
Tuesday November 28
Registration from 12:30 pm
1:00pm
Arrival (press conference)
2:00pm – 2:10pm
Welcome by the Organizer of the IRES 2023 Conference
Professor Peter Droege, President
EUROSOLAR European Association for Renewable Energy e.V.
2:10pm – 2:30pm
Welcome Adress by Scientific Committee Chairs
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Saša Bukvić-Schäfer, University of Applied Sciences Hamm-Lippstadt (HSHL) and Prof. Dr. Michael Sterner, Regensburg University of Applied Sciences (OTH)
Welcome Adress by the host of the Conference
Prof. Dr. Dirk-Uwe Sauer, RWTH Aachen
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Keynote & Welcome Address by:
Ruud Kempener, Cabinet, European Commissioner for Energy
Dr. Doerte Fouquet, Director of European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF)
3:00pm-3:30pm
BREAK
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Session – Central Role Energy Storage for the Energy System (Is the energy market already mature or what is needed?)
Chairs:
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Saša Bukvić-Schäfer
University of Applied Sciences Hamm-Lippstadt – Electrical Engineering
Prof. Dr. Michael Sterner
Ostbayrische Technische Hochschule Regensburg FENES – Research Center for Energy Networks and Energy Storage
Keynote: Role of storage in the Power-to-X Economy
Prof. Christian Breyer
LUT University – Solar Economy
Electrochemical storage – new directions?
Prof. Dr. Dirk-Uwe Sauer
RWTH Aachen University
PtX – New directions?
Dr. Harry Lehmann
PtX Lab
Thermal storage new directions
Prof. Dr. Annelies Vandersickel
DLR e.V.
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Panel: “Are we on the right path? Is the current development of storage/storage market sustainable?”
Every speaker 5 min key message
Panellists:
Prof. Dr. Christian Breyer, Solar Economy, LUT University, Finland
Jan Figgener (Prof. Dr. Dirk-Uwe Sauer), RWTH Aachen University; tbc
Prof. Dr. Holger Hesse, University of Applied Sciences Kempten Institute for Energy and Propulsion Technology
Julian Jansen, Director Strategy, Market Development, Policy, Fluence; tbc
Dr. Harry Lehmann, PTX Lab
Prof. Dr. Anneliese Vondersickel, German Aerospace Center / DLR
6:00pm
Come together Dinner, Lab-Tours
Wednesday November 29
9:00am – 9:45am
Introduction Day 2
Chair: Aleksandra Saša Bukvić-Schäfer
Plenary I: Market Situation
Dr. Dean Economou, Curtin University in Perth, Australia
Dr. Victor Schäfer, Tesvolt AG
9:45am – 11:15am
A1 RenPower2X
Chair: Prof. Dr. Michael Sterner
Role of Storage in the Power-to-X Economy: The Case of Hawaii
Gabriel Alexander Lopez, Arman Aghahosseini, Dmitrii Bogdanov, Rasul Satymov, Ayobami Solomon Oyewo, Christian Breyer
LUT University
Techno-Economic Assessment Of Production And Transport Of Synthetic Methane From PV And Wind Energy
Andreas Patha, Johannes Kathan, Judith Kapeller, Stefan Reuter, Philipp Ortmann, Christoph Zauner
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Uncertainty Analysis For Power-to-Methanol Plant Regarding Economic And Flexibility Parameters
Eero Inkeri, Hossein Enayatizadeh, Jaakko Hyypiä, Tero Tynjälä, Hannu Karjunen
LUT university
Hydrogen Atlas Germany – An Open Data Map
Leon Schumm, Falk Birett, Valentin Heusgen, Andreas Hofrichter, Michael Sterner
ENERGYNEST AS
