Advances in Air Conditioning Technologies: Improving Energy Efficiency
暫譯: 空調技術的進展：提升能源效率

Ernest is an Associate Professor with the Department of Engineering, National University of Singapore. He is best known for his research on new generation of thermal technologies, particularly those related to air conditioning and dehumidification. He has won numerous international and local awards and honors including IChemE (UK) and Applied Energy Award (Elsevier) for his innovative works on energy-efficient dew-point cooling, membrane dehumidification and adsorbent coated heat exchanger. According to Shanghai's Elsevier Global Ranking of Academic, he is one of the highest cited researchers for his works on Energy and Building Science.

Raisul is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). His research activities include optimization of central air-conditioning systems, vapor absorption cooling systems, desiccant dehumidification systems, indirect evaporative cooling systems and recovery and efficient utilization of low-grade waste heat. Before joining NUS, he was working as a Technical Director in LJ Energy Pte Ltd. His main role was to lead a team of engineers in the energy audit of major energy-consuming systems used in industries and commercial buildings, Green Building projects, design and retrofit of energy-efficient systems.

Ng Kim Choon is currently a Professor in KAUST. His research interests are in thermally driven seawater desalination processes, two-phase energy systems, nuclear power thermal hydraulics, adsorption thermodynamics and solar energy systems. He pioneered adsorption cooling and desalination cycles and boosted the water production yield of desalination processes with the AD and MED/MSF hybrid cycles. He also worked on the solar-powered hydrothermal treatment of seawater and wastewater using the 2-axis mini-dish system.

Wakil is a Research Scientist in KAUST. He works on thermal systems for cooling and desalination and their hybridization (multi-effect desalination, absorption chiller, adsorption chiller and desiccant dehumidifier) for overall system performance improvements. He is also working on heat transfer improvement specially for falling film evaporators at low-temperature operation. He developed a correlation for falling film heat transfer coefficient. He is also working on economic analysis of single and hybrid systems.

厄尼斯特（Ernest）是新加坡國立大學（National University of Singapore）工程系的副教授。他以研究新一代熱技術而聞名，特別是與空調和除濕相關的技術。他因在能源效率露點冷卻、膜除濕和吸附劑塗層熱交換器方面的創新工作而獲得了多項國際和本地獎項，包括英國化學工程師學會（IChemE）和艾爾斯維爾（Elsevier）的應用能源獎。根據上海艾爾斯維爾全球學術排名，他是能源與建築科學領域中被引用次數最高的研究人員之一。

賴蘇爾（Raisul）是新加坡國立大學（NUS）工程系的高級講師。他的研究活動包括中央空調系統的優化、蒸氣吸收冷卻系統、除濕劑除濕系統、間接蒸發冷卻系統以及低品位廢熱的回收和高效利用。在加入新加坡國立大學之前，他曾在LJ Energy Pte Ltd擔任技術總監，主要負責領導一個工程師團隊進行工業和商業建築中主要能源消耗系統的能源審核、綠建築項目、能源效率系統的設計和改造。

黃金春（Ng Kim Choon）目前是沙烏地阿拉伯科學與技術大學（KAUST）的教授。他的研究興趣包括熱驅動海水淡化過程、兩相能源系統、核能熱水力學、吸附熱力學和太陽能系統。他開創了吸附冷卻和淡化循環，並通過AD和MED/MSF混合循環提高了淡化過程的水產量。他還研究了使用二軸小型碟形系統進行海水和廢水的太陽能水熱處理。

瓦基爾（Wakil）是沙烏地阿拉伯科學與技術大學（KAUST）的研究科學家。他專注於冷卻和淡化的熱系統及其混合（多效淡化、吸收式冷卻器、吸附式冷卻器和除濕劑）以改善整體系統性能。他還專注於低溫操作下的降膜蒸發器的熱傳遞改進，並開發了降膜熱傳遞係數的相關性。他也在進行單一系統和混合系統的經濟分析。