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SARI's EV Charging Station Project (Phase One) Passing Acceptance Inspection

The “City Intelligent Energy Network” (CIEN) Integrated Technology Research and Demonstration Project, one of the major directional program of Knowledge Innovation Project in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was reviewed and initiated in May 2011.

The “City Intelligent Energy Network” (CIEN) Integrated Technology Research and Demonstration Project, one of the major directional program of Knowledge Innovation Project in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was reviewed and initiated in May 2011. The CIEN project was launched with the planning and construction on the two-way electric vehicle (EV) charging station characterized by smart wind-light-electricity hybrid supply. And the first-phase project has all completed recently, which passed the expert review successfully at Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), CAS on 22nd Dec, 2011.
　　The “City Intelligent Energy Network” Integrated Technology Research and Demonstration Project is based on the construction of SARI, CAS in Pudong Science and Technology Park, aims to research on and demonstrate the key technologies and system integration techniques of the Green City Intelligent Energy Network Program. The Project provides technical support for the Green City Intelligent Energy Network Demonstration Program by researching and developing system integration and engineering technologies. And the Program serves as a platform for the research, advancement, application and demonstration of the technologies and techniques of each project in return.
　　The two-way EV charging station characterized by smart wind-light-electricity hybrid supply aims to save 25,000 degree electricity per year and enable renewable energy generation to account for at least 20 percent of the whole charging demand, reaching the domestic advanced level. The completed project is the first phase of the charging station project. Its main tasks include installation and commissioning of the renewable energy generation system, grid-connected inverse system construction, connection system reform, and development of the operation and management system of EV charging station based on the Internet of Things. In the following two years, with the further development of the second and third phase of the project, the charging station will realize the aim of high efficiency, intelligence and two-way charge-and-discharge by introducing DC direct charge mode and making use of the backward feeding function of EV storage battery.
　　The existing charging station contains six electric cars, three AC charging posts, one set of EV operation management system, and a renewable energy generation system with the installed capacity of 51.6kw. According to the current operation of the system, a 28,000-degree gross renewable energy generation is expected; the overall generation system sees sound stability; the hardware platform of the operation management system runs steadily; the equipment operating performance meets the design requirements. Therefore, the experts unanimously agreed on the project acceptance report and put forward further requirements to the follow-up work, i.e. to build the charging station into a testing platform for related technologies and equipments so as to set a model for equipment manufacturers and provide guidance and regulation for the industry; to collect sufficient economic-related technological data through the demonstrative operation, serving as a reliable basis for further promotion of the equipments and technologies.Review Meeting On-site Visit for Inspection and AcceptanceCharging Station Overview

2012-01-11 more+

SARI Exhibits on 13th China International Hi-Tech Fair

The 13th China International Hi-Tech Fair (Hi-Tech Fair) was held from November 16th to 21st in Shenzhen. Mr. WANG Yang, member of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee and secretary of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, announced the opening of the Hi-Tech Fair. Prof. DENG Maicun, Secretary-General of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), attended the Opening Ceremony.

2011-11-22 more+

Drexel and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute Announce Research Collaboration

Drexel University and the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences have signed a collaboration agreement that will bring together researchers from the two institutions for pioneering work in scientific and technological innovation.

2011-10-26 more+

SARI Participated in CIIF 2011

China International Industry Fair (CIIF) 2011 opened in Shanghai on 1st November, 2011. Together with 110 other major innovation projects from CAS, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) participated in this event with its innovative results on the IGCC Project with Shanxi Lu'an Group, SARI’s Demonstration Project in Inner Circulation Pyrolysis and Charring Technology under Hypothermia-Hypoxic Conditions.

