Dipl.-Ing. Michael Brütting
Magdalene-Schoch-Str. 3
97074 Würzburg
Tel.: +49 931 70564-323
E-mail: Michael.Bruetting@cae-zerocarbon.de
The Center for Applied Energy Research e.V. is a spin-off from ZAE Bayern. The CAE has worked in the field of latent heat storage, namely Phase Change Materials (PCM) for approximately 25 years. The work in research and development comprises PCM in general, their characterization as well as their use in a wide range of applications.
One main area of CAE’s research in the field of Climate Neutral Buildings and Cities is the application of PCM for heating and cooling purposes. Here PCM are integrated in construction materials or as energy storage into the building technology, for example in cooling ceilings. Many of these technologies are integrated into the new research building of CAE in Würzburg, called the Energy-Efficiency-Center, and the effects of these energy-optimizing technologies are being continuously monitored and developed further. In addition to applications in buildings, there is a large number of research and development activities in new fields of applications, often assigned by industry-partners.
Within the research field of Advanced Thermal Management the CAE has developed customized measuring methods and devices for various problems for over two decades.
As part of its work in the RAL Quality Association PCM, being one of the external monitoring institutes, CAE supports the Quality Association in the development of methods for quality assurance. Being an authorized testing institute CAE offers the possibility of determining the following testing criteria:
- Enthalpy-temperature profile with m-DSC (Q2000 TA Instruments), MacroDSC (in-house-development), T-History (in-house development)
- Thermal conductivity: Hot-wire, plate appliance, rod instrument (all in-house developments)
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