NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Japan

这项行动资助加州大学伯克利分校的Deborah Ann Sunter于2012年夏天在日本北九州大学开展一项名为“日本住宅热电联产系统的经济和环境比较”的研究项目。主持人是高伟军教授。该研究项目的智力价值是对日本住宅领域太阳能微热电联产（CHP）系统的经济和环境潜力进行分析。尽管燃气发动机和燃料电池微型热电联产住宅系统在引入日本家庭时具有显著的经济价值，但人们发现这两种系统的环境潜力都低得令人失望。这项研究调查了使用可再生能源的微型热电联产系统，在这种情况下是太阳能热能，以更显着减少温室气体排放。EAPSI奖学金的广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍该地区的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及对社会、文化和语言的了解。这些活动符合美国国家科学基金会的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期培养国际合作，从而确保美国科学劳动力具有全球意识。

This action funds Deborah Ann Sunter of the University of California, Berkeley to conduct a research project, entitled "Economic and environmental comparison of residential combined heat and power systems in Japan," during the summer of 2012 at the University of Kitakyushu in Kitakyushu, Japan. The host scientist is Professor Weijun Gao.The Intellectual Merit of the research project is an analysis of the economic and environmental potentials of solar thermal micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems for the residential sector in Japan. Despite the significant economic merit of both the gas engine and fuel cell micro CHP residential systems when introduced in Japanese homes, the environmental potential for both systems was found to be disappointingly low. This research investigates uses of micro CHP systems using renewable energy sources, in this case solar thermanl energy, to more dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.