Current projects of the Chair of Heating and Ventilation
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Build4People
The Build4People Project aims to research and promote sustainable building and urban development practices in Cambodia as well as pathways towards their realization. -
CAMaRSEC – Climate-adapted Material Research for the Socio-economic Context in Vietnam
The German-Vietnamese project CAMaRSEC is supporting the implementation and further development of energy-efficient, resource-efficient and sustainable construction practices. Based on interdisciplinary problem analysis and fundamental research, effective infrastructures for research, characteristic value determination, training, education and the transfer of scientific results into Vietnamese construction and planning practices are being developed. -
CHESTER - Compressed Heat Energy STorage for Energy from Renewable sources
The main objective of the project is to develop and validate an innovative system for energy management, energy storage and for flexible supply with various renewable energies into electricity networks and/or heating networks via connecting electrical and thermal sector. -
CROW - Expansion and optimization of the “Hirtenwiesen II” solar district heating system in Crailsheim/Germany as well as accompanying research on solar district heat and seasonal thermal energy storage
The objective of the CROW project is the strategic and sustainable expansion and optimization of the solar district heating system “Hirtenwiesen II” in Crailsheim: considering the increased number of heat consumers connected to the district heating system, the originally planned solar fraction of at least 50 % shall be achieved again. -
ENsource - Establishment of a center for applied research “urban energy systems and resource efficiency”
In the ENsource research project, amongst others, new simulation, communication and optimization tools as well as energy management strategies shall be developed and then be investigated and applied in five case studies from industry, commerce and municipalities. IGTE is involved in the “Mannheim” and “Mainau” case studies and is particularly responsible for the development of sustainable heat supply concepts. -
HetKond – Energy-efficient aerosol separation via heterogeneous condensation
In this project, the unexplored heterogeneous condensation on the particles from biomass combustion shall be investigated. This includes the activability of the particles and their growth. Non-contact optical measurement technology as well as specific sampling shall enable to gain deep insight into the complex processes. In order to achieve a high oversaturation, the use of spray towers shall be optimized to ensure a successful heterogeneous condensation so that the aerosols can be efficiently separated. -
IntegraTE – Initiative towards market establishment and dissemination of systems for supplying thermal and eletrical energy using PVT collectors and heat pumps in the building sector
The objective of the IntegraTE project is to achieve an increased market penetration with technically and economically attractive systems for thermal and electrical energy supply using PVT and heat pumps in the building sector. PVT collectors generate both thermal and electrical energy by using solar radiation. -
KoSSWaL – Continuous solar-sorptive water harvesting from the air in arid regions
In this research project, funded by Vector Stiftung, a laboratory demonstration unit shall be built and operated, testing a new concept that allows to harvest water from the air in arid climate. -
OLiS – Investigations of optimized mechanical air distribution concepts in schools to improve indoor air quality, comfort and energy efficiency
The objective of this research project is to create a planning manual to assist planners regarding an optimized air distribution in classrooms. -
PARTA - Potentials of absorption heat pumps for return flow temperature reduction in district heating systems
The operational conditions of district heating systems are subject to a constant change, e.g. due to decreasing specific heat consumption along with energy-efficiency retrofits or refurbishments of existing buildings (Energieeinsparverordnung EnEV; German energy savings regulations for buildings). -
SOLINK - Highly efficient heat supply, based on intelligent combination of PVT and heat pump technology, for existing and new buildings
In the SOLINK project, an energy source for heat pumps shall be developed, based on PVT collectors, and for use both in new and existing buildings. The main project objective is an economically competitive, complete ready-for-connection unit for brine heat pumps without noise emissions in contrast to air-source heat pumps, and without earthworks in contrast to ground-source heat pump systems. -
SolSpaces 2.0 – Further development and optimization of a solar heating system with sorption thermal energy store
In the previous SolSpaces project, a new solar heating system with sorption thermal energy store was developed and tested in a research building. The purpose of the new heating concept is to cover the building’s thermal heat demand almost completely on a solar base via seasonal heat storage with the sorption thermal energy store. -
SolarCheck - Development of a standardized procedure and a clear indicator to determine the functional capability of solar thermal systems for domestic hot water preparation and thermal solar combisystems
The project objective is to develop a standardized procedure which can visualize the performance and function capability of a solar-assisted heat supply system in a clear performance indicator. -
SpeedColl2 - Research of service life and sustainability of solar thermal collectors, components and materials
The SpeedColl2 project refers to the results of the previous SpeedColl project which included the exposure of solar thermal collectors and their components in different regions for a period of four years and their analysis in a laboratory. -
StoEx2 - Further development, testing and demonstration of large-water-volume, low-cost hot-water stores with highly efficient thermal insulation for outdoor application
The major research objectives are the testing and demonstration of two optimized StoEx2 stores under real operational conditions.
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