Renewable Metal Fuels as Sustainable Seasonal Energy Storage
Yvonne Isabell Baeuerle, Michel Haller
OST-Ostschweizer Fachhochschule Rapperswil
B1 Thermal PCM/TCM
Chair: Dr. Sebastian Gamisch
Experimental Study for Heat Exchanger Designs Using Phase Change Material
Anas Maftah, Ryad Bouzouidja, Diane Le Roux, Zakaria Aketouane, Jose Lara Cruz, Sylvain Serra, Jean-Pierre Bedecarrats, Jean-Michel Reneaume, Alain Sempey
I2M – TREFLE
Development Of A Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Demonstrator For The Particle Foam Production
Torsten Seidel
Fraunhofer IFAM Dresden
Transient Characteristics of Latent Heat Storage System using Phase Change Materials in Shell-and-tube Heat Exchangers
Hookyung Lee, Dong Myung Seo, Hyo Jae Jeong, Dongho Park
Korea Institute of Energy Research – Energy Efficiency Research Division
Comparison Of Ageing At Elevated Temperature And Cycling Experiments Of HD-PE: A Degradation Study
Franziska Klünder, Thomas Haussmann
Fraunhofer Institut For Solar Energy Systems
Performance Evaluation of a High Power, High Energy Density Compact Latent Heat Thermal Energy Store
Philip Charles Eames, Mohamed Fadl
Loughborough University
11:15am-11:45am
BREAK
11:45am – 1:10pm
A2 Battery
Chair: Prof. Dr. Holger Hesse
Aspects of a Battery State Aware Load Current Distribution in a Heterogeneous Battery System
Andrea Reindl, Lars Eriksson, Sangyoung Park, Michael Niemetz, Hans Meier
OTH Regensburg
TU Berlin
Optimization Of Compliance Testing For Grid-supporting Inverter Functionalities
Siddhi Shrikant Kulkarni, Gunter Arnold, Nils Schäfer, Vishu Verma
Fraunhofer IEE – System Stability and Grid Integration
Performance Testing of a Megawatt-Scale Battery Storage for Energy Trading
Lucas Koltermann, Mauricio Celi Cortes, Jonas van Ouwerkerk, Dirk Uwe Sauer
RWTH Aachen University – Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA)
B2 Thermal High Temperature
Chair: Dr. Annelies Vandersickel
Multiphysics Optimisation Model of an Ultra-High Temperature Storage Integrated with a Novel Solar-to-Heat-to-Power System
Alfonso Hernández, Luis Enrique Acevedo, Ignacio Fernández-Pacheco, Patricia Royo
IDENER – Thermodynamics
Performance Assessment of 50 MWe Concentrated Solar Power Linear Fresnel Reflector Power Plant in Pakistan
Zia ul Rehman Tahir, Muhammad Ahmad Nisar, Talal Ahmed Awan, Muhammad Afnan Mohsin, Muhammad Fahad Mukhtar, Hafiz Shahzad Siddiqi, Tariq Ali, Ahmad Hassan, Muhammad Asim
University of Engineering and Technology Lahore – Department of Mechanical Engineering
Experimental Testing of 90 kWh Molten Salt Stratified Thermal Energy Storage With Ceramic Filler Material
Julius Weiss, Fanny Hübner, Fridolin Haas, Thomas Fluri
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Experimental Demonstration of a High Temperature Latent Heat Storage Prototype with Aluminum-Silicon as a Phase Change Material
Asem Alemam, Nicolas Lopez Ferber, Tommy Malm, Valerie Eveloy, Nicolas Calvet
Khalifa University – Mechanical Engineering
1:10pm – 2:35pm
Poster Sessions:
Battery
Thermal
Systems
BREAK
2:45pm – 3:15pm
Plenary II
Chair: Prof. Dirk Uwe Sauer
Cloud-based Diagnostic to Enhance Battery Storage Safety and Performance
Georg Angenendt, Matthias Kuipers
ACCURE Battery Intelligence
Machine learning for efficient and reliable battery use in energy storage.
