About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere America 2014
published on 19 June 2014
15 pages
929 KB

The San Francisco State University has been selected by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to conduct cost benefit and feasibility analysis of low-GWP refrigerants in the sectors of commercial refrigeration. Ed Cheng presents the objectives, considered models for the evaluation, and challenges involved in conducting such analysis.

About the speaker(s)

Ed Cheng

 

Ed Cheng is Associate Professor and Program Head of Mechanical Engineering at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Ed has over 20 years of experience in the fields of energy conversion systems, energy efficiency, and air pollutant emissions. He co-founded the Energy Systems master’s degree program at SFSU, and develops and teaches courses covering subjects such as heat transfer, advanced thermalfluids, HVAC systems, and building energy simulation. Ed also served as Assistant Director for SFSU’s Industrial Assessment Center, a U.S. Department of Energy-funded program that carries out energy audits for small- and medium-sized industrial facilities throughout Northern California.

Ed received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and has dual master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of California.