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Master Theses

Title	Supervisor	Type
Bewertung der Abwärmenutzungspotenziale in einem Stahlwerk	Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier	Master thesis
Two-dimensional modelling of a fixed-bed heat storage with liquid metals	Eike Schmidt Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier	Master thesis
Dynamic switching of a load between separate power supplies	Dr. Andreas Class	Master thesis
Numerical simulation of a heat exchanger from additive manufacturing processes	Dr. Dietmar Kuhn	Master thesis
System modeling and thermodynamic control of a grid-compatible heat pump	Dr. Dietmar Kuhn	Master thesis
Comparison of two models for calculating closed evaporative coolers	Dr. Markus Nickolay	Master thesis
Thermal-hydraulic analysis of a molten salt heat exchanger configuration with FLUENT-ANSYS	Dr. Xiaoyang Gaus-Liu	Master thesis

Bachelor/Master Theses

Title	Supervisor	Type
Theoretical Study on the Microencapsulation of AlSi for Applications in Liquid Metal-Based Packed-Bed Storage Systems	Margaux Zehnder Veronika Stahl	Bachelor / Master thesis

Bachelor Theses

Title	Supervisor	Type
Development of an Experimental Concept for Investigating Thermo-Mechanical Stresses in a Packed-Bed Thermal Energy Storage	Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier Margaux Zehnder	Bachelor thesis
Implementation of the Coolprop-database in GeSI and comparison of the simulation results with the Refprop-database and measured data	Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Wiemer	Bachelor thesis
Technical design and market research of compressor systems and heat exchangers of a hydrogen fuel cell to increase the overall efficiency of the hydrogen production plant	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Banuti Dipl.-Wi-Ing. Dr. Karsten Haasters	Bachelor thesis
Optimization of small-scale hydrogen plants: modelling and simulation	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Banuti Dipl.-Wi-Ing. Dr. Karsten Haasters	Bachelor thesis

Student Assistant (HiWi) (f/m/d)

Title	Supervisor	Type
Student Assistant for Revising a MATLAB Code for Latent Heat Storage	Dr. Klarissa Niedermeier Margaux Zehnder	HiWi-Job

Research associate (f/m/d)