Dr. Weihan Li
CARL-RWTH Aachen University
3:15pm – 5:15pm
A3 Thermal
Chair: Dr. Peter Schossig
Demand-based process steam from fluctuating energies: Experimental results from a 100 kW demonstrator based on the Rotating Drum Heat Exchanger
Annelies Vandersickel, Jonas Tombrink, Andrea Gutierrez
DLR e.V.
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Large Stratified Thermal Storage Systems in transient states
Robin Fick, Robert Honke, Dieter Brüggemann
Institute for Hydrogen and Energy Technology at Hof University of Applied Sciences
Analysis of Solar Energy Storage in Compressed Granular Packings Using Thermal Discrete Element Method
Payman Jalali, Mehran Kiani-Oshtorjani, Tero Tynjälä
LUT University – Energy Technology
Test Rig for the Investigation of Partial Load Operation Strategies for Steam Generation with Passive Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage
Larissa Dietz, Inga Bürger, Andrea Gutierrez
DLR e.V.
Numerical Investigation of Charging Systems for Cold Storages for Improved Thermal Stratification
Sebastian Gamisch, Parshva Atulbhai Parekh, Stefan Gschwander
Fraunhofer Institut for Solar Energy Systems
B3 Thermal TCM
Chair: Dr. Andreas Hauer
Long Time Thermal Energy Storage with Instantaneous Heat Release at Temperatures Down to -40 °C
Inga Bürger, Alina Keller, Hanna Lösch, Marc Lnder
German Aerospace Center – Engineering Thermodynamics
Material Study of a Facade-Integrated Adsorption System for Solar Cooling of Buildings
Tim Dubies, Olaf Böckmann, Micha Schäfer
Universität Stuttgart – IGTE-Institute for Building Energetics, Thermotechnology and Energy Storage
Screening of Hydroxides for Thermochemical Energy Storage at Medium Temperatures
Aleksandr Shkatulov, Marc Linder
DLR e.V.
Modelling Salt Hydration In Packed Beds For Thermochemical Energy Storage
Stan Joram de Jong
Eindhoven University of Technology – Applied Physics and Science Education
Experimental Performance Characterisation of 13X for Domestic Thermochemical Energy Storage Application using a Novel High-Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimeter System
Daniel Mahon, Philip C Eames
Loughborough University
5:15pm – 5:30pm
Closing Day 2
Thursday November 30
9:00am – 9:10am
Introduction Day 3
Chair: Prof. Michael Sterner
9:15am – 11:00am
A4 Energy System Analysis
Chair: Prof. Xiaoshu Lu
Efficient Estimation of Upper Bounds on Arbitrage Values for Energy Storage Devices
Robert James Barthorpe
The University of Sheffield – Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Modeling and Simulation of a Thermal Pumped Piston Storage within a Renewable Energy Supply System
Dominic Haeuslein, Ronald Schmidt-Vollus, Matthias Popp, Micha Schaefer
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg – Georg Simon Ohm Nuremberg Campus of Technology
Modelling, Simulation, and Analysis of Liquid Air Energy Storage with a Liquid Piston System, NH3 and Steam Power Cycles
David Aliaga
University of Sheffield – Chemical and Biological Engineering
Techno-economic Opportunities for Flexible and Efficient Electrification of Industrial Heat
Silvia Trevisan, Rafael Guedez
KTH Royal Institute of Technology – Energy Technology
B4 Case Studies I
Chair: Dr. Peter Schossig
Thermal Energy Storage: Commercial Cases for Power and Steam Storing
Mareike Schumm, Magnus Mörtberg, Christopher Greiner, Jonas Witt
ENERGYNEST AS
Optimisation of a Theoretical District Heating System with Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage
Miguel Angel Pans Castillo, Philip Eames
Loughborough University
