Excursions
On Friday, 22nd April 2015 at 2.00 p.m. were be excursions. There will be two site visitings per each of the three topics. Please find an overview here.
The excursions was included in the permanent ticket price of EST 2015.
| Topic | What to see | Site to visit | |
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| 1.1 | Renewable Energy I – Biomass and Solar thermal technology | High-quality fuels from Residual Biomass - The bioliq® pilot plant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) | bioliq® |
| Liquid metals as heat transfer fluids for next generation CSP plants | SOMMER | ||
| 1.2 | Renewable Energy II – Hydrothermal Carbonisation | Hydrothermal Carbonisation | AVA-CO2 |
| 2.1 | Energy Efficiency I – Processing in Industry | Energy efficient production of profile systems |
aluplast (only in German) |
| 2.2 |
Energy Efficiency II –Buildings | The most recent passive house in Karlsruhe | Kreativpark |
| 3.1 | Systems, Storage & Grids I – Smart Buildings | The living and working environment of the 21st century | FZI Living Lab smartEnergy / Energy Smart Home Lab |
| 3.2 | Systems, Storage & Grids II – Electrochemical storages | Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology - Electrochemistry Department | Fraunhofer ICT |
Detailed information |
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KIT bioliq® Renewable Energy I – Biomass and Solar thermal technology High-quality Fuels from Residual Biomass - The bioliq® pilot plant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) The pilot plant produces gasoline of high quality that is ecofriendly and fully compatible with conventional gasoline. The plant output is about 1 t of fuel per day. As the bioliq® process is based on straw and other biogenic residues, for the cultivation of which no additional areas are required, it does not compete with food and feedstock production. |
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KIT – SOMMER Liquid metals as heat transfer fluids for next generation CSP plants The SOMMER pilot plant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - The SOMMER (SOlar furnace arrangement with Molten-MEtal-cooled Receiver) is an experimental CSP facility operated with lead-bismuth-eutectic (LBE), currently under design and construction. It consists of a solar collecting system (heliostat mirror and a concentrating dish), a heat transfer system (receiver, pump, cooler, electric heater) and a storage system. Liquid metals facilitate operating at much higher temperatures than conventional heat transfer fluids and – in addition – boost superior heat transfer capabilities. They are expected therefore, to lead to higher power cycle efficiencies and lower cost of solar electricity. |
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AVA-CO2 Renewable Energy II – Hydrothermal Carbonisation Technology of the Future Hydrothermal processes play an increasingly important role in the bio-economy. They are ideally suited to produce new renewable energy sources and innovative material products. In addition, residue-based wet biomass does not compete with food production and are therefore socially well accepted. By applying hydrothermal processes largely untapped organic waste streams can be developed. Innovative bioenergy carriers, high-performance carbon materials or bio-based chemicals are the result of these state of the art platform technologies. AVA-CO2 utilizes the hydrothermal treatment of the sugar-based biomass for the production of bio-based chemicals. The hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) is used by the company for the production of high performance carbon materials and for the energy efficient valorisation of municipal sewage sludge or other wet organic residues. AVA-CO2 is based in Zug, Switzerland and has subsidiaries in Switzerland and Germany. In February 2014, the world's first plant for commercial 5-HMF production was commissioned in Muttenz, Switzerland. We will visit AVA-CO2’s world‘s first industrial-scale HTC research and demonstration plant opened 2010 in Karlsruhe, Germany. |
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aluplast Energy Efficiency I – Processing in Industry (only in German) Energy efficient production of profile systems In the beginning, aluplast was a local family business with only 27 employees. Today, aluplast is a globally operating industrial company with subsidiaries all over the world. Our focus on quality is reflected in our processes, systems, products, innovations and services. For this purpose, we are constantly creating a working environment that encourages our employees and suppliers to prevent defects and pursue excellent performance. An ecologically sound production process as well as a sustainably designed work place form a crucial part of the aluplast eco guidelines, which are reflected in our environment-friendly products. The raw materials used for our window profiles are based on a calcium-zinc chemical stabiliser that is strictly lead-free. With this eco-friendly stabiliser and our involvement in “VINYL 2010”, that among others implies the use of recycled materials in our plastic profiles, aluplast offers window systems that can be fabricated and recycled in an ecologically sound way. |
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| 2.2 |
