C8 - Solar heat for industrial processes, district heating and air conditioning

The first morning was dedicated to networking between the PhD students. In a poster session the students presented their PhD projects and their home university research groups.
 This was followed by lectures in 14 course units of 1.5 hours each, with a focus on solar air conditioning (6 units), solar heat for industrial processes (4 units), solar district heating and process heat collectors (2 x 2 units). Four university professors from Sweden, Denmark and Germany, a lecturer from a company, as well as two PhD students were involved in the lectures. The course module on industrial processes included a workshop where the students planned the integration of solar heating systems in breweries for several different load profiles and climatic conditions.

 Furthermore, a one-day technical tour was offered to three manufacturers of solar heating systems, i.e. to Roth Werke in Dautphetal (DE), to the collector factory of Wagner & Co. Solartechnik in Kirchhain (DE), and to the company Viessmann Werke in Allendorf (DE). These companies are among the largest companies for solar heating systems worldwide. The tour ended with a visit to a large solar heating plant installed at the Hütt Brewery close to Kassel.


 The course lectures were held by
    Prof. Dr. Jan-Olof Dalenback, Chalmers University (SE)
    Dr. Uli Jakob, Solem Consulting, Weinstadt (DE)
    Prof. Dr. Ulrike Jordan, Kassel University (DE)
    Prof. Dr. Paul Kohlenbach, Beuth Hochschule für Technik, Berlin (DE)
    M.Sc. Christoph Lauterbach, Kassel University (DE)
    Dr. Bengt Peres, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
    M.Sc. Bastian Schmitt, Kassel University (DE)

 The SolNet courses in the second round (courses 8 to 11) are sponsored by the two German industry federations BdH (www.bdh-koeln.de) and BSW (www.solarwirtschaft.de).