Storage Requirements in Urban Energy Systems for the Integration of Rooftop Photovoltaics
Marlon Schlemminger, Dennis Bredemeier, Alexander Mahner, Raphael Niepelt, Michael H. Breitner, Rolf Brendel
Leibniz University Hannover – Department Solar Energy, Institute for Solid State Physics
Combining PV Supplied High Temperature Heat Pump and CSP by Thermal Energy Storages for Process Heat Generation
Lutz Meyer, Markus Hoyer, Mark Schmitz, Juliane Trautmann
Hochschule Hannover – IVEK
Brayton Batteries For Combined Electricity And Heat And Cooling Production: Systematic Concept Study
Michael Krüger
German Aerospace Center – Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics
Optimizing Data Center Waste Heat Reuse: Case Studies and Environmental Implications
Xiaoshu Lu, Tao Lu, Qunli Zhang
University of Vaasa
11:00am – 11:30am
BREAK
11:30am – 1:15pm
A5 Thermal Systems
Chair: Dr. Inga Bürger
Data-Driven Design and Optimization of Solid-Based Thermal Energy Storage Systems
Mohammad Rahjoo, Esther Rojas, Guido Goracci, Jorge S. Dolado
Asociación de Investigación MPC
Experimental Performance Characterization of Cooperative PCM Module Integration with Air Source Heat Pump in a Three-Module Phase Change Energy Storage System for Domestic Heating Applications
Pawel Nycz, Philip Eames
Loughborough University
Thermophysical Characterization and Static Corrosion Test of Potential Filler Materials for a Packed-bed Thermal Energy Storage with Liquid Metal
Franziska Müller-Trefzer, Annette Heinzel, Robin Hesse, Thomas Wetzel, Klarissa Niedermeier
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety
Parametric Optimization and Performance Assessment of 50 MWe Parabolic Trough Power Plant
Zia ul Rehman Tahir, Muhammad Umer, Usman Ahmad, Muhammad Kashif, Muhammad Atif, Tariq Ali, Ahmad Hassan, Muhammad Asim
University of Engineering and Technology Lahore – Department of Mechanical Engineering
Operation Schemes for Thermal Storage Systems Applied in District Heating of Apartment Houses
Hyung Yong Ji in
KITECH, South Korea
B5 Case Studies II
Chair: Dr. Wim van Helden
Techno-economic Assessment of Temperature and Humidity Control of Indoor Pool with Liquid Desiccant Technology
Alessandro Giampieri, Christopher Beeson, Janie Ling-Chin, Anthony Paul Roskilly
Durham University – Department of Engineering
Experimental Study for Heat Exchanger Designs Using Phase Change Material
Anas Maftah, Ryad Bouzouidja, Diane Le Roux, Zakaria Aketouane, José Lara Cruz, Sylvain Serra, Jean-Pierre Bedecarrats, Jean-Michel Reneaume, Alain Sempey
I2M – TREFLE
Potential Of A Long-Term Predictive Controller For Managing Energy Storages To Reduce The Electric Grid-Load Of An Air-Source Heat Pump
David Schmitt, Tobias Reum, Thorsten Summ, Christoph Trinkl, Tobias Schrag
Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt – Institute of new energy systems
Operation Optimization of a Power-to-Heat System in PV-CSP Hybrid Power Plants Together with Molten Salt Thermal Storage
Zahra Mahdi, Ulf Herrmann, Klaus Görner
Solar-Institut Jülich of the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
Data-Driven Modeling for Optimal Operation of Seasonal Underground Thermal Energy Storage (UTES) Systems
Franziska Krenzlin, Hannes Gernandt
Fraunhofer IEG – Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems
Advanced Thermocline Concepts for Thermal Energy Storage
Christian Odenthal, Alexander Bonk, Freerk Klasing, Thomas Bauer
German Aerospace Center (DLR) – Thermal Process Technology
1:15pm – 1:45pm
Poster Award and Closing
Chair: Aleksandra Saša Bukvić-Schäfer
Chair: Dr. Peter Schossig