International Conference of SZE 2024
Grand Hotel Bernardin, Portorož, Slovenia
from 2 to 4 June 2024
Sunday, 2 June 2024
15.30-18.00 Setting up of exhibition booths
17.00-18.00 SEA general assembly
19.00-22.00 Reception: on the hill near the church of St. Jurij in Piran, Ulica IX. korpusa 25, Piran
Monday, 3 June 2024
09.00-10.00 Registration
10.00-10.20 Opening of the conference and welcome address
- Bogdan Kronovšek, Director,Kronoterm
- Alojz Poredoš, President, Slovenian Energy Association
- Tina Seršen, State secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy
10.20-11.00 Plenary lectures
- Alessia Del Vasto, European Heat Pump Association (EHPA)
Heat pumps as protagonist of the EU Green Transition: what’s the state of the art? - David Batič, Energy Agency RS
A new network fee billing methodology for an efficient and fair green transition
11.00-11.15 Coffee break
11.15-11.35 Presentation of the golden sponsors
11.35-13.00 Panel discussion – Theme: Response of energy solutions to climate change
Moderators: Dejan Koletnik and Suzana Guček
Participants:
- Duška Godina, Energy Agency RS
- Marjan Eberlinc, Plinovodi
- Iztok Gornjak, Borzen
- Bogdan Kronovšek, Kronoterm
- Uroš Salobir, ELES
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Parallel sessions
Section A1: Heat pumps and modern system solutions
Moderator: Dean Besednjak
- Benjamin Černoša, Eva Lina Nava, Andrej Ljubenko: Addressing heating and cooling demands with large-scale heat pumps; Siemens Energy, Slovenia
- Franc Marovt: Shifting electrical power consumtion with heat pumps and heat storage; Kronoterm, Slovenia
- Aleksandar Jovanoski1, Tomislav Ćutić2: Enhancing energy efficiency in HVAC systems – air handling units with integrated heat pumps; 1PRO-KLIMA, Croatia, 2WOLF, Germany
- Daniel Large, Luka Rednak: Mobile energy plant with heat pumps, Solaris Energy, England, Kronoterm, Slovenia
- Uroš Orehek1, Domenico Mazzetti2: Air removal from user side hydraulic circuit with heat pump using high-efficiency deaerator (HED®); 1Caleffi Hidrotermika, Slovenia, 2Caleffi, Italy
Section B1: District heating and cooling
Moderator: Petar Vasiljević
- Amer Karabegović: THE PERFECT RETURN – Heat network return temperature The main pillar of the utilization of surplus electricity, waste heat and RES; Danfoss, Slovenia
- Oddgeir Gudmundsson: Comfort cooling module for low temperature district heating systems; Danfoss, Denmark
- Gregor Cvet: Energy renovation of multi-apartment buildings as a potential to lower the temperature regime of district heating of the Šaleška valley; Komunalno podjetje Velenje, Slovenia
- Tatjana Nušić, Dubravka Jovančić: Challenges of preparation and implementation of requests for the reconstruction of control systems in the district heating system of Belgrade du; DH “Beogradske elektrane“, Serbia
- Blaž Krajnc1, Gregor Makovec2, Alen Kolman2, Matija Meden2: Diversification of the district heating system – implementation of a heat pump powered by the Drava river; 1Energo plus d.o.o., 2Energetika Maribor d.o.o., Slovenia
- Dejan Jovišević1, Amer Karabegović2: Optimization of OPEX as a driver for CAPEX in DHS; Eko toplane Banja Luka, BiH, 2Danfoss, Slovenia
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-18.30 Parallel sessions
Section A2: Heating, cooling, ventilation
Moderator: Gregor Jeglič
- Gregor Jeglič: Efficient ensuring of indoor air quality; Bossplast, Slovenia
- Alexander Feichter: Electrostatic air filtration; EUROCLIMA, Italy
- Santos Bendicho: How to use carpark ventilation for daily ventilation while saving energy consumption; Sodeca, Spain
- Ljupka Vrteva1, Uroš Stritih2: A computer program for predicting the required heat for air reheating in a mechanical ventilation system; Petrol, University of Lljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Ingeneering, Slovenia
- Oleh Bondarenko: Influence of system effects on axial fan efficiency; Ruck, Germany
- Babič, N. Petković, M. Radoš, S. Cvirn: Reducing the strain on the electricity grid with IR heating; Ekosen, Slovenia
Section B2: Gases and hydrogen, digitization, energy regulation
