Research Group for Sustainable Thermal Power

About

We conduct international top-level interdisciplinary research within thermal sciences. Our vision is to lead breakthrough advances in fundamental understanding of physical phenomena and establish new methods to bridge scientific discovery with sustainable energy innovation.

The research concerns advanced turbomachinery, thermo-mechanical energy storage, efficient heat transfer and sustainable heat-to-power conversion technologies.

Relevant applications include geothermal energy, concentrating solar power, electric vehicles, and waste heat recovery in the maritime and heavy-duty transport sectors and industry. 

Mach number contours inside a two-phase supersonic turbine.
Liquid air energy storage concept.
Temperature contours and streamtubes in an air-cooled shell-and-tube heat exchanger.
Discharging process of high temperature packed-bed thermal energy storage.
Research mission.
Temperature-entropy diagram of a supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle system.

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