China International Industry Fair (CIIF) 2011 opened in Shanghai on 1st November, 2011. Together with 110 other major innovation projects from CAS, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) participated in this event with its innovative results on the IGCC Project with Shanxi Lu’an Group, SARI’s Demonstration Project in Inner Circulation Pyrolysis and Charring Technology under Hypothermia-Hypoxic Conditions. SARI’s presence and its innovation achievements caught the attention of and won the praise from the leaders concerned and the experts in those areas as well.
　　Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng announced the opening of CIIF 2011. Mr. Yang Xiong, Shanghai’s Senior Vice Mayor, hosted the opening ceremony. Leaders of various departments, such as Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Ministry Su Po, Vice Minister of Education Ministry Du Zhanyuan, CAS Secretary-General Deng Maicun, Vice Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Wang Jinzhen, Deputy Director of High-tech Center of Science and Technology Ministry Yuan Jianxiang, General Office Deputy Director of Chinese Academy of Engineering Yi Jian, Deputy Secretary-Genearal of China Machinery Industry Federation Xiang Hui and so on, attended the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, Shanghai Municipal Government leaders Xu Lin, Ai Baojun, Jiang Liang, along with other provincial or municipal leaders of Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, etc. were also present on the ceremony.
　　Before the opening ceremony, Mayor Han Zheng and Minister of Industry and Information Technology Ministry Miao Wei inspected CAS’s display area accompanied by Mr. Zhu Zhiyuan, Executive Vice President of CAS Shanghai Branch. Other leaders such as Director-General of CAS Academy-Locality Cooperation Bureau Qi Qiang also toured around CAS’S exhibition area that day.
　　The IGCC Project, aiming to establish China’s first demonstration park of low-carbon million-ton-scale combined production of gas, oil, fertilizer and power based on coal, is an integrated innovation case initiated by SARI and Shanxi Lu’an Group, and one of the major projects for Shanxi’s development transition during “the Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period. The IGCC Park demonstrates the theme of “combined use of one waste and three gases with coking and oil producing technologies” for development. It embodies the low-carbon energy cycling and innovative technology integration idea featured by resource integration, raw material diversification and high-end products. It also provides China’s economic development with a solution of clean energy chemical industry based on coal. The IGCC Park includes eight modules, i.e. raw material, coking technology, power technology, public usage, gasification technology, combination technology, product output and CO2 utilization. The eight modules are closely related to and combined with one another, thus forming the whole low-carbon energy cycling system.
　　The Demonstration Project of Inner Circulation Pyrolysis and Charring Technology under Hypothermia-Hypoxic Conditions employs SARI’s related technologies to optimize the production procedures, saving the waste pre-classification procedure, realizing continuous material in and out, stabilized equipment operation, balanced thermal energy and its effective utilization, the use of small modular processing equipments, and meeting the emission standard. The technology enables macromolecular fracture of the organic components of the wastes under hypothermia hypoxic or oxygen-free conditions, generating flammable gas, organic tar and black charcoal. The black charcoal produced in this way is free from the secondary pollution by heavy metals. This technology has seen initial success in resource utilization of the wastes treated by it and experiments and research on bio-oil, bio-gas and bio-charcoal production have been conducted, which show a promising prospect. After thirteen-year continuous development, CIIF has become the largest scaled and most comprehensive exhibition event of the highest level in China’s Industrial Economy Domain. 2011 is the starting year of China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan. The CIIF 2011 went with the theme of “Strategic Emerging Industries with Innovation and Transformation”, which fully reflects the exhibition purpose to serve the national strategies.

2011-11-11 more+

Low Carbon Energy Conversion Technology Center Made Significant Progress

After one year's development, Low Carbon Energy Conversion Technology Center (LCECTC), which was jointly established by SARI and Lu' an Mining Industry Group Co., Ltd, successfully completed its experiment platform of the first phrase.

