Researcher Profile

Field: Efficiency in Industrial Processes and Systems

Main Research: Industrial Processes; Efficiency; Energy Transition; Decarbonization; Digitalization; Optimization; Mathematical Programming;

Experience: Industrial Processes: Efficiency Increase, Scenarios for Energy Transition, Decarbonization of Processes, Opportunities of Digitalization in industrial processes; Optimization: Operational and design optimization of industrial Systems with Mathematical Programming (e.g. Mixed-Integer Linear Programming)

• 2015-2016: Master Student
  University of Life Sciences, Institute for Environmental Biotechnology / AT
• 2017-2020: Doctoral Fellow
  Austrian Institute of Technology / AT
• 2020-: Research Engineer
  Austrian Institute of Technology / AT

• 2020: Young Author Award TU Graz, 16. Symposium Energieinnovation 2020
• 2019: 2nd place AIT Poster Award
• 2016: Scholarship “Top Stipendium” from NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB) in the field energy and resource efficiency for master thesis
• 2012: Merit scholarship, Vienna University of Technology, Faculty of Physics.

• Photoautotrophic production of poly-hydroxybutyrate – First detailed cost estimations
  Author(s): Panuschka S., Drosg B., Ellersdorfer M., Meixner K., Fritz I.
  Journal: Algal Research, 41 (2019) ; 101558
• Impact of thermal storage capacity, electricity and emission certificate costs on the optimal operation of an industrial energy system
  Author(s): Panuschka S., Hofmann R.
  Journal: Energy Conversion and Management, 185 (2019) ; 622-635
• A simultaneous optimization approach for efficiency measures regarding design and operation of industrial energy systems
  Author(s): Hofmann R., Panuschka S., Beck A.
  Journal: Computers & Chemical Engineering , 128 (2019) ; 246-260

• Endberichtsteil 2 von 3 - Diskussionspapier zum Projekt Renwables4Industry;
  Renewables4Industry - Abstimmung des Energiebedarfs von industriellen Anlagen und der Energieversorgung aus fluktuierenden Erneuerbaren
  Author(s): Moser, S., Goers, S., de Bruyn, K., Hofmann, R., Panuschka, S., Sejkora, C., Kienberger, T., Haider, M., Werner, A., Brunner, C., Fluch, J. & Grubbauer, A.
  Publisher: ; 2018
  Series:
• IndustRiES;
  Energieinfrastruktur für 100% Erneuerbare Energie in der Industrie
  Author(s): Geyer R., Knöttner S., Diendorfer C., Drexler-Schmid G.
  Publisher: ; Wien; 2019
  Series: KLIEN
• IndustRiES;
  Energieinfrastruktur für 100% Erneuerbare Energie in der Industrie
  Author(s): Geyer R., Knöttner S., Diendorfer C., Drexler-Schmid G.
  Publisher: ; Wien; 2019
  Series: KLIEN
• IndustRiES;
  Energieinfrastruktur für 100% Erneuerbare Energie in der Industrie
  Author(s): Geyer R., Knöttner S., Diendorfer C., Drexler-Schmid G.
  Publisher: ; Wien; 2019
  Series: KLIEN

• 100 % Erneuerbare Energie für Österreichs Industrie Teil 1 – Alternative Energieträger und Prozesse
  Author(s): Knöttner S., Geyer R., Diendorfer C., Drexler-Schmid G.
  Conference 16. Symposium Energieinnovation, Graz
  Proceedings TU Graz
• Modelling of Industrial Energy Systems for Flexibility Increase via Operation Optimization with Mixed-Integer Linear Programming
  Author(s): Panuschka S., Hofmann R.
  Conference SDEWES, Novi Sad

• Publications AIT publications database
• CV as pdf