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The IOB at the Heavy Duty Congress 2024
On 24 September 2024, our colleague Christopher Wünning took part in the Heavy Duty Congress 2024 in Duisburg, which was organized and hosted by the Center for Fuel Cell Technology (ZBT). As part of the event, Wünning presented the BioH2Ref project, which deals with the decentralized production of hydrogen from residual materials. The key developments in the field of mobility with hydrogen were…
The IOB at the Humber Cluster in England
From October 6 to 9, 2024, our colleague Katharina Rothhöft took part in the network meeting of the “Humber Industrial Cluster” in England. The event, organized by the CDI (Cluster Decarbonization of Industry), served to familiarize German network partners with British approaches to decarbonization. As part of the EE4Ing2 project, Katharina took part in the event in the Humber region. The trip…
The IOB at the BW Congress in Heidelberg
On October 17, 2024, our colleague Katharina Rothhöft took part in the Baden-Württemberg Congress on resource efficiency and the circular economy. As part of the EE4InG2 project, Katharina led a forum together with two project partners. The congress offered companies the opportunity to present various techniques for promoting sustainability and to network on the development of a circular…
Project meeting for “DevH2forEAF” in Udine
Our colleagues Lilly Schulte and Carsten Gondorf visited our project partner Pittini in the northern Italian city of Udine from October 1st to 2nd, 2024 for the next project meeting of the RFCS-funded project “DevH2forEAF”. The project is investigating the possible use of hydrogen-powered burners in electric arc furnaces (EAF). This project meeting focused on the upcoming industrial trials at…
The IOB at the UIE-2024 conference in Nice
From October 8 to 11, 2024, our colleagues Julius Wilker and Dominik Büschgens took part in the UIE-2024 conference Nice. The conference focused on the electrification of industrial heating and manufacturing processes. After arriving in Nice, they registered for the conference and got to know each other over a welcome drink. On the following day of the UIE-2024 conference, the two organizers…
The IOB at the EE4InG2 Synchronization Workshop
On July 19, 2024, our colleagues Katharina Rothhöft, Dominik Büschgens and Felix Kaiser took part in the synchronization workshop of the EE4InG2 project at the BMWK in Bonn. The biannual workshops provide a platform for exchange between the project partners, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), the Project Management Jülich (PTJ) and the researchers to discuss…
The IOB at the EMMA Network Meeting
On July 16 and 17, 2024, our colleagues Katharina Rothhöft and Dominik Büschgens took part in the interim workshop of the EMMA network in Frankfurt am Main. The event, hosted and organized by the Industrial Association for Massive Forming, provided the ideal platform to discuss current trends and important topics in thermoforming process technology. The EMMA network, to which 40 companies and…
The IOB at the 1st ESCR Workshop in Vienna
Our colleagues Elsa Busson and Franziska Ott represented the IOB at the 1st Early Stage Combustion Researcher (ESCR) Workshop from September 12 to 13, 2024. The conference, organized at TU Wien, featured two poster sessions as well as presentations on the various career prospects for combustion researchers. After a welcome event, the first day of the conference began with interesting…
Machine Learning and Digital Twins Workshop in Thessaloniki
Our colleagues Alex Garcia-Vergara and Johannes Losacker took part in the “Training School on Machine Learning methods for reacting flows” and the subsequent workshop “Digital Twins for the Decarbonization of hard-to-abate industries” from 9th to 13th Septmeber 2024. As part of the CYPHER Cost Action, around 30 researchers from European universities and research institutions met in Thessaloniki,…
The IOB at the ESOMAT 2024
From August 26 to 30, 2024, the 13th European Symposium on Martensitic Transformations (ESOMAT) took place in Lecco, Italy. The conference focused on martensitic transformation in various metallic materials and provided a platform for the exchange of current research results. The Institute for Industrial Furnace Construction and Heat Engineering was represented there by our colleague Nico…
Open session at the Agri Idea Sprout 2024
On August 29, 2024, our colleague Christopher Wünning visited the Agri Idea Sprout 2024 in Lengerich near Münster. As part of the BioH2Ref project, which deals with the production of hydrogen from residues, an open session was held to introduce the production and use of hydrogen in agriculture. The event began with a welcome and pitch round in which each topic was briefly introduced. The open…
Kick-off meeting for ‘FlexHybHeat’ in Riesa
Our colleagues Felix Kaiser, Mitzi Lipardo, Farhad Haddadi and Moritz Eickhoff met on 10 September 2024 together with the Gesellschaft für industrielle Wärme, Energie- und Prozesstechnik in Riesa at our project partner ESF for the kick-off meeting for the BMWK joint project ‘FlexHybHeat’. The project aims to enable highly flexible and hybrid heating for billet reheating. In cooperation with the…