, Samer Ali, Jalal Faraj,
Rabih Murr, Thierry Lemenand. Heating/cooling fresh air from hot/cold exhaust air of HVAC
systems.
17:10 - 17:30 h; Samer Ali (Beirut, Lebanon): Jalal Faraj, Samer Ali, Rabih Murr,
Mahmoud Khaled. Experimental study of heat recovery from parked vehicles.
7. Coffee break: 17:30 - 18:00 h (in hotel BAS)

8. Afternoon session 2 (Large hall): 18:00 - 20:40 h; Mechanical Engineering and

Technologies, Energy Efficiency (Chair: Mustafa Mutlu)
18:00 - 18:20 h; Çagri Kutlu (Nottingham, United Kingdom): Cagri Kutlu, Jing Li, Mehmet
Tahir Erdinc, Yuehong Su, Gang Pei, Saffa Riffat. Improved model of scroll expander by
eliminating empirical parameters by geometric model.
18:20 - 18:40 h; Onur Can Kalay (Bursa, Turkey): Oguz Dogan, Onur Can Kalay, Fatih
Karpat. Effects of crack initialization angle on crack propagation path for thin rim gears for
wind turbines.
18:40 - 19:00 h; ; Onur Can Kalay (Bursa, Turkey): T. G. Yilmaz, F. Karpat, O. C. Kalay.
A Comparison: Bending Stress Analysis of Involute Spur Gear with Asymmetric and
Asymmetric Trochoid Teeth.
19:00 - 19:20 h; Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Xiaoqiao Huang, Bixuan Gao, Qiong Li,
Yonghang Tai, Junsheng Shi. Comparison of LSTM network with different structures and
parameters in forecasting hourly solar irradiance for case study of Denver.
19:20 - 19:40 h; Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Lin Xu, Lu Wang, Wenjing Xiao, Jie
Guo, QIong Li, Ming Li. The efficiency characteristic of electrostatic dust precipitation using
solar energy.
19:40 - 20:00 h; Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Jie Guo, Peng Wu, Jun Yuan, Jinghui
Mo, Qiong Li, Bingzhe Li. Activation and gas sorption performance in Zr-Co-Y getters on Ge
substrates.
20:00 - 20:20 h; Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Wang Lu, Guo Jie, Hao Ruiting, Qiong
Li, Liu Xinxing, Liu Bin, Gu Kang, Sun Shuaihui. Influence of ZnS Sputtering Power on Film
Adhesion and Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells.
20:20 - 20:40 h; Yonghang Tai (Kunming, China): Qiong Li, Wenfeng Gao, Wenxian Lin,
Tao Liu, Xiaoqiao Huang, Yonghang Tai, Bixuan Gao, Xiang Ding. Experiment and
simulation study on Convective Heat Transfer of All-glass Evacuated Tube Solar Heater

WEDNESDAY (June 5, 2019):

1. Hiking tour in the Vitosha Mountains: 9:00 - 17:00 h (meeting point in hotel BAS)