Industrial Energy Systems

Based on current research projects processes for hydrogen production and methanation are investigated under real conditions using the THI laboratory biogas plant.

Research projects within the field of Industrial Energy Systems are focused on sustainable energy production from renewable raw materials in both, national and international contexts.
The projects are dedicated mainly to plant technology of wood-fired power stations and biogas plants, as well as hydrogen supply / untilisation and supply infrastructures for the (electro-) mobility sector. Based on computer-based simulations and in-situ measurements on those plants research activities deal with various questions concerning components optimization and demand-driven production of energy.

Current research projects Industrial Energy Systems

Project Start	Project Leader	Budget (€)	Project
2021	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Goldbrunner	531.287	The digitalised farm in the energy system for the future - Development of technical solutions and business models based on AI-based digital electricity meters to increase resource efficiency in agriculture (FarmErgy) Projectwebsite: https://www.farmergy.de/
2021	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Goldbrunner	183.261	Process integration of a trickle bed reactor for the biological methanation of hydrogen in pressurized water scrubbing-based biomethane production (Hy2Biomethane)
2020	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Goldbrunner	245.005	Direct methanation for flexible operation of small and medium scale biogas powerplants (FlexBiomethane)
2019	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner	531.895	Development of a novel steam storage system for a flexible biomass CHP plant to increase system stability (KomBio)
2019	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner	370.072	Agricultural Residual and Waste Material Utilization - Approaches to the Technical Adaptation of Existing Biogas Plants for the Utilization of Fibrous Residual Materials (LaRA)
2019	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Goldbrunner	190.000	Optimization of the Functionality and Reliability of Thermally-activated Traffic Surfaces (OptiTAV)
2018	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner	259.647	Development of a multifunctional and combined large-scale seasonal pit storage for heating and cooling
2017	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Goldbrunner	613.218	Innovationszentrum Biogas 4.0 Biogas 4.0 - Innovationszentrum Biogas
2016	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner		Erstellen eines Energieeinsparkonzeptes für das Industrieunternehmen FormiChem in Neuburg a. d. Donau
2015	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Goldbrunner	181.128	Biogas in Bewegung: Untersuchung der Machbarkeit zur dezentralen Nutzung von partiell aufbereitetem Biogas als Kraftstoff für die Landwirtschaft (BIB)
2014	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner	175.000	Biomasse-Industriekraftwerke zur Volldampfversorgung mit Prozessdampf (BIPD)
2014	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Goldbrunner	283.665	Verbesserung der Durchmischung in Biogasfermentern durch methodische Rührwerksoptimierung (BIOOPT-MIX)
2014	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner	313.348	Integration von Biogasanlagen in Netze mit hohem Anteil fluktuierender Stromerzeuger (FlexFuture)
2013	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner		Experimentelle Untersuchung des Strömungsverhaltens von Rührwerken in Biogasfermentern
2011	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner	473.853	BioStrom - Steuerbare Stromerzeugung durch Biogasanlagen
2008	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner	427.030	Ökologische und ökonomische Optimierung von bestehenden und zukünftigen Biogasanlagen
2007	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Zörner		Wissenschaftlich‐technische Evaluierung der Potentiale der energieeffizienten Nutzung der aus Holzhackschnitzel gewonnenen Wärmeenergie im Rahmen von Kraftwärmekopplung

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Contact

Head of Industrial Energy Systems at Institute of new Energy Systems (InES)
Tobias Baldauf, M.SC.
Phone: +49 841 9348-6493
E-Mail: Tobias.Baldauf@thi.de