At the end of 2017, the 6th International Conference on Power Science and Engineering (ICPSE) took place in St. Petersburg, Russia, where numerous technical presentations were given on current and international topics in research, development, and application of energy technology.
The director of the Institute for Process Engineering, Process Automation, and Measurement Technology (IPM), Prof. Alexander Kratzsch, along with staff members Torsten Klette and Dr. Clemens Schneider, presented the IPM’s activities and their work in the field of thermal energy storage systems for large-scale industrial applications.
The ICPSE aims to foster international academic exchange and collaboration in the field of energy technology and offers researchers from around the world the opportunity to exchange ideas and the latest theoretical and application-oriented research findings.
Held in conjunction with the ICPSE were the 6th International Conference on Mechatronics and Control Engineering (ICMCE) and the 4th International Conference on Mechanical Properties of Materials (ICMPM), at which research papers on mechatronics and materials science were presented.
The conferences had a strongly international focus, with participants from Iceland, Ireland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Pakistan, China, Malaysia, Denmark, South Korea, Finland, Indonesia, Spain, South Africa, Taiwan, Brazil, Algeria, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany. IPM staff were the only representatives from Germany present at the conference.
During discussions with participants from various fields of energy technology, global challenges in energy supply as well as potential solutions and areas of overlap were discussed.
The IPM presented two talks, thereby contributing to the conference program.
Figure 1: Torsten Klette during his presentation
In his presentation titled “Model development and dynamic simulation of a high-performance thermal storage system using the ATHLET simulation code to increase the flexibility of thermal power plants,” results on model development and the dynamic simulation of the behavior of a mixed preheater and thermal energy storage system in conjunction with experimental results from the THERESA test facility at the Zittau Power Plant Laboratory. The research was conducted as part of the ERDF-funded project “Highly Transient Thermal Energy Storage System for Plant-Friendly and Efficient Flexibilization of Thermal Power Plants—HOTHES.”
Figure 2: Dr. Clemens Schneider during his presentation
In his presentation on “Methods to Increase the Flexibility of Power Plant Processes through the Implementation of Thermal Energy Storage Systems,” Dr. Clemens Schneider presented the work conducted as part of the ESF-funded Graduate College “New Systems for Resource Conservation” in cooperation with the ERDF-funded project “Highly Transient Thermal Energy Storage System.” The presentation highlighted concepts for increasing the flexibility of thermal energy systems through the integration of appropriate energy storage systems to compensate for load fluctuations caused by volatile feed-in from alternative energy sources.
By participating in these events, the IPM demonstrated that the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences is gaining international recognition as a center for teaching and research in energy technology.
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Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kratzsch
Phone: 03583 / 61 24 282
Email: a.kratzsch@hszg.de