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Energy
n A sustainable energy supply is one of the essential requirements for the future of our society.
The goals of reducing CO2 emissions, achieving cost effectiveness and societal acceptance
make for a field fraught with controversy.
Coordinator
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Hartmut Spliethoff,
Energy Systems
Phone +49.89.289.16272
Members
Prof. Dr. Carlo Bottasso,
Wind Energy
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Gümmer
Turbomachinery and
Flight Propulsion
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Klein,
Plant and Process Technology
Prof. Dr. Rafael Macián-Juan,
Ph.D., Nuclear Technology
Prof. Wolfgang Polifke, Ph.D.,
Thermo-Fluid Dynamics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas
Sattelmayer, Thermodynamics
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Neu,
Plasma Material Interaction
Contact
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has been a hot-
bed of research in energy technology and thermodynamics
ever since the days of Carl von Linde and Wilhelm Nußelt.
The department has a particularly excellent reputation in
the areas of combustion technology and the development
of very efficient power stations. Our research and teaching
portfolio in renewable energy has been expanded consider-
ably in recent years, e.g. through the new Institute of Wind
Energy, although institutes covering biomass, geothermal
and solar energy have existed for even longer.
Wind Energy
The Wind Energy Institute works towards the goals of
increasing the penetration of wind energy, reducing its
cost and mitigating its impacts. Current on-going projects
at the institute range from basic scientific investigations to
the solution of application-oriented problems. An area of
particularly active research is the modeling and under-
CleanTechCampus Garching
The TUM Garching Campus with more than 15.000
students and 3.500 employees is already ranked among
the biggest university locations in Germany. If the rapid
growth of previous years continues, there has to be a
realignment of the energy supply. In cooperation with the
Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems,
the Centre for Sustainable Building, the research group
‘Control of Renewable Energy Systems’ and the ZAE Bay-
ern, the Institute for Energy Systems develops holistically,
sustainable and transferable energy concepts taking the
Garching Campus as an example.
Energy Valley Bavaria –
Flexible Power Stations
The ‘Energy Valley Bavaria’ project consists of an inter-
disciplinary team investigating the effects of the energy
revolution on generation systems and electricity grids.
Investigative research is carried out at the Institute of Ther-
modynamics on increasing the flexibility of gas turbines and
analysis is carried out at the Institute of Energy Systems
on the dynamic behaviour of steam generators. The results
form the basis of dynamic process simulations which
illustrate all the processes at work in power stations.
standing of wake interactions, which enables new smart
ways of controlling wind farms for improved power cap-
ture and reduced loading. Wind tunnel tests conducted
with scaled wind turbine models are used to validate
simulation tools and to demonstrate control strategies
prior to full-scale testing. Other activities at the institute
span all main wind-energy-relevant scientific disciplines,
including aerodynamics, structures, dynamics, materials
and design, with a strong focus on multi-disciplinarity and
a system-engineering point of view.