3 papers
eess.SY2025
Electric Arc Furnaces Scheduling under Electricity Price Volatility with Reinforcement Learning
Ruonan Pi, Zhiyuan Fan, Bolun Xu
This paper proposes a reinforcement learning-based framework for optimizing the operation of electric arc furnaces (EAFs) under volatile electricity prices. We formulate the determ…
eess.SY2025
Design Optimization and Global Impact Assessment of Solar-Thermal Direct Air Carbon Capture
Zhiyuan Fan, Bolun Xu
The dual challenge of decarbonizing the economy and meeting rising global energy demand underscores the need for scalable and cost-effective carbon dioxide removal technologies. Di…
eess.SY2025
Enhancing Profit and CO2 Mitigation: Commercial Direct Air Capture Design and Operation with Power Market Volatility
Zhiyuan Fan, Elizabeth Dentzer, James Glynn +3
Current decarbonization efforts are falling short of meeting the net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission target, highlighting the need for substantial carbon dioxide removal methods…