After one year's development, Low Carbon Energy Conversion Technology Center (LCECTC), which was jointly established by SARI and Lu' an Mining Industry Group Co., Ltd, successfully completed its experiment platform of the first phrase. Based on the three technology platforms, LCECTC has taken on five national and provincial projects and filed six invention patents. The research team of LCECTC includes two scientists of the CAS Hundred Talents, two of Shanghai Thousand Talents Program, which well reflect the advantage of achieving construction and development by the integration of government, industry, college and institute.
　　Low Carbon Energy Conversion Technology Center is an integrated innovative scientific research platform jointly established by SARI and enterprises, aiming to conduct frontier researches and commercialization collaboration to make contribution to the development of our country's clean energy technology. Supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Municipal Government, LCECTC completed its lab construction shortly after the opening ceremony on March 15th, 2010. On July 27th, 2011, the "Collaboration agreement of phase II low carbon energy technology development" was signed by Prof. FENG Songlin, President of SARI and Mr. LI Jinping, President of Lu' an Group.
　　 Opening Ceremony
　　Currently, LCECTC has already completed its platform of catalyst preparation, high flux reactor, dynamic analysis and testing and has successfully applied five national and provincial projects including CO2 Reforming of CH4 to Syngas. In the meantime, LCECTC has conducted extensive collaboration with world-renowned companies including BP, Shell, TOTAL and PNNL.
　　
　　According to our country's energy structure and the sustainable development strategy, the development trend of energy technology will move from high carbon to low carbon or even zero carbon to realize the full use and minimum emission of carbon resources, reaching a win-win situation with efficient utilization in an environment–friendly way. Therefore, efficient utilization of carbon resources with relatively less negative effect on the environment is the key of the development. LCECTC integrates the geographic advantage of Shanghai and Shanxi and exerts certain influence to the low carbon conversion and utilization of coal-based carbon resources. With well-established platforms and the development momentum, according to the strategic requirements of the country and industry and the technology development trend, LCECTC will further solve the major common technological issues through technology integration, utilizing talent and information advantage to support the development of clean energy industry.

2011-08-01 more+

Symposium Held between SIOC and SARI

On July 4, 2011, a delegation led by Prof DING Kuiliing from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited SARI, and a symposium between middle and higher level leadership as well as R&D representatives from the two institutes was held.

　　On July 4, 2011, a delegation led by Prof DING Kuiliing from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited SARI, and a symposium between middle and higher level leadership as well as R&D representatives from the two institutes was held. The symposium was hosted by Prof. FENG Songlin, President of SARI. Those attended included Prof. JIA Jingfang, Secretary of the Party committee of SIOC, Prof. MA Dawei, Vice Director and Secretary of Committee for Discipline Inspection of SIOC, Prof. TANG Yong, Vice Director and Director of national key laboratories for metal organic chemistry of SIOC, Prof. SHEN Zhaolei, Vice Director of SIOC, etc.
　　Prof. JIANG Biao, Vice President of SARI, addressed the welcome speech in which he extended gratitude for SIOC's continuing support and appreciated the progress made in mutual cooperation.
　　Prof. CHEN Xiaodong, Director of Science and Technology Department of SARI, introduced SARI's overall situation and key research and development projects. Prof. ZHAO Xiaolong, Director of Science and Research Department of SIOC, introduced SIOC's history and current situation.
　　R&D representatives held a discussion after keynote speeches. Prof. GUO Fang, Director of Center for Nanomedicine and Translational Medicine, Prof. TANG Yajie, Head of Bio-refinery Lab of Sustainable Technology Research Center, Prof. HE Tao, Head of Membrane Materials and Separation Engineering Technology Lab, Prof. LIU Suoli, Head of Micro-nano Powder Equipment R&D Lab, introduced their research projects. Then, Prof. MA Dawei, Vice Director of SIOC, Prof. TANG Yong, Vice Director and Head of National Key Laboratories for Metal Organic Chemistry, Prof. HU Jingbo, Head of CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Fluorine Chemistry, etc introduced their research projects. The two sides also discussed opportunities for future cooperation.
　　On behalf of SIOC, Prof. DING Kuiling presented its gift to SARI. Prof. DING pointed out that the symposium was beneficial to the exchanges of management mode, which would promote mechanism innovation for both sides. After the Symposium, representatives visited CAS Pudong Science and Technology Park.
　　

2011-07-07 more+