Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Bucher
Chair of Applied Mechanics
Institute
EMB | Institute for Development-Oriented Mechanical Engineering
Research Profile
Smart Energy & Environment
Telephone: +49 (0)341 3076 4224
Email: anke(dot)bucher(at)htwk-leipzig.de
EASyQuart-Plus
Energy-efficient design and planning of decentralised supply networks for geothermal heating and cooling of urban neighbourhoods – digitalisation and practical effectiveness
The overall objective of the project is the practical refinement and implementation of concepts, workflows and tools for a decision-support system for the heating and cooling of buildings and neighbourhoods using near-surface geothermal resources. Methodological groundwork for the system’s components, as well as their validation, was carried out in the predecessor project, EASyQuart. The aim now is to develop the decision-support tools from recommendations for action into a comprehensive digital toolkit. This is based on workflows, algorithms, interfaces and software components that are used in the early planning phase of building and neighbourhood projects for feasibility studies, as well as in the actual design process.
Funding:BMWK
Project partners: geoENERGIE Konzept GmbH; heatbeat engineering GmbH; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Department of Environmental Informatics and Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies; University of Leipzig, Institute for Communication and Media Studies, Chair of Online Communication
Project duration: 01/2024 – 12/2026
EASyQuart
Energy-efficient design and planning of decentralised supply networks for the heating and cooling of urban neighbourhoods, utilising the near-surface geological environment
The aim is to develop a location-based decision-support system for the heating and cooling of urban areas using near-surface geothermal resources. Based on the expected results, it should be possible to make design procedures, legal frameworks and business models more flexible by formulating recommendations for action. Improved tools will be introduced in the areas of innovative methods for underground exploration and monitoring, building services engineering, numerical simulation of underground processes and building services components of the energy systems under consideration, as well as integrated 3D visualisation within the decision-support system. Analyses at demonstration sites will be used to parameterise simulation models and to evaluate individual project results.
Funding:BMWK
Project partners: geoENERGIE Konzept GmbH Freiberg, UFZ | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Project duration: 10/2019 – 03/2023
RegioZukunft: Heating
Green Heat – Heat Supply for the ‘City of the Future’ and the Region in the Context of Transformation and Adaptation
The partners in the alliance will develop a forward-looking strategy for the heating transition and sector coupling in the Borna-Leipzig-Bitterfeld region. According to the Federal Environment Agency, the provision of heating and cooling in the buildings sector accounts for a good third of total energy consumption in Germany. This area therefore plays a crucial role in the energy transition, and in this context there is an urgent need for solutions to achieve a climate-neutral transition of the heating sector – economically efficient, ecologically sustainable, socially acceptable and secure concepts for the heating and cooling supply of cities and urban regions are the aim.
Funding: BMWi
Project partners: Netzwerk Energie & Umwelt e.V., Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ
SAGS
Development of methods for site-optimised geotechnical design of large-scale geothermal systems
Project duration: 2013–2016
FHprofUnt SAGS Project | SAGS Final Report
Numerical simulation of coupled mechanical problems
Project duration: 2006–2007
Research activities within the DFG project ‘Numerical Simulation of Coupled Mechanics Problems’ (package proposal): Material modelling for multiphase materials (elastic incompressibility and poroelasticity) for implementation in Chemnitz University of Technology’s in-house FEM programme SPC-PMxx; new linearisation techniques for mixed formulations; inverse modelling for coupled problems
Numerical simulation on massively parallel computers
Project duration: 2000–2005
Research activities in sub-project D1 of the SFB 393 ‘Numerical Simulation on Massively Parallel Computers’: development and implementation of efficient numerical methods for large inelastic deformations within the framework of the FEM programme SPC-PMxx developed at Chemnitz University of Technology; Material modelling for finite elastoplasticity; implementation of generalised material interfaces; efficient integration algorithms for initial value problems; adaptive algorithms for mesh refinement, including innovative concepts for transferring field quantities to the new meshes
