3rd International Conference on Water and Environment in China

Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Herrmann from the Department of Technical Thermodynamics in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering accepted an invitation to attend an international conference in the field of water and Environmental Sciences in Qingdao, China. At this annual conference, Dr. Herrmann gave a presentation introducing the new international standard for seawater. This international industry standard, adopted in 2013 by the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) for calculating the thermodynamic properties of seawater is required for the design, optimization, and operation of desalination plants and power plant cooling systems. The standard was developed under the direction of Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hans-Joachim Kretzschmar at the Department of Technical Thermodynamics at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences by Dr. Herrmann in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde and Ruhr University Bochum.