Who we are
energyXperts.NET is an internationally active network of consultants and engineers working in the fields of thermo-energetical systems and renewable energies for heat, cold and electricity supply.
The energyXperts team has a wide experience in both national and international projects, covering several types of activities: consultancy, plant design, system simulation, installation and monitoring and training.
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Hans Schweiger
Ph. D. in Physics
Director energyXperts.BCN
Main working fields:
Energy efficiency in thermal systems for industry and other large scale applications
Dynamic system simulation
Solar thermal energy
hans.schweiger@energyxperts.net
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He has seventeen years of experience in the field of thermo-energetical systems and renewable energies: activity in the field of solar thermal energy at Politechnical University of Catalonia (UPC, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain). from 1991 to 1999; foundation and activity within the engineering cooperative Aiguasol in Barcelona, active in the field of solar thermal energy, from 1999 to 2005; since then foundation and activity in energyXperts.BCN. He has experience in planning, execution and maintenance of medium and large scale solar thermal plants and in industrial energy efficiency.
He collaborated in several national and international research projects in the fields of energy efficiency, solar thermal energy and numerical methods for heat transfer and fluid dynamics; among them, he was project co-ordinator of the EU-Research project POSHIP on solar industrial process heat. Furthermore he teaches in master and postgraduate courses on solar thermal energy, and is Spanish participant in Task 25 (Solar Assisted Air Conditioning in Buildings) and in Task 33 (Solar Heat for Industrial Processes) of the Solar Heating and Cooling and SolarPACES Programmes of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
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Stoyan