Kreativpark Energy Efficiency II –Buildings The most recent passive house in Karlsruhe In the "Kreativpark Karlsruhe", on the premises of the old slaughterhouse area, the Vollack Group is building the largest office building certified as Passive House Standard in Baden-Wuerttemberg by summer 2015. The double-winged block, which has 4 floors, extends over 8.500 m2 and provides 300 workplaces. Commercial areas and a gastronomy zone with approximately 60 seats are to be found on the ground floor. According to an urban design competition and the demand for visual quality, the façades are structured by recessed, green slots and curtain walls. The centered set-off serves for the main access to the building. All closed areas are coated by a layer of expanded metal. The roof areas are greened extensively. The building services facilities will be found on the roof; a car park in the basement provides lots for 35 cars. Technical Facilities . Separated ventilation units, for office and gastronomy area each . Supply air ducts integrated into building slabs . Exhaust air through cavity floors, tea kitchens and sanitary areas . Heating powered by district heating . Energy demand for heating 14 kWh /(m²a ) and cooling 6 kWh/(m²a) calculated on the basis of PHPP tool . Distribution via thermal activation of floor slabs . Decentralized DHW (domestic hot water preparation) . Automatically controlled venetian blinds with light-directing lamellas . Dimmable LED lights equipped with presence detectors and several other power saving components This project is a successful example of the "German Energiewende". |
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| 3.1 |
FZI Living Lab smartEnergy / Energy Smart Home Lab Systems, Storage & Grids I – Smart Buildings The living and working environment of the 21st century House of Living Labs The FZI Living Lab smartEnergy offers an interdisciplinary research environment to develop solutions for the future energy system. The FZI house of Living Labs was equipped with modern technologies to provide, store and use thermal as well as electrical energy in a flexible way. Therefore, in the FZI Living Lab smartEnergy newly developed methods can be evaluated and presented in practice. Due to efficient application of ICT and based on an interconnected infrastructure in buildings, smart energy management systems can make a great contribution to the energy system before, during and after the energy turnaround. In order to do so, appropriate methods for load management and decentralized provision are necessary. Economic coordination mechanisms could create additional incentives for load management in order to facilitate an efficient use of renewable energies. Apart from standardized device interfaces, technologies for the automation of load management and efficient optimization methods, user interfaces are an essential research topic at the FZI Living Lab smartEnergy. The intelligent connection between different devices, plants and systems throughout the building and our lab are an essential prerequisite for the energy management in the FZI House of Living Labs. or Energy Smart Home Lab The Energy Smart Home Lab at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the prototype of a smart home capable to optimize its energy flows. It combines living, electric mobility, and smart grid and was developed under the projects MeRegioMobil and iZEUS. The smart home covers an area of about 60 square meters and is equipped with latest technology. All household appliances are connected with an energy management system (EMS) which orchestrates the energy usage of all appliances at once. The inhabitants always are provided with information on current energy flows and electricity consumption. Moreover, electric vehicles are integrated in the energy management scheme as electricity stores and consumers. “The system is designed such that it can be incorporated in a smart grid and the battery is charged whenever electricity from regenerative sources, wind or solar energy, is available at low costs,” says Professor Hartmut Schmeck, Spokesman of the project at KIT. Vice versa, the car, when currently not in use, or the combined heat and power plant can feed electricity back into the grid at times of high consumption. In this way, consumption peaks are compensated and regenerative energies from fluctuating sources can be integrated in the energy system. |
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Fraunhofer ICT Systems, Storage & Grids II – Electrochemical storages Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology - Electrochemistry Department The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft carries out applied research that drives economic developments and serves the wider benefit of society, working for and with an international network of partners and customers. Sustainable and affordable energy supply, and the efficient use of resources, are important elements of current research policies. Energy storage devices for mobile and stationary systems, material and resource savings in new products, the separation and processing of potentially valuable material flows and the extraction of platform chemicals from biomass form part of the energy and environment business area. Batteries, fuel cells, electrochemical sensors and analysis systems are the main research topics in the Applied Electrochemistry Department. Research and development work for both the civil and the defense sector ranges from material characterization and optimization to the development of methods and the production of prototypes. Comprehensive testing and development methods for fuel cells, batteries and components are developed and offered as part of our service. |
