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Energy Lab

Offering main image The Energy Lab 2.0 consists of various facilities that are combined to form a plant network. The majority of the labs and facilities are located on the Campus North of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).In front of the large photovoltaic field are large-scale battery storage facilities, container plants for methanation and power-to-liquid synthesis, and a gas turbine test stand. However, some facilities are located at the Jülich Research Center and the German Aerospace Center in Stuttgart - namely electrolysis and high-temperature heat storage. The Energy Smart Home Lab is located on KIT's Campus South. The data of the facilities converge in the Smart Energy System Simulation and Control Center - SEnSSiCC for short. The SEnSSiCC consists of the following laboratories: SESCL, EGSAL, CMVC and PHIL. There, data will be analyzed, evaluated and new intelligent networking strategies will be developed on this basis. The Security Lab protects the data and the energy grid of the future from hackers.
CONTACT

Membership in RI networks or collaborative projects

DERlab, EERA RISEnergy

Working Language(s)

English, German

Security Level / Clearance

Different Security Levels, depending on the unit of the Energy Lab

Openness to Third Parties

yes

Types of User

Researchers and external industrial partners

Access Conditions

Different usage models, depending on the unit of the Energy Lab

Type of Access to Data

not yet decided

Data produced / stored

operating data of plants within Energy Lab

Open Data Policy (yes/no)

yes

Types of Equipment / Services on Offer

Very large variety of equipment (hardware and software), depending on the units of the Energy Lab: (1) Smart Energy System Simulation and Control Center, (2) Power-to-X Lab, (3) Carbon Cycle Lab; The units of the Energy Lab allows the testing of new technologies in a semi-industrial environment, supported by tools for simulation at the scale of the system and the units and subunits in stationary and dynamic operation. The Energy Lab is designed to utilize "technical" raw materials and transform them into relevant quantities of products that allow application tests.

Basic Funding

Die Bundesministerien für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) und Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) sowie das Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg (MWK) fördern das Energy Lab 2.0.

Location

Institut für Automation und angewandte Informatik Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Contacts

Jörg Sauer (j.sauer@kit.edu) Veit Hagenmeyer (veit.hagenmeyer@kit.edu) Roland Dittmeyer (roland.dittmeyer@kit.edu)

Area of Research

Smart grid control; Power-to-X and synthetic fuels; Hydrogen storage technologies

Website

https://www.elab2.kit.edu/