multiphysics group at hsr

The Institute of Energy TechnologyWho we are and what we do

Prof. Dr. Henrik NordborgInstitute for Energy TechnologyMicrosoft Innovation Center

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Mission – R&D Partner for Energy Technology

Know-how Broad spectrum of theoretical knowledge Industrial experience

Infrastructure Laboratory space (physics, fluid dynamics, …) High-voltage laboratory Compute Cluster

Network Well connected in the academic world: Ongoing collaborations

with various universities. Organizations: CIGRE, NAFEMS, …

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Who we are – institute partners and professors

Prof. Dr. Markus FriedlInstitute HeadThermodynamics Power to Gas

Prof. Dr. Henrik NordborgMicrosoft Innovation CenterComputational Physics Numerical SimulationsCFD

Prof. Dr. Benno BucherExperimental PhysicsSemiconductorsAdvance Measurements

Prof. Dr. Jasmin SmajicComputational ElectromagnetismHigh-voltage laboratoryElectrical machines

Prof. Carsten WemhönerThermodynamicsBuilding Technologies

Prof. Thomas KoppThermodynamicsHeat pumps

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Who we are – senior researchers

Dr. Lukasz MiroslawComputer ScienceMachine Learning

Roman FuchsMSc ETHZ CSEComputational Science and Engineering

Mario MürmannDipl. Physiker RWTHArc simulationsPlasma

Boris MeierMSc ETHZMechanical Engineering

Marcel KollerMSc ETHZComputational Science and Engineering

Dr. Elimar FrankPhysicsSolar energy

Dr. Matthias BucherDr. sc ETHHigh-Voltage

Dr. Michael SchüllerDr. sc ETHHigh-Voltage

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Wo we are – scientific staff

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Microsoft Innovation Center Rapperswil

Microsoft Partner in the areas of Cloud Computing Machine Learning Internet of Things

Software Development Simulation and Modeling Image Processing Numerical Methods High-Performance Computing (HPC)

Computing on demand Instant ANSYS

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Competence area CFD

CFD = Computational Fluid Dynamics

Transport of mass, momentum, and heat

Applications

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Reference projects: Computation Fluid Dynamics

CFD Analysis of a shower head (Weidmann)

Acoustic Analysis of a gas turbine air intake (ALSTOM)

Air Flow analysis of an office building (Barcol Air)

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Example 1 – Hydrozyklon

Single or multiphase

Particle Tracking

A1 – A5: Geschwindigkeitsverteilung bei unterschiedlichen Einlaufgeschwindigkeiten A6 : Strömungslinien

A6

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Example 2 – Mixer

Fluid-Solid Mixture

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Example 3 – «Riser»

Partikel Geschwindigkeit Partikel Volumenanteil Partikel Tracking

InletLuft

Outlet

Particle Injection

Solid particles in the air

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Modes of collaboration

Student theses Bachelor Thesis (360 hours) Master’s Thesis (810 hours)

CTI projects 100% more resources for your project 10% cash contribution from industry

Directly funded projects Expertise and infrastructure

The results do not have to be published, unless you

want to.

Contact: Prof. Henrik Nordborgemail: Henrik.Nordborg@hsr.chTel. +41 55 222 4370