Steinbeis Transfer Center

Energy - Environment - Information

Laehr'scher Jagdweg 41
D-14167 Berlin
Phone:	030-8157681
Fax:	030-9157681
E-Mail:	SU0308(keenAffallpostatkeenAffallpost)stw.de
Internet:	Homepage	http://www.plantputer.de/

Energy
- New thermal energy supply concepts
- Analysis and reduction of energy consumption
- Use of natural, renewable energy sources (biomass, solar energy)
- Cooling and cooling technology
Environment
- Biotic, metabolic processes
- Air/steam systems
- Reduction in carbon emissions
- Closed ecological cycles
Information
- Information gains through sensor technology
- Information compression through the modeling of biological and technical processes
- Emerging technologies for knowledge gathering and experience
- Modular software solutions for know-how management and transfer
- Concepts for controlling technical processes

Greenhouses as energy and material conversion systems
Reduction of energy consumption with model-based process controls
Information technology for closed material cycles in horticulture
Speaking plant, data measurement logging and process control following plant signals
Process optimization through innovative sensor technology
Gas conversion measurement technology for determination of materials and energy transport models
Image recognition and processing
Carbon and radiation use, transpiration and assimilation control
Measurement and control systems, optimal control
Information processing
Heating systems
Innovative heat energy systems; cogeneration; combined heat and power systems (CHPs); generation and conversion of district heating
Central cooling systems
Information processing
Capacity management
Thermal energy storage
Energy source: wood
Extraction of wood as a renewable, carbon-neutral sulfur dioxide-free source of energy from agriculture and agronomy
Systems for generating energy from wood
Internalization of external expenditures for funding renewable energy use
Use of wood as a source of energy

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