Participating institutes – Dynamics of Energy Conversion

Below you will find a brief description of the participating institutes.

Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics

Institute of Technical Combustion

Institute for Drive Systems and Power Electronics

Institute of Information Systems Research

Institute of Electrical Power Systems

Institute for Material Science

Institute of Dynamics and Vibration Research

Institute of Subsurface Energy Systems

Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics

The Institute for Turbomachinery and Fluid Dynamics (TFD) has a long tradition in the research fields of thermal turbomachinery and classical fluid mechanics. By acquiring and working on additional research fields, the knowledge gained and methods developed are transferred and synergies are exploited. Currently, the TFD is working on both publicly funded research projects and projects financed solely by industry in the fields of

Axial machines,
Radial machines,
Aeroacoustics and aeroelastics,
Numerical methods,
Renewable energy systems, and
Fluid mechanics

are being researched. Multidisciplinary issues are becoming increasingly important in scientific research, particularly in the development and optimization of highly complex systems such as aircraft engines and gas turbines. At the TFD, therefore, the unsteady interactions in turbomachinery are increasingly being investigated experimentally and numerically. Close cooperation with national and international research institutions and industrial partners ensures that the work is always oriented toward current, practice-relevant issues.

The TFD has extensive experimental test facilities and various numerical methods and software solutions for design and simulation at its disposal for carrying out the projects. With its own workshops, the TFD also has relevant experience in the development and manufacture of test vehicles, measurement technology/sensor technology, and the instrumentation of test benches.

Institute of Technical Combustion

The Institute for Technical Combustion (ITV) conducts research and teaches in the fields of turbulent combustion, diesel engine combustion, and gas engine combustion.

The research work ranges from physical-chemical modeling to technical applications in engines or burners. A modern approach in the field of basic research is the combination of laser measurement technology and numerical calculation. Test benches with customized measurement technology are available for development issues and application optimization. At the same time, we offer services in the field of calculation and simulation.

We conduct basic research with DFG-funded projects, while industrial research in the pre-competitive sector is funded by the Working Group for Industrial Research (AIF), in particular by the FVV, or by ministries. The Institute for Technical Combustion also has extensive experience in carrying out direct industrial development projects.

Institute for Information Systems Research

The Institute for Information Systems Research (IWI) has been headed by Prof. Dr. Michael H. Breitner for 14 years and conducts research and teaching in the following areas: information systems and information, systems research, in particular information management, as well as practical/applied computer science, operations management/research and international management, energy research, in particular energy informatics, and finance, in particular computational finance.

Long-standing research focuses include artificial neural networks and neurosimulation, in particular the FAUN neurosimulator, business models and acceptance models, profitability analyses and “value of IT” measurements, scenario, sensitivity, and risk analyses, software development, standard software, information security, mobile systems, e-learning, scheduling and logistics, as well as renewable energies, smart grids, and new mobility, especially electromobility.

In teaching, various courses are offered for students and doctoral candidates in economics, industrial engineering, practical/applied computer science, and applied mathematics in the basic study program, in the bachelor's major, in three master's majors, and in the doctoral program.

The Institute for Information Systems Research currently attracts approximately half a million euros in third-party funding per year, publishes around 10 high-quality international publications, completes three to five doctoral theses, and produces around 100 bachelor's and master's theses.

Institute for Material Science

The Institute of Material Science (IW) is concerned with the development and investigation of materials for the construction of machines, plants, and apparatus. The construction of increasingly complex technical systems places very high and ever-changing demands on materials.

At the Institute of Material Science, interdisciplinary teams tackle these challenges in both basic research projects and application-oriented projects, often in cooperation with national and international partners from industry, universities, and non-university research institutions.

Institute of Subsurface Energy Systems

The Institute of Subsurface Energy Systems (ITE) at Clausthal University of Technology in Lower Saxony, Germany, is divided into two departments: Reservoir Engineering and Drilling and Production Engineering. These departments cover almost the entire scope of petroleum engineering education and are involved in major research projects in collaboration with the petroleum and natural gas industry in Germany.