9th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection Kayseri 22-24 September 2016 University of The West of Scotland Institute of Engineering and Energy Technologies Erciyes University Engineering Faculty Department of Mechanical Engineering FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS Introduction The Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection conference provides a forum for both researchers and practitioners around the world to present papers on recent developments in this field. The organising committee of the conference invites papers from researchers and practitioners from academic as well as industry within the scope of the conference subjects. Scope The conference particularly welcome papers related to industrial based projects. Papers dealing with one or more of the following topics will be considered for the conference: • Biomass Conversion • Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology • Hydrogen Economic & Investments • Photovoltaic Technology • Solar Thermal Applications • Marine/Ocean Energy • Wind Energy & Applications • Hydro Power • Technical Developments in Vehicles, Engines and Equipment • Fuelling Technology (Diesel, CNG, LPG) • Modelling and Simulation. • New Concepts including LNG, Biogas Hydrogen, Electrical & Hybrid Drive Systems • Energy Storage • Supercapacitors and Applications • Policies & Regulations • Economic Aspects • Road Management • Marketing Strategies • Environment Management •Environmental Issues including: Air Pollution, Water and Water Management • Waste Management • Climate Change • Health and Environment • Customer and Society Satisfaction • Materials and Fuel Developments, Including: Nanotechnologies, Light Weight Structures, Bio-composite Materials, Fuel Cell Materials, Membranes, Sensor Technologies, Combustion. Prizes Sponsored prizes, will be awarded for the best papers presented by graduate students. Judges will decide on the awards based on the quality of both the written paper, and the presentation. The venue The conference will be held at Eriyes University Campus, Talas forms part of a contiguous urban area with Kayseri, the distance is around 7 Km from Kayseri city centre. Kayseri International Airport is located around Erciyes University (9 km to Campus), Kayseri Airport is located to south Kayseri (15 km, 30 min by bus from the airport to Erciyes University Campus). Publication Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to the following Elsevier Journals: -Energy -Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews -Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology -International Journal of Sustainable Aviation -International Journal of Hydrogen Energy SEEP2016 Organising Committee Erciyes University Rector Prof. Dr. A.G. Olabi (Honorary President) Prof. Dr. T. Nejat Veziroğlu (Honorary) Dean of Erciyes University Engineering Faculty Prof. Dr. S. O. Akansu (General Chair) Prof. Dr. N. Kahraman (Cordinator) Prof. Dr. S. Ünalan (Co-Chair) Assoc. Prof. Dr. B.A. Çeper (Co-Chair) Ms. E. Ozrahat Mr. M. Yıldız Mr. H. E. Fil Mr. S. Sarikoc Ms. E. Arslan Ms. D. Uysal Mr. M. Bayrak Mr. L. Yıldız SEEP 2016 International Advisory Committee Prof. Abdul Ghani Olabi (UK) Prof. A.M.Hamoda (Qatar) Prof. Antonio Valero (Spain) Prof. Aristide F. Massardo (Italy) Prof. Ashwani Gupta (USA) Dr. Aoife Foley (UK) Dr. Athanasios Megartis (UK) Dr. A.Atabani Prof Aref Wazwaz (Oman) Dr. Artur