Moderator: Dejan Koletnik
- Marko Ileršič: European hydrogen backbone – from planning to implementation; Plinovodi, Slovenia
- Marko Kogovšek: Carrying out interventions in the space near the gas pipeline systems – prevention and elimination of damage; Plinovodi, Slovenia
- Oton Gortnar: Operation of the gas transmission system in changed conditions; Plinovodi, Slovenia
- Tadej Fajfar: Compensation of heat distributors from district heating systems and regulation of the heat price; Energy Agency, Slovenia
- Roman Truden: Digitalization of energy systems – district heating; GIA-S, SAMSON, Slovenia
- Jan Skomina: Smart pressure independent control as enabler for energy source efficiency; Danfoss Trata, Slovenia
20.00-24.00 Gala dinner
Tuesday 4 June 2024
10.00-12.00 Parallel sessions
Section A3: Renewable resources, green transition
Moderator: Franc Žlahtič
- Lars Gullev: Increasing efficiency of existing biomass fired CHP in Koege; VEKS, Denmark
- Petar Vasiljević: Fast,intelligent and profitable green conversion of the CITY – Phase III, KGH Društvo, Serbia
- Primož Poredoš1, He Shan2, Ruzhu Wang2, Eva Zavrl1, Tej Žižak1, Sašo Medved1, Ciril Arkar1: Outer space as a source of renewable cooling energy; Laboratory for Sustainable Technologies in Buildings, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Drago Pavlič, Boštjan Meža: Inspection and maintenance of photovoltaic systems according to regulations and standards in Slovenia; ESOTECH, Slovenia
- Domen Hojkar, Rok Stropnik, Mitja Mori: Minimising the environmental impact of electricity consumption through a dynamic model of the carbon footprint; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia
- Rok Stropnik, Jure Gramc, Mitja Mori: Economic potential of PT recycling as EU critical raw material from proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack for recycling industry; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia
Section B3: Heat pumps, Heating, cooling and ventilation
Moderator: Franc Marovt
- Matjaž Ramšak, Jure Ravnik, Matjaž Hriberšek: Open source computational fluid dynamics for engineering simulations in HVAC; University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia
- Luka Rednak, Dean Besednjak: Utilising surface water heat for heating of buidings; Kronoterm, Slovenia
- David Krevs: Air heating and cooling (AHC) in nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB); Remty-R, Slovenia
- Janez Kovač Myint: Determining the costs of investment, operation and maintenance of modular air conditioners EVENTO, Slovenia
- Nejc Kosednar, Franc Marovt: Heat pumps and noise; Kronoterm, Slovenia
12.00-12.30 Coffee break
12.30-14.30 Sessions
Section A4: Energy efficiency, LCA
Moderator: Primož Poredoš
- Jure Gramc, Franci Pušavec, Mitja Mori: The importance of the LCA modelling approach in the manufacturing phase of PEM fuel cells; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia
- Jelena Topić Božič1,2, Simon Muhič1,2,3: Use of life cycle assessment (LCA) for environmental impact assessment of energy system decarbonization; 1Rudolfovo – Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto, 2Faculty of Industrial engineering Novo mesto, 2INOVEKS, d.o.o., Slovenia
- Katja Klinar1, Marko Keber1, Tine Seljak1, Janez Ramšak2, Gregor Cvet2, Miha Bobič3, Andrej Kitanovski1: Analysing the influence of stable and lower consumer return temperature on heat losses in an isolated branch of a district heating system; 1Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, 2Komunalno podjetje Velenje, 3Danfoss Trata, Slovenia
- Rok Stropnik, Domen Hojkar, Mihael Sekavčnik, Mitja Mori: Environmental life cycle assessment of air source heat pump and condensing gas boilerfor singlefamily households; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Bor Levičnik1, Žiga Debevec1, Andrej Papež2, Mirko Smolič2 waste heat recovery from cleaning plant for the hot water production with a water-water heat PUMP; 1Valmor, 2Ensi, Slovenia
- Luigi Rossettini; Key factors to design heat pumps and multipurpose systems; Aermec, Italy
14.30-15.00 Conference closing