Christoph Rau

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Development of simulation programs in Matlab for feasibility studies for solar plants at certain sites: ? Analysis of meteorological data ? Field layout of solar plants ? different field layouts ? various operation strategies ? Ray-tracing ? thermal cycle/power plant simulation ? modelling of components ? modelling of operation strategies ? economic analysis ? parameter runs/ optimisation Feasibility study and project development: ? conducting feasibility studies with the developed programs for sites at Jülich/Algeria/Spain ? conducting simulations for Solar-Institut Jülich in the project INNOSOL (Investigation of innovative de-sign approaches for solar tower power plants) ? modelling and simulation of innovative designs for solar tower power plants with open volumetric receiver ? investigation of possible solarisation of several industrial sites/processes in Brazil (on behalf of GIZ) ? Modelling and Simulation Due Diligence and Consulting in the field of solar plants: ? conduction of due diligences about solar tower power plants with pressurized receivers for gas tur-bines and of companies developing this technology for a customer who is a major player in the oil and gas industry ? consulting a major European and global cable manufacturer (Ongoing) ? Consulting CSP market ? review and assessment of two solar research projects of an Australian Research Institute for the pro-ject founding organization ? capacity building in Brazil for CSP technology Combined Heat and Power ? feasibility study of combination of gas turbine/gas motor with a tempering furnace, customer is a sub-contract manufacturer for the automotive industry ? Feasibility Study for the Integration of solar plant technology in the process heat and electricity supply for a potash production company in Jordan

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Development of simulation programs, Simulation of (Hybrid) Solar Tower Power Plant: ? Project Hybsol (Development of pre-design for the hybridisation of the solar tower power plants) ? Project Hyperion (Technical and economical investigation and development of heat recovery steam generators for hybrid solar tower power plants) ? simulations were made for sites in Jülich/Algeria/Italy Operating the Solar Tower Power Plant Jülich: ? member of the operation personnel for one year ? worked in a 2 person shift: ? operating the plant ? supporting the shift supervisor Simulation of solar methanol production in the project SolMethCO2: ? investigation of possibilities of solar methanol production on basis of CO2 ? modelling of steam reforming process in Matlab/Simulink and in ProSimPlus ? guiding students for modelling of sub-processes for solar methanol production as carbon capturing, steam reforming, methanol synthesis, etc. Solar Plant study for Namibia: ? funded by ministry for foreign affairs of Finland through the energy and environment part-nership with southern and eastern Africa (EEP S&EA) and the ministry of mines and energy of Namibia ? doing feasibility studies for 5 sites in Namibia ? conducting simulations with developed simulation programs and with SAM (System Advisor Model (by NREL)) Holding lectures on solar technology in Bachelor study program Mechanical Engineering at the University of Applied Science Aachen, Jülich Supervising students in all projects

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working for my Diploma thesis ?Creation of a model for simulation of the steam cycle of a solar tower power plant with Matlab/Simulink?, and working as scientific assistant: Organisation and conduction of workshops for students in technologies for developing countries: ? preparation of small experiments about wind energy/hydro/photovoltaics/solar thermal ? guiding students through the experiments ? students intensify their theoretical knowledge about renewable energies by hands-on experience

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practical and research work on a Micro-Hydro system for rural regions ? micro-hydro system was installed along with other renewable energy systems at a sheep farm in a rural region close to Palmerston North, New Zealand ? micro-hydro performance should be analysed ? design and construction of measurement devices for micro-hydro system ? measurement and investigation of the system ? development of optimisation for the design of sub-systems