2017 World Congress on Sustainable Technologies (WCST)

The WCST-2017 invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation. The topics in WCST-2017 include but are not confined to the following areas:​

Carbon And Emission

• Biomass and Biofuel
• Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
• Ground and Air Source Heating
• Hydroelectric Power
• Nuclear and Radioactive Materials
• Offshore Oil
• Pipelines
• Pollution Control
• Power and Utilities
• Power from the Sun (Photovoltaics)
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Recycling and Sewage Treatment
• Solar Heating
• Wave, Tidal and Wind Power

Education

• Environmental Education
• Education and Training
• E-Society

Environmental Challenges

• Biotechnologies
• Balancing Supply/Demand
• Carbon Capture and Storage
• Climate Change and Environment
• Distributed Generation and Onsite Power
• Emissions Legislation and Regulation
• Emissions Trading
• Emissions Control Technologies
• Energy Storage
• Flexible Power Generation
• Fuel Trends, Pricing and Availability
• Fuel Mix Choices
• Grid Interconnections
• Landfill Management
• Security of Fuel Supply
• Smart Grid Developments
• Transmission System Integration Optimization
• Towards Zero Carbon Technology

Green Computing

• Advanced IT energy-aware technologiesGreen Computing Geo-energy
• Green Computing Geo-energyE-Cycling and E-Inclusion
• E-Cycling and E-InclusionElectronic waste
• Electronic wasteEnergy Efficient Ethernet
• Energy Efficient EthernetIT energy management and Power-aware software
• IT energy management and Power-aware softwarePower-efficient architectures and chip designs
• Power-efficient architectures and chip designsComponent level power management
• Component level power managementMemory Server Management
• Memory Server Management
• Power aware networking
• Smart Grids applications
• Technology as Green Enablers

Operation, Optimization And Servicing

• Automation, monitoring, control and electrical systems
• Boiler UpgradesCompetitive Market Operation
• Competitive Market OperationDiagnostics, Condition Monitoring and Optimization
• Diagnostics, Condition Monitoring and OptimizationEnvironmental Performance Optimization
• Environmental Performance Optimization
• Fleet Management and Performance Optimization
• Improving Prime Mover Economics
• Maintenance Strategies
• Plant Operating Experiences
• Refurbishment, Repowering and Life Extensions
• Servicing, Inspection and Outage Management

Power Plant Technologies

• Boilers and HRSGs
• Clean Coal Technology
• Cogeneration
• Coal Co-Firing
• Combined Cycle Technology
• Gas Turbine Technology
• Hybrid Power Technologies
• Microturbines
• Reciprocating Engines
• Steam Plant Technology
• Supercritical Steam Technology
• Waste to Energy

Renewable Energy Managements

• Climate Change
• Energy from waste
• Environmental assessments
• Environmental issues
• Environmental policies and planning
• Hazardous Chemical
• Innovative use of Renewable Raw Materials
• Offshore pollution and oil spills
• Pollution prevention
• Sustainable waste management technologies
• Sustainability impact assessments and tools

Sustainable Building Design

• Building Design and System
• Creative Industries
• Industrial Developments
• Low and zero energy houses and buildings
• New Insulation materials and techniques
• New building materials and recycling
• Photovoltaics and Solar Thermal
• Sustainable Building and Green Construction
• Sustainable Housing Development

Research In Progress

• Ongoing research from undergraduates, graduates/postgraduates and professionals
• Collaborative Research and New Trends

Sustainable Energy Technologies

• Bio-energy and Geo-energyEnergy in Transportation Systems
• Energy in Transportation SystemsEnergy Efficiency in Utilization
• Energy Efficiency in UtilizationEnvironmental Issues
• Environmental IssuesEnergy Harvesting
• Energy HarvestingEnergy Storage Systems
• Energy Storage SystemsEnergy Market,
• Energy Market, Management and Economics
• Energy Resources for Portable ElectronicsEnergy Efficiency in Utilization
• Energy Efficiency in UtilizationGeothermal Energy
• Geothermal EnergyIntelligent Energy
• Intelligent EnergyPower Transmission Distribution
• Power Transmission DistributionMaterials for Energy Resources
• Materials for Energy ResourcesNanotechnology in Energy
• Nanotechnology in EnergyNew Enabling Technologies
• New Enabling TechnologiesNew Materials for Energy Resources
• New Materials for Energy ResourcesMagnetic Field Energy Devices
• Magnetic Field Energy DevicesOff-grid Isolated Energy Systems
• Off-grid Isolated Energy Systems
• Policy Issues on Renewable Energy
• Power Electronics and Energy Conversion
• Renewable Energy and Biofuels
• Renewable Energy and BiofuelsSustainable Energy and Urban Growth
• Sustainable Energy and Urban Growth

Sustainability And Policy

• Sustainable Applications
• Sustainable Development Policy
• Sustainable Innovations
• Sustainable Technology Programme

Trends, Finance And Planning

• Aviation
• Asset Management
• Carbon Markets and Finance
• Contracts and Legal Issues
• Global and Regional Market Trends
• Independent Power Producer Frameworks
• Notable Project Case Studies
• Nuclear Power
• Power Generation
• Power Project Financing and Capital markets
• Power Policy, Forecasts and Planning
• Privatization Developments
• Project Risk Management and Asset Insurance
• Regulatory Issues and Security of Supply
• Skills Resource Issues

Waste Management

• Agricultural wastes
• Industrial Waste Management
• Medical Wastes
• Nuclear and hazardous waste
• Mining and Mineral Wastes
• Waste from Electronic and Electrical Equipment
• Water Treatment and Management

Nano Science

• Nano-Biometrics
• Bio Nanotechnology
• Biological Computing
• Emerging Trends in Nanotechnology
• Impact of Nano Biotechnology
• Nano Biomechanics
• Nano Biomolecular Engineering
• Nanothermometry
• Nano Imaging Devices
• Nano Materials and Nano Particles
• Nano Bio Materials
• Molecular Nanotechnology
• Nano Electronics
• Nano Chemistry
• Nanotechnology Applications
• Computational Nanotechnology
• Nano technology in Energy and Environment
• Nano Biotechnology
• Nanotechnology in Waste water treatment
• Nano Medicine
• Nano Metrology
• Nano Pharmaceuticals
• Nano Robotics
• Nano weapons
• Self-Assembled Monolayers
• Nano Technology
• Quantitative Nanoscale Vortex Imaging

Cybernetics

• Agent-Based Modeling
• Artificial Immune Systems
• Artificial Life
• Biometric Systems and Bioinformatics
• Computational Intelligence
• Computational Life Science
• Cybernetics for Informatics
• Evolutionary Computation
• Expert and Knowledge-Based Systems
• Information Assurance and Intelligent
• Multimedia Computation
• Heuristic Algorithms
• Hybrid models of NN, Fuzzy Systems and Evolutionary Computing
• Image Processing/Pattern Recognition
• Fuzzy Systems and Applications
• Intelligent Internet Systems
• Knowledge Acquisition in Intelligent
• Machine Learning
• Machine Vision
• Media Computing
• Medical Informatics
• Neural Networks and Applications
• Optimization
• Self-Organization
• Swarm Intelligence