The REWARDS project is concerned with the development of the European energy system, taking into account scenarios with a low probability of occurrence but a major impact on energy security, such as major natural disasters or a sudden interruption of important supply chains. These scenarios will first be quantified and then implemented in the stochastic energy system model EMPRISE in order to estimate the impact of the scenarios on a future European energy system.
The Chair of Energy Systems and Energy Economics is particularly concerned with the quantification of the high impact/low probability scenarios, taking into account both natural and social/political risks.
This involves working with climate projections as well as analyzing past events. Furthermore, multi-criteria evaluation metrics are being developed at RUB in order to map and compare the various dimensions of costs, environmental impacts and energy security.
Term of: 2024 – 2028
Contact Persons:
Prof. V. Bertsch
M. Sc. L. Plaga
The MOIn Carnot project aims at developing a new, inverted approach for energy system modelling that considers both the common central-planning perspective of optimal system design and the technical design perspective of technology development. By turning model input parameters such as technology cost or efficiencies into decision variables, these can be used as additional optimisation objectives. A multi-objective optimisation then enables trade-off analyses between overall system cost and requirements for technology development, for example in the form of least requirements that would still lead to utilisation of a technology in an overall cost-efficient system. The inverted method is developed using the modelling framework Backbone and Carnot Batteries as a location-independent energy storage technology with low Technology-Readiness-Level (TRL).
Term of: 2023 – 2026
Contact Persons:
Prof. V. Bertsch
M. Sc. K. Esser
Mast J. Finke
The CO2Neichem project aims to develop a CO2-neutral energy system for heat-intensive industrial sites. Concepts will be developed to cover the heat demand, mainly in the form of process steam with temperatures of up to 500°C, using novel approaches such as high-temperature heat pumps or H2/O2 steam generators. Taking into account scenarios of renewable energy availability and the availability of the corresponding energy transport infrastructure, the energy system should enable a competitive and secure supply of heating, cooling and electricity for locations in NRW.
In the final phase of the project, a demonstration plant will be set up at a Chempark site operated by Currenta.
The project is carried out together with the three project partners mentioned below.
For the Chair EE, the focus of the project is on energy system analysis.
Project partners: Siemens Energy AG, Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, RUB Thermodynamik
Term of: 2022 – 2024
Contact Persons:
Prof. V. Bertsch
M. Sc. T. Korte
The project Operations Research (OR) for Sustainability:
Energy, Mobility, Industry deals with the use of mathematical methods to support decision-making processes.
The focus here is on the climate crisis and questions of sustainability - central topics of many courses of study. However, teaching OR methods to students is didactically highly demanding.
The project team therefore wants to develop a digital teaching/learning offer
"Operations Research for Sustainability" and disseminate it.
Term of: 2022 – 2024
Contact Persons:
Prof. V. Bertsch
M. Sc. C. Nowak
M. Sc. L. Plaga
In the StEAM project, the extent to which the interrelationships of a global energy system influence the global production and distribution of hydrogen will be investigated in depth. For this purpose, a global energy system model is to be developed based on an existing open-source model and an existing global electricity system dataset, which represents both the electricity sector and a global hydrogen economy including its transport infrastructure as well as the use and transport of other gaseous energy carriers. The developed model should allow the assessment of the embedding of the German hydrogen strategy in the international context on the basis of consistent future scenarios. By means of an application study, an estimation of the economic effects of different design measures of the hydrogen economy in different modeled futures is made. By using methods of "Modeling to Generate Alternatives", the possibility of different, heterogeneous hydrogen transformation paths will be examined.
Term of: 2022 – 2024
Contact Persons:
Prof. V. Bertsch
M. Sc. O. Linsel
M. Sc. K. Telaar
Interdisciplinary doctoral college for the transition to closed carbon cycles
The Doctoral School Closed Carbon Cylce Economy (DS CCCE) is an interdisciplinary doctoral college. As part of a doctoral program, the members of the DS CCCE develop an interdisciplinary understanding of relevant issues in order to master the transition to closed carbon cycles in the long term. Technical, scientific, legal, economic, social and ethical aspects are addressed. Within the framework of the DS CCCE, the Chair of Energy Systems and Energy Economics investigates the transformation of energy supply in Germany in the context of the end of coal-fired power generation and the further integration of regenerative plants.
Term of: 2019 – 2022
Contact Persons:
Prof. V. Bertsch
Dr.-Ing. J. Röder
Enabling an economy with reduced carbon emissions through the combination of hydrogen and CCS
The aim of the multinational ACT project ELEGANCY is to accelerate the decarbonisation of the European energy system by using synergies between CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) and hydrogen (H2). The introduction of CCS is delayed due to a lack of business models, and the widespread use of H2 is hampered by the cost and availability of large quantities of clean hydrogen. The five participating countries Norway, England, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany want to investigate and evaluate the combination of a hydrogen infrastructure with CCS in case studies and develop a planning tool. The Ruhr-Universität Bochum is represented by five interdisciplinary institutes within the framework of the Research Department Closed Carbon Cycle Economy (RD-CCCE). In addition to the engineering aspects, social, macroeconomic and legal aspects are also taken into account in the German case study.
Term of: 2017 – 2020
Contact Persons:
Prof. V. Bertsch
Cryogenic air energy storage
The Kryolens project aims to research improvement potentials in liquid air energy storage technology based on the current state of science and technology, with the aim of providing a variant that is as efficient as possible depending on the application scenario. At the same time, the degree of technological maturity is to be increased in order to enable large-scale demonstration and commercialisation of LAES technology following the project. In the project, the EE is working on the investigation of the economic prospects of success and the life cycle assessments of the use of LAES technology. On the basis of these analyses, a decision basis is to be created as to whether and to what extent energy storage by means of liquid air is suitable for covering the expected future demand for large-scale power storage facilities.
Supported by: Uniper Technologies GmbH, RWE Power AG and Vattenfall Europe Generation AG
Term of: 2016 – 2019
Contact Persons:
Dr.-Ing. Julian Röder
Development of innovative and efficient heat utilisation concepts taking into account the mining infrastructure in the Ruhr area
The Gruben-Wasser-Ruhr (GW-Ruhr) project has set itself the goal of implementing a more climate-friendly energy supply on the basis of existing mining infrastructure. The focus should be on the use of mine water heat in the immediate vicinity of the site. Possible cooling requirements, which can be met by direct cooling with mine water, will also be taken into account. The heating and cooling services are to be integrated into corresponding networks and used in an optimised way through the network of several actors.
By substituting conventional energy sources, future resources will be conserved and CO2 emissions permanently reduced. The knowledge gained here is to be transferred to other projects dealing with a similar topic. The transfer of knowledge and the establishment of a network of actors are at the forefront.
Term of: 2016 – 2019
Contact Persons:
M. Sc. Michel Gross
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