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Design & development of technologies

Design & development of technologies

We support industrial companies, component manufacturers and plant manufacturers in the design, development and optimization of efficient plants and novel components. Our many years of experimental experience in the field of industrial heat pumps and high-temperature storage tanks combined with our extensive knowledge in modeling and simulation of entire plants and systems enables us to find the optimal solutions for your project.

Our spectrum ranges from

  • Material characterizations and component development via the
  • Plant development, especially of thermal and electrical storage tanks and heat pumps, which
  • Energy technology for economical waste heat recovery, through high-performance heat exchangers, high-temperature storage tanks and industrial heat pumps, up to
  • Process engineering, such as product drying of wood, bricks and food

Our services

  • Thermophysical characterization of materials
  • Support in the development of innovative components, such as heat pumps, heat accumulators, heat exchangers
  • Solutions for special thermodynamic requirements
  • Components and system testing
  • Design of components and plants for economic waste heat utilization
  • Creation of new plant concepts
  • Technical and economic feasibility studies
  • Potential analyses and derivation of catalogs of measures

Your benefit

  • Reduction of development costs
  • Optimization of production processes
  • Investment decision support
  • Prioritized catalogs of measures
  • Independent technology assessments
  • Operating data analyses

Our methods

  • Thermophysical laboratory
  • 1D, 2D and 3D simulations using Matlab, Mathematica, Python, Dymola and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Detailed analysis of heat and mass transfer
  • Simulation and design of control and regulation concepts for electrical and thermal systems.
  • Test benches
  • Analytical methods

 

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