Keynote Speaker Ⅰ

Serhiy Serbin

Director of the Mechanical Engineering Institute at the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Mykolaiv, Ukraine

Title: The Development of Plasma-Chemical Systems for Ship Power Plants

Abstract: The problem of efficient and environmentally friendly use of energy resources, as well as the rational consumption of expensive hydrocarbon fuels and fuel oils, is highly relevant to various types and purposes of marine power plants (MPPs). Enhancing their efficiency requires the integration of modern advancements in science and technology into the design, engineering, and operation practices of vessels of various purposes. An important direction for improving MPPs is the enhancement of fuel combustion device characteristics, such as combustion chambers of gas turbine and diesel engines, as well as steam generator furnaces. In the context of maritime and river transport, the issue of improving the efficiency of power plants becomes even more crucial. A new scientifically substantiated development in the field of marine power engineering has been successfully implemented. This development is based on the utilization of the proposed method of plasma-chemical combustion intensification, which provides a solution to this important problem in the maritime energy sector. This method relies on the interaction of a stream of low-temperature air plasma with organic fuel. As a result of thermal, kinetic, and turbulent effects of the plasma-fuel torch, processes of vaporization, mixing, and oxidation of the primary fuel in the combustion chamber are intensified. This leads to changes in thermal release characteristics, an increase in the combustion completeness coefficient, and a reduction in the toxicity of exhaust gases. Conducted research has confirmed the practical significance of fundamentally new schemes for organizing the working process in marine and stationary power engineering, based on plasma-chemical intensification of the preparation and combustion of fuels with different physical states.

Bio: Serhiy Serbin is a member of Ukrainian Academy of Engineering, member of Ukrainian Academy of Naval Architecture, member of International Academy of Marine Science, Technology and Innovation. He received the Dipl. D. Sc. Tech. and Dipl. Prof. degrees from the National University of Shipbuilding, Ukraine, in 1999 and 2002, respectively. Since 2009, he has been working as a Director of Mechanical Engineering Institute of the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding. His research interests are the improvement of working processes of elements of thermal engines for marine and stationary purposes, the techniques of intensifying the processes of hydrocarbon-fuels ignition and combustion, and plasma processes investigation.

Keynote Speaker Ⅱ

Peilin Zhou

University of Strathclyde, UK

Title: Alternative Fuels for Low or Zero Carbon Emissions from Shipping

Abstract: The Due zero carbon emission after combustion, ammonia has been considered as a promising alternative fuel for the international shipping to meet the IMO target of reducing GHG emission at least 50% by 2050. The presentation will discuss systematically the development of using ammonia as ship fuel, including ammonia properties, advantages and disadvantages being used as ship fuel and production of green ammonia. The presentation will also include a brief review of current ammonia engine development and some preliminary results of study on ammonia dispersion due to leakage on ships.

Bio: Peilin Zhou is a Professor of Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, with a primary research focus on marine emission controls, engine thermodynamics and simulation, ship ballast water management and alternative fuels. He has published over 200 research papers on international referred journals and conferences. In recent years, he has been undertaking research on zero carbon emission fuel applications, e.g. using ammonia and hydrogen as marine fuels.

Keynote Speaker Ⅲ

Shilun Ge

Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China

Title: The Development of Marine Industry of China

Bio: Ph.D., doctoral supervisor, recipient of State Council Government Special Paste, winner of National "May Day" Labor Medal. Mainly engaged in teaching and research work of management information system, enterprise information model, and manufacturing informatization. He has presided over and completed 1 key project of the National Natural Science Foundation, 5 general projects, and 1 international cooperation project. In terms of research achievements, he has won 1 first prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education, 1 second prize of National Defense Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 third prize award of science and technology progress of provincial and ministerial, 4 first prize of the Chinese Society of Naval Architecture, 1 first prize award of the Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and 1 second prize of Philosophy and Social Science in Jiangsu Province; In the aspects of teaching, he has won 1 second prize of National Teaching Achievements, 2 special prizes, 3 first prizes and 2 second prizes of provincial excellent teaching achievements, and 1 excellent teaching materials award of National Education Commission.

Keynote Speaker Ⅳ

Zhengjiang Liu

Dalian Maritime University, China

Title: Ship Autonomy and Its Influence on Maritime Education and Training

Bio: Ph.D., doctoral supervisor, former Vice President of Dalian Maritime University. He served as an expert of the Transportation Sub-Committee of the Expert Advisory Committee of the Safety Committee of The State Council, a member of the Transportation Engineering Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of The State Council, a member of the seventh National Committee for the Examination of Scientific and Technical Terms, a chairman of the Navigation Sub-Committee of the Higher Education Guiding Committee of the Ministry of Education, a member of International Maritime Organization (IMO) Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) Expert Group.

He is mainly engaged in the research of ship handling and collision avoidance, maritime traffic safety management and maritime education & training in the field of Nautical Science. He has presided over and mainly participated in more than 90 scientific research projects, including more than 20 major projects at provincial and ministerial level. He has published 5 books, such as “Collision and Collision Avoidance Rules”, “Ship Safety Management”, published more than 170 papers, including more than 80 SCI/EI papers, won the second prizes of Science and Technology of China Institute of Navigation, and Excellent Teaching Achievement Awards of Liaoning Province, China.

He collaborated with BIMCO and ICS on the five-yearly "Manpower Update" study on Global Seafarer Supply and Demand in 2010, 2015 and 2021, respectively. To be the partner for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region for the most authoritative seafarer human resources research project in the international shipping industry. The findings of the project were published at IMO headquarters in London, UK, and were highly appreciated by the IMO Secretary-General.

Keynote Speaker Ⅴ

Binxin Wu

Zhejiang University, China

Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Its Engineering Applications

Bio: Dr. Binxin Wu currently works at Zhejiang University as a professor with focus on computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Prior to joining the university, Dr. Wu worked at Brown and Caldwell (USA) as a senior expert. From 2007 to 2015, Dr. Wu had worked at Philadelphia Mixing Solutions (USA) as a senior engineer, concentrating majorly on CFD simulation of impellers. He has conducted CFD research over 30 years, and has authored /co-authored over 120 technical papers. He also serves as an associate editor for two scientific journals.