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| Topic | What to see | Site to visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Renewable Energy I – Biomass and Solar thermal technology | High-quality fuels from Residual Biomass - The bioliq® pilot plant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) | bioliq® |
| Liquid metals as heat transfer fluids for next generation CSP plants | SOMMER | ||
| 1.2 | Renewable Energy II – Hydrothermal Carbonisation | Hydrothermal Carbonisation | AVA-CO2 |
| 2.1 | Energy Efficiency I – Processing in Industry | Energy efficient production of profile systems |
aluplast (only in German) |
| 2.2 |
Energy Efficiency II –Buildings | The most recent passive house in Karlsruhe | Kreativpark |
| 3.1 | Systems, Storage & Grids I – Smart Buildings | The living and working environment of the 21st century | FZI Living Lab smartEnergy / Energy Smart Home Lab |
| 3.2 | Systems, Storage & Grids II – Electrochemical storages | Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology - Electrochemistry Department | Fraunhofer ICT |
Detailed information |
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| 1.1 |
KIT bioliq® Renewable Energy I – Biomass and Solar thermal technology High-quality Fuels from Residual Biomass - The bioliq® pilot plant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) The pilot plant produces gasoline of high quality that is ecofriendly and fully compatible with conventional gasoline. The plant output is about 1 t of fuel per day. As the bioliq® process is based on straw and other biogenic residues, for the cultivation of which no additional areas are required, it does not compete with food and feedstock production. |
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KIT – SOMMER Liquid metals as heat transfer fluids for next generation CSP plants The SOMMER pilot plant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - The SOMMER (SOlar furnace arrangement with Molten-MEtal-cooled Receiver) is an experimental CSP facility operated with lead-bismuth-eutectic (LBE), currently under design and construction. It consists of a solar collecting system (heliostat mirror and a concentrating dish), a heat transfer system (receiver, pump, cooler, electric heater) and a storage system. Liquid metals facilitate operating at much higher temperatures than conventional heat transfer fluids and – in addition – boost superior heat transfer capabilities. They are expected therefore, to lead to higher power cycle efficiencies and lower cost of solar electricity. |
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| 1.2 |
AVA-CO2 Renewable Energy II – Hydrothermal Carbonisation Technology of the Future Hydrothermal processes play an increasingly important role in the bio-economy. They are ideally suited to produce new renewable energy sources and innovative material products. In addition, residue-based wet biomass does not compete with food production and are therefore socially well accepted. By applying hydrothermal processes largely untapped organic waste streams can be developed. Innovative bioenergy carriers, high-performance carbon materials or bio-based chemicals are the result of these state of the art platform technologies. AVA-CO2 utilizes the hydrothermal treatment of the sugar-based biomass for the production of bio-based chemicals. The hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) is used by the company for the production of high performance carbon materials and for the energy efficient valorisation of municipal sewage sludge or other wet organic residues. AVA-CO2 is based in Zug, Switzerland and has subsidiaries in Switzerland and Germany. In February 2014, the world's first plant for commercial 5-HMF production was commissioned in Muttenz, Switzerland. We will visit AVA-CO2’s world‘s first industrial-scale HTC research and demonstration plant opened 2010 in Karlsruhe, Germany. |
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| 2.1 |
aluplast Energy Efficiency I – Processing in Industry (only in German) Energy efficient production of profile systems In the beginning, aluplast was a local family business with only 27 employees. Today, aluplast is a globally operating industrial company with subsidiaries all over the world. Our focus on quality is reflected in our processes, systems, products, innovations and services. For this purpose, we are constantly creating a working environment that encourages our employees and suppliers to prevent defects and pursue excellent performance. An ecologically sound production process as well as a sustainably designed work place form a crucial part of the aluplast eco guidelines, which are reflected in our environment-friendly products. The raw materials used for our window profiles are based on a calcium-zinc chemical stabiliser that is strictly lead-free. With this eco-friendly stabiliser and our involvement in “VINYL 2010”, that among others implies the use of recycled materials in our plastic profiles, aluplast offers window systems that can be fabricated and recycled in an ecologically sound way. |
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| 2.2 |
