Research Fields

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ENGINEERING

Renewable Energy

R&D on design and analyses for biomass and waste bio-energy system

R&D on core technologies in the energy systems, Power to Gas, Liquefied Air Energy Storage, and Compressed Air Energy Storage System

  • Biomass torrefaction technology
  • Biomass sludge combustion melting technology
  • Waste gasification technology
  • Biomass tri-generation system
  • Power to gas technology
  • P2X optimal operation technology
  • Liquefied air energy storage technology
  • Compressed air energy storage technology

CO2 Capture and Utilization

Process analysis and core technology development for capture/utilization of CO2 generated from various emission sources

  • Carbon capture & utilization process analysis and feasibility assessment
  • CO2 separation and conversion technology
  • Cryogenic carbon capture technology


Clean Energy

Development of elemental technologies to discover clean energy, including hydrogen production technology based on gasification of low-grade fuel, waste, and hydrocarbon-based fuel, and biological/plasma-based hydrogen production technology

  • Biological hydrogen production
  • Hydrogen production technology based on waste gasification
  • Hydrogen production process economic/environmental evaluation technology
  • Hydrogen station design
  • Hydrogen storage/transportation economic/environmental evaluation technology
  • Hydrogen liquefaction technology
  • Slush hydrogen production and zero boil-off technology
  • CO2 methanation technology
  • Methanol synthesis technology using synthesis gas
  • Fuel cell-battery hybrid system optimal control technology
  • SRF oxygen enriched combustion technology
  • LNG regasification technology
  • Removal of fine particles in oil sands

Energy System

Optimized solutions and energy storage for energy efficient operation·

  • FEMS energy optimization solution
  • System requirements analysis technology
  • PCM thermal storage

Power Plant

R&D on design and analyses for innovative electric power plants. such as supercritical carbon dioxide power system, new NPP technologies, and so on that can replace traditional power plant system.

  • Nuclear reactor exhaust system design technology
  • Supercritical carbon dioxide power generation technology

Digital Engineering

R&D on design, analyses, and modeling technologies in plant industry based on virtual plants combining with advanced digital technologies

  • Digital plant engineering and digital twin technology
  • Energy demand response and prediction technology
  • Recognition and digitalization technology of 3-dimensional configuration
  • Application of AI techniques for design information cognition technology
  • Health monitoring and diagnosis technologies for nuclear steam supply system.
  • System modeling based on Sytems Engineering approach.
  • Technology management and gate review

Plant Analysis

Development of fully life-cycle analysis technology covering technical feasibility, economic feasibility assessment, and risk/availability based on plant process analysis technology

  • Plant feasibility assessment technology
  • Plant technology/economic feasibility/business evaluation technology
  • Plant modularization technology
  • Plant risk/availability analysis technology