TY - JOUR A1 - Weindler, Jeremy A1 - Dawoud, Belal T1 - Experimental investigation of a small-scale continuous flow ohmic heating reactor for a highly effective conversion of renewable electricity surpluses into heat JF - Applied Thermal Engineering N2 - Sector coupling is expected to play a decisive role as a key technology to realize the energy transition towards green energy supply. This work introduces, therefore, a comprehensive experimental study on a new power-to-heat system based on the continuous-flow, ohmic heating principle, which aims at utilizing renewable electricity in green processes. The ohmic heating technology, which is widely applied in the food industry, has been adapted and evaluated for delivering heat and domestic hot water to a single-family house. The introduced prototype is designed to convert renewable electricity into heat in the power range between 1000 and 3000 W with a typical electrical household installation (230 V, 50 Hz and 16 A fuse). A dedicated test rig has been developed and a comprehensive experimental campaign has been carried out to investigate the performance of the introduced system under typical operating conditions of a single-family house. Both the conversion efficiency and the dynamics of the thermal response of the introduced system have been assessed. It turned out that, the temperature lift between the return and supply of the reactor, and consequently, the conversion efficiency of electrical into thermal energy, are independent on the return temperature, for a fixed value of the volume flow rate of the electrolyte solution. A remarkable steady-state conversion efficiency of 97.5% has been measured. In addition, the dynamic response of the ohmic heating system has been found to be strongly dependent on the desired temperature lift. By an implemented controller, 95% of the steady state temperature lift of 44.5 K can be realized in 50 s, which marks an exceptionally rapid thermal response. The obtained results pave the way towards a field test study of the developed technology in a real household installation as well as to extend the focus on new fields such as green chemical processes. KW - renewable energy KW - Ohmic-heating KW - Power-to-heat KW - Sector coupling KW - Energy surpluses Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122401 SN - 1359-4311 N1 - Corresponding author der OTH Regensburg: Dawoud, Belal VL - 242 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thema, Martin A1 - Sterner, Michael A1 - Lenck, Thorsten A1 - Götz, Philipp T1 - Necessity and Impact of Power-to-gas on Energy Transition in Germany JF - Energy Procedia N2 - The present paper gives an outlook on a bandwidth of required installed power-to-gas capacity in the German power sector fed by 100% renewable generation until 2050. Two scenarios were simulated to quantify cost effects of power-to-gas on the electricity system: once with, once without additional short-term flexibility options to a system using fossil natural gas as sole flexibility option instead. As a result, at latest in 2035, power-to-gas capacity expansion has to take place to reach required installed capacities of up to 89-134 GW in 2050. Application of power-to-gas as long-term flexibility leads to cost savings of up to 11,7-19 bn Euro enabling a fully renewable system in 2050. KW - decarbonization KW - energy storage KW - energy transition KW - Power-to-Gas KW - renewable energy KW - supply security KW - surplus energy KW - system costs Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.129 VL - 99 SP - 392 EP - 400 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haug, Sonja A1 - Vetter, Miriam A1 - Weber, Karsten T1 - Gebäudesanierung zwischen Energieeffizienz und Sozialverträglichkeit BT - Zwei empirische Fallstudien JF - TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis N2 - Die Akzeptanz unter Bewohnern und Bewohnerinnen gewinnt bei hoch komplexen, technisch anspruchsvollen energetischen Sanierungen als „Innovationsmotor“ zunehmend an Relevanz. Der Beitrag basiert auf zwei Fallstudien zur partizipativen Nutzereinbindung bei energetischen Sanierungen im genossenschaftlichen Wohnbau historischer Stadtquartiere in Regensburg. Neben einer sozialverträglichen Sanierung wurde jeweils ein hohes Maß an Energieeffizienz bei den technischen Lösungen ange-strebt. Haushaltsbefragungen und qualitative Interviews zeigen die hohe Akzeptanz von Sanierungsmaßnahmen, sofern die Senkung der Energiekosten die erhöhte Miete kompensiert. Abschließend werden Akzeptanzfaktoren wie Partizipation, Vertrauen, Sozialverträglichkeit und Autarkie erörtert. T2 - Building restoration between energy efficiency and user acceptance KW - Altbaumodernisierung KW - Energieeinsparung KW - Sozialverträglichkeit KW - Fallstudie KW - energy-efficient building restoration KW - user acceptance KW - household survey KW - historic quarter KW - renewable energy Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.29.3.56 SN - 2567-8833 VL - 29 IS - 3 SP - 56 EP - 63 PB - oekom-Verlag ER -