Kreativpark Energy Efficiency II –Buildings The most recent passive house in Karlsruhe In the "Kreativpark Karlsruhe", on the premises of the old slaughterhouse area, the Vollack Group is building the largest office building certified as Passive House Standard in Baden-Wuerttemberg by summer 2015. The double-winged block, which has 4 floors, extends over 8.500 m2 and provides 300 workplaces. Commercial areas and a gastronomy zone with approximately 60 seats are to be found on the ground floor. According to an urban design competition and the demand for visual quality, the façades are structured by recessed, green slots and curtain walls. The centered set-off serves for the main access to the building. All closed areas are coated by a layer of expanded metal. The roof areas are greened extensively. The building services facilities will be found on the roof; a car park in the basement provides lots for 35 cars. Technical Facilities . Separated ventilation units, for office and gastronomy area each . Supply air ducts integrated into building slabs . Exhaust air through cavity floors, tea kitchens and sanitary areas . Heating powered by district heating . Energy demand for heating 14 kWh /(m²a ) and cooling 6 kWh/(m²a) calculated on the basis of PHPP tool . Distribution via thermal activation of floor slabs . Decentralized DHW (domestic hot water preparation) . Automatically controlled venetian blinds with light-directing lamellas . Dimmable LED lights equipped with presence detectors and several other power saving components This project is a successful example of the "German Energiewende". |
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| 3.1 |
FZI Living Lab smartEnergy / Energy Smart Home Lab Systems, Storage & Grids I – Smart Buildings The living and working environment of the 21st century House of Living Labs The FZI Living Lab smartEnergy offers an interdisciplinary research environment to develop solutions for the future energy system. The FZI house of Living Labs was equipped with modern technologies to provide, store and use thermal as well as electrical energy in a flexible way. Therefore, in the FZI Living Lab smartEnergy newly developed methods can be evaluated and presented in practice. Due to efficient application of ICT and based on an interconnected infrastructure in buildings, smart energy management systems can make a great contribution to the energy system before, during and after the energy turnaround. In order to do so, appropriate methods for load management and decentralized provision are necessary. Economic coordination mechanisms could create additional incentives for load management in order to facilitate an efficient use of renewable energies. Apart from standardized device interfaces, technologies for the automation of load management and efficient optimization methods, user interfaces are an essential research topic at the FZI Living Lab smartEnergy. The intelligent connection between different devices, plants and systems throughout the building and our lab are an essential prerequisite for the energy management in the FZI House of Living Labs. or Energy Smart Home Lab The Energy Smart Home Lab at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the prototype of a smart home capable to optimize its energy flows. It combines living, electric mobility, and smart grid and was developed under the projects MeRegioMobil and iZEUS. The smart home covers an area of about 60 square meters and is equipped with latest technology. All household appliances are connected with an energy management system (EMS) which orchestrates the energy usage of all appliances at once. The inhabitants always are provided with information on current energy flows and electricity consumption. Moreover, electric vehicles are integrated in the energy management scheme as electricity stores and consumers. “The system is designed such that it can be incorporated in a smart grid and the battery is charged whenever electricity from regenerative sources, wind or solar energy, is available at low costs,” says Professor Hartmut Schmeck, Spokesman of the project at KIT. Vice versa, the car, when currently not in use, or the combined heat and power plant can feed electricity back into the grid at times of high consumption. In this way, consumption peaks are compensated and regenerative energies from fluctuating sources can be integrated in the energy system. |
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Fraunhofer ICT Systems, Storage & Grids II – Electrochemical storages Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology - Electrochemistry Department The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft carries out applied research that drives economic developments and serves the wider benefit of society, working for and with an international network of partners and customers. Sustainable and affordable energy supply, and the efficient use of resources, are important elements of current research policies. Energy storage devices for mobile and stationary systems, material and resource savings in new products, the separation and processing of potentially valuable material flows and the extraction of platform chemicals from biomass form part of the energy and environment business area. Batteries, fuel cells, electrochemical sensors and analysis systems are the main research topics in the Applied Electrochemistry Department. Research and development work for both the civil and the defense sector ranges from material characterization and optimization to the development of methods and the production of prototypes. Comprehensive testing and development methods for fuel cells, batteries and components are developed and offered as part of our service. |
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