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HyInHeat project meeting in the Basque city of Donostia-San Sebastián
The General Assembly Meeting of the European HyInHeat project took place in Donostia-San Sebastián on 7 and 8 November 2023. Together with the broad-based consortium from industry and science, the Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering (IOB) is working on the decarbonization of the steel and aluminium industry through the use of hydrogen. For the first time since the kick-off…
Participation in the TOTeM50 in Piacenza
The 50th Topic Oriented Technical Meeting (TOTeM) of the International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF) took place in Piacenza, Italy, on December 5. & 6. 2023. This was organized by the Italian committee of the IFRF and held at the campus of the Polytechnic University of Milan in Piacenza (Politecnico di Milano). The IOB was represented by Fabian Scheck and Justin Hauch. The event offered a…
UBA study “CO2-neutral process heat generation” published
The UBA study highlights technical possibilities for CO2-neutral process heat generation in energy-intensive industrial processes and analyses how different framework conditions in the context of the energy transition affect the transformation of the plant fleet in Germany. The CO2-neutral process heat generation is a basic prerequisite for achieving Germany’s climate targets. A large proportion…
TWINGHY research project: The IOB at the walking beam furnace in Barcelona
On 22 and 23 November, our colleagues Nico Schmitz, Elsa Busson and Johannes Losacker visited the reheating furnace of project partner Celsa in Castellbisbal near Barcelona to prepare the upcoming measurement trials. As part of the EU-funded research project TWINGHY — Digital TWINs for Green HYdrogen transition in steel industry — the walking beam furnace for steel billets at the Celsa 3…
“Knorzel-Treffen” 2023 in Freiberg
On 15.11.2023, more than 20 doctoral students came together in Freiberg to take part in the “Knorzel-Treffen”. The Institute for Industrial Furnace Construction and Heat Engineering and the Chair of Gas and Thermal Engineering at TU Bergakademie Freiberg (GWA) joined forces back in 1993 to promote the exchange of knowledge and networking between young academics in what was then still a newly…
Kathrina Theisen receives the Otto Junker Award 2023
Kathrina Theisen, a doctoral student at the Institute of Industrial Furnace Construction and Heat Engineering, was awarded the Otto Junker Prize 2023 for her outstanding academic achievements and her successful Master’s thesis. This award is presented annually to RWTH graduates from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and the Materials Science and Engineering Group…
Final exploitation workshop for the SPIRE project REVaMP
Shortly before the end of the project, the most important results from the individual work packages and use cases were presented at a hybrid workshop. The event took place on the premises of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology and was also broadcast via live stream. A total of over 30 participants were registered. In European process industries, a huge amount of energy and resources…
Practical Conference on Hydrogen from Biomass and Biogas in Krefeld
On 09. and 10. November, the 5th Practical Conference on Hydrogen from Biomass and Biogas took place in Krefeld. The event showcased new business models and approaches for the decentralised provision of hydrogen — an important step for the the transformation of our energy system in a municipal context. The IOB was represented by Christopher Wünning. This is the fifth time that the event has…
The IOB at the ‘Butterfly’ Kick-off Meeting
On October 12 and 13, 2023 the kick-off meeting of the Butterfly project took place in Petten aan Zee in the Netherlands. There, 10 project partners from seven European countries met and presented themselves and their tasks within the EU project. The IOB was represented by Nico Schmitz and Moritz Diewald. The Butterfly project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and…
Prof. Pfeifer at Ipsen “Meet the Heat”
The company Ipsen International GmbH, Kleve, invited to the “Meet the Heat” event on 20 and 21 September 2023 as part of the company’s 75th anniversary. Prof. Pfeifer and Lukas Sankowski from the IOB accepted the invitation. As one of three keynote speakers, Prof. Pfeifer presented the topic “Potentials of electric heat and CO2-neutral fuels for thermoprocessing technologies”. He outlined the…
The IOB at the 31st German Flame Day
On 27 and 28 September 2023, the 31st German Flame Day for Sustainable Combustion took place in Berlin. The IOB was represented by Prof. Herbert Pfeifer together with Linda Giesler, Marius Philipp and Lukas Sankowski. Already the day before, many participants of the Flame Day came together for the Early Researcher Event at the Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei. After lectures and…
The IOB in Brussels — Annual A.SPIRE Event on Processes4Planet
The European stage is also familiar space for the IOB. At the annual A.SPIRE event, not only new project ideas for the upcoming Processes4Planet calls were discussed, but also the ongoing large-scale project HyInHeat was presented. In the morning, shortly after 7 a.m., the Thalys to Brussels rolls out of Aachen’s main station. On board is our colleague Dominik Büschgens, who will participate in…