Key areas of expertise
- Hardware in the Loop for building energy systems
- Modeling and Simulation of building energy systems and city quarters
Related Projects
- Dynamic Testing methods for heat pump systems
- Development of Energy Management using HiL (PV-KWK)
- Development of advanced heat pump control using HiL (MOSKWA)
- Test bed for cloud based Smart Energy Services (SCoOP)
- Future Internet Technology for Smart Energy (FINESCE)
Key infrastructure/tools
- Simulation of building energy systems, building physics and thermal grids in city quarters (Dymola/Modelica)
- 2 Hardware in the Loop test benches for building energy systems (including hydraulic test bench and climate chamber)
- Hardware in the Loop test bench for heat distribution systems and their control on room level
Contributions to VILLAS project
- Phase I
- Requirements for Hardware in the Loop of thermal/hydraulic systems
- Coupling of real-time simulations and test benches via SQL data base
- Phase II
- Real-time simulation of buildings and/or city quarters
- Coupling with real building infrastructure (Jülich SDE House, E.ON ERC main building)