Institute of Power Plant Engineering and Heat Transfer

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The institute

At the end of 2019, the Institute of Power Plant Engineering and Heat Transfer moved to its new location at the Campus Maschinenbau Garbsen. Here, the IKW researches the central points of the energy transition related to power plant engineering and heat transfer.

Students are given an introduction to these topics through various bachelor's and master's courses.

The institute

At the end of 2019, the Institute of Power Plant Engineering and Heat Transfer moved to its new location at the Campus Maschinenbau Garbsen. Here, the IKW researches the central points of the energy transition related to power plant engineering and heat transfer.

Students are given an introduction to these topics through various bachelor's and master's courses.

The research areas of the IKW are divided into power plant engineering, heat transfer and energy system technology. The IKW offers services to industry in Germany and abroad within the framework of its own and joint projects. The current main research areas of the Institute of Power Plant Engineering and Heat Transfer are:

  • Process modeling of power plants
  • Process analyses in waste combustion
  • Heat transfer on packed beds
  • Organic Rankine Cycle
  • Energy management in energy-intensive industry
  • Heat transfer in industrial processes
  • Dynamics of the energy system


The close cooperation with industrial partners in these research areas ensures that the work is oriented towards current practical problems. For high-quality investigations at the cutting edge of research, it is possible to make the know-how of the staff and the technical facilities (experimental fields, machines) of the institute available to industry within the framework of research contracts. The staff of the institute is used to handle industrial projects confidentially and to deliver their services on time.

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