Refrigeration technology
Climate Control, Rerigeration, and Low-Temperature Cooling
- Sub- and Transcritical CO2 Refrigeration Systems
- Cooling and Heating for Mobile Applications
- Refrigeration Systems with Refrigerant Mixtures and Autocascade Cycles
- Household Refrigerator -Efficiency / Accoustic Measurements
- Numerical Investigations of Ice Slurries in Plate Heat Exchangers
- Electronics Cooling
- Vaccine Cooling and Solar-Driven Cooling
Mobile Refrigeration and Heating
- Cooling and Heating for Mobile Applications
- Container and Truck Cooling
Production of Cooling at Temperatures Below -50 °C
- Development of Alternative Refrigerants for Temperatures below -50 °C
- CO2 as a Refrigerant for Climate Chamber Applications down to -50°C
- Development of New System Architechtures for Temperatures below -50 °C
- Environmental Simulation Chamber Development
- CO2 Sublimation
- Refrigeration Systems with Refrigerant Mixtures and Autocascade Cycles
Heat Pumps/Waste-Heat Recovery
- Charge reduction in heat pumps
- Cooling and Heating for Mobile Applications
- Heat Pumps for Household Application
- High-Temperature Heat Pumps
- Sorption Refrigeration Machines - Particularly Resorption
- ORC/CRC Systems
Material and Fluid Property Investigation
- Investigation of the interaction between refrigerants and lubricants
- Development of Refrigerant Mixtures for Low- and High-Temperature Applications
- Measurement of Boundary Layers and Surface Tension of Fluids and Fluid Mixtures
- Identification of Frezing Points of Fluids and Fluid Mixtures
- Identification of Solubility Gaps and Vapor-Pressure Curves of Refrigerants and Refrigerant-Oil Mixtures
- Identification of the Compositoin of Gas and Fluid Mixtures
- Measurement of the Dynamic and Kinematic Viscosity of Fluids
- Measurement of the Isochoric and Isobaric Heat Capacity of Fluids
- Identificatoin of the Thermal Conductivity of Fluids
- Material Compatibility and Corrosion Tests