Energy Storage and Conversion Lab
The ESC Lab researches cross-sectoral, CO₂-neutral energy systems based on green hydrogen. The goal is The development of a closed-loop system for electricity, heat, mobility, and storage. The focus is on the production and use of hydrogen, as well as the synthesis and reconversion of carbon- and nitrogen-based fuels. Using digital twins, experimental research, and material analyses, technologies such as AEM electrolysis, high-pressure hydrogen production, methane/methanol synthesis, and power-to-X-to-power processes are being optimized. This results in concepts for scalable, efficient, and emission-free energy systems. The ESC Lab combines expertise in thermodynamics, applied physics, catalysis research, and engine technology to contribute to a sustainable energy future.
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Chair of Thermodynamics/Thermal Process Engineering
professor
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fabian Mauß
Department of Thermal Energy Technology
Head of Department
Head of the Hydrogen Research Center at BTU
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Lars Röntzsch
Department of Applied Physics and Semiconductor Spectroscopy
professor
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Jan Ingo Flege
Chair of Internal Combustion Engines and Flight Propulsion
professor
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Berg
Background and objectives
The European languages are members of the same family. Lor separately exists and is a myth. Por scientie, musica, sport etc, litot Europe usa li sam vocabulary. Li lingues differe solmen in li grammatica, li pronunciation e li plu common vocabules. Omnicos directe al desirabilite de a new lingua franca:
On refusa continuar payar custosi traductores. At solmen va esser necessary far uniform grammatica, pronunciation e plus sommun paroles. Ma quande lingues coalesce, the grammatica del resultant lingue es plu simple e regulari quam ti del coalescent lingues. The new lingua franca is more simple and regular than it exists in European languages. It is simply as Occidental in fact, it is Occidental. A un Angleso it va semblar a simplificat Angles, quam a skeptic Cambridge amico dit me que Occidental es.
Profile
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Challenge/Task
- Providing carbon-neutral and long-term energy storage
- Integration of fluctuating renewable energies
Application/Practice
- Sector coupling
- District heating networks
- Chemical industry
Solution/Approach
- Storage in chemical energy carriers
- Oxyfuel combustion with CO2-Repatriation
- Methane synthesis
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Challenge/Task
- Cost-efficient and sustainable production of green hydrogen
Application/Practice
- energy storage
- Transport (fuel cells)
- Petrochemical industry
Solution/Approach
- Anion exchange membrane (AEM) technology
- Combines advantages of alkaline and PEM electrolysis
- Innovative stack design with 360 cm2 Single cell area
- Operation at 30 bar for higher efficiency
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