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Raising environmental heat to the temperature level of space heating and hot water by means of the heat pump principle opens up the solution space that will replace the current low-temperature heat supply based on fossil and biogenic fuels in the future. One of the biggest challenges of this transformation is the scalability to the scale of residential areas, districts and entire cities. In densely populated urban areas, geothermal probe fields with solar thermal regeneration have particular advantages in terms of scaling up to large numbers of subscribers.

The aim of the work is to quantitatively assess the potential for land use for borehole fields and regeneration in urban areas. The aim is to determine how this potential can be exploited under the real conditions of dynamics and economic activity in a vibrant city. Based on this, financing concepts will be developed to make these infrastructures economically viable.

Your requirements

You have a keen interest in developing innovative solutions, the ability to work on your own initiative, good knowledge of technical thermodynamics, analysis and numerical methods, as well as basic knowledge of business administration and economics.

We offer

A scientific environment in which your work is embedded in the context of national and international energy system transformation. Our "Integrated Energy Systems" department develops information technology, analytical and numerical methods for the techno-economic evaluation of new energy infrastructures, particularly at system level. An interdisciplinary Institute for Sustainability has recently been established at the university, through which this work topic is placed in the context of the Faculties of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Economics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Social Sciences, Mechanical Engineering and others.

Contact

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Clemens Hoffmann