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NEW [17.2.1] Ajou receives 2 billion won in financial support as a KEPCO project leader
- 2017-03-20
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Ajou University's Center for New Industries and Convergence Technologies (Director Joo Yeoun Lee) will receive two billion won over three years after being chosen as a leading institution of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)'s Open R&D Project.
Under the Open R&D Project, KEPCO commissions research and development tasks required by electricity industries to outside institutions to secure essential technologies. The outside institutions are funded to carry out the research, and KEPCO develops essential technologies based on the results. Six institutions, including Ajou, were selected as project leaders and 16.4 billion won will be invested in the projects.
The project involving the University, entitled 'Developing a Clean Power-Generation System Using a Electromagnetic Wave Plasma Torch,' will develop both the torch that uses Dimethyl Ether and the related reforming equipment. Research Professor Chang Ho Choi (Department of Industrial Engineering) will lead the project with Professor Joo Yeoun Lee and Professor Jae Il Park (both Department of Industrial Engineering) and Professor Kyo Beum Lee (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) participating.
Regarding the selection, Professor Lee said, "We expect that by establishing a clean power-generation system, imported fossil fuels will be replaced and the greenhouse gases released in power generation will decrease."
On January 31st, KEPCO signed agreements with the six leading institutions of the project at its Gwangju-South Jeolla Headquarters. The ceremony was attended by President and CEO Hwan Ik Cho and Director Dong Seop Kim of New & Growth Engine Technologies Department from KEPCO.