Grunwald (Germany) Prof. Abdelakder Outzourhit (Morocco) Prof. Dr. Bilge Albayrak Çeper (Turkey) Prof. Bekir Sami Yilbas (Saudi Arabia) Dr. Brid Quilty (Ireland) Prof. B. AbuHijleh (UAE) Prof. Brian Norton (Ireland) Prof. Bekir Zühtü Uysal (Turkey) Prof. D. Bradley (UK) Dr. Brendan Connolly (Ireland) Prof. Darko Goricanec (Slovenia) Dr. David Timoney (Ireland) Prof. David Kennedy (Ireland) Prof. David Smyth (UK) Prof. Dieter Meissner (Austria) Dr. Danijela Dobersek (Slovenia) Prof. Daniel Favrat (Switzerland) Prof. D.G.Simeonov (Bulgaria) Prof. Erik Dahlquist (Sweden) Prof. Eric Leonhardt (USA) Dr. Eivind Johannes (Norway) Prof. Faek Diko (Germany) Dr. F. Al-Mansour (Slovenia) Prof. Francesco Di Maria (Italy) Prof. Gu Hongchen (China) Prof. George Tsatsaronis (Germany) Prof. Haşmet Turkoglu (Turkey) Dr. Hussam Achour (Ireland) Prof. Henrik Lund (Denmark) Dr. H. Taleb (UAE) Dr. Hussam Jouhara (UK) Dr. Ing. Sisto DeMatthaeis (Italy) Prof. Ibrahim Ashour (Oman) Prof. Jinyue Yan (Sweden) Prof. Jurij Krope (Slovenia) Prof. I.S. Jawahir (USA) Prof. Jim McGovern (Ireland) Dr James Carton (Ireland) Prof. J. Dawson (USA) Dr. Josè Simoes (Portugal) Prof. Kadir Aydin (Turkey) Prof. Khaled Al-Sallal (UAE) Dr. Khaled Benyounis (Ireland) Prof. Luis M. Serra (Spain) Prof. Luigi Alloca (Italy) LL.M Tina Krope (Slovenia) Prof. Masahiro Ishida (Japan) Prof. Michael Seal (USA) Prof. M.S.J. Hashmi (Ireland) Prof. Michele Dassisti (Italy) Prof. Mihael Drofenik (Slovenia) Prof. Mahmut Dursun Mat (Turkey) Prof. Mustafa İlbas (Turkey) Prof. Michele Gambino (Italy) Prof. Marco Spinedi (Italy) Prof. Michio Kitano (Japan) Prof. Noam Lior (USA) Prof. Nafiz Kahraman (Turkey) Prof. Na Zhang (China) Prof. Necdet Altuntop (Turkey) Prof. Naotake Fujita (Japan) Prof. Nuri Yucel (Turkey) Prof. Oleksandr Zaporozhets (Ukraine) Prof. Osama Al-Hawaj (Kuwait) Prof. Peter Goethals (Belgium) Prof. Philippe Knauth (France) Prof. Paul Borza (Romania) Prof. Roy Douglas (UK) Prof. Rik Baert (The Netherlands) Prof. Rolf Ritz (USA) Prof. Savvas Tassou (UK) Prof. Soteris kalogirou (Cyprus) Prof. Stefano Cordiner (Italy) Prof. Saud Ghani (Qatar) Prof. Socrates kaplanis (Greece) Dr Stephen Glover (UK) Prof. Signe Kjelstrup (Norway) Prof. S. Orhan Akansu (Turkey) Dr. Sumsun Naher (UK) Prof. Sven Andersson (Sweden) Dr. Salah Ibrahim (UK) Prof. Sebahattin Unalan (Turkey) Prof. Sabah Abdul-Wahab Sulaiman (Oman) Prof. Somrat Kerdsuwan (Thailand) Prof. T. Hikmet Karakoç (Turkey) Prof. Tahir Yavuz (Turkey) Prof. Umberto Desideri (Italy) Dr. Valentin Ivanov (Germany) Dr.Vincent Lawlor (Austria) Prof Yonghua Cheng (Belgium) Prof. Yasufumi Yoshimoto (Japan) Prof. Yahya Erkan Akansu (Turkey) Prof. Yunus Ali Çengel (Turkey) Prof. Zeljko Knez (Slovenia) Dr. William Smith (Ireland) Prof. Qi Zhang (China) Important Dates: Receipt of Abstracts: 20/05/2016 Notification of Acceptance:01/06/2016 Receipt full paper: 21/07/2016 Conference: 22-25/09/2016 Registration Fees Before After 20/08/2016 20/08/2016 Author/ Delegate 450 € 500 € Committee Member 400 € 450 € Session Organiser 350 € 400 € Student 350 € 400 € Accompanied Partner 300 € 350 € Registration fees cover participation in all sessions of the conference, a copy of the proceedings, lunches refreshments and conference dinner and include cappadocia trip Submission of Abstracts Interested contributors are requested to submit abstract(s) of up to 200 words, along with the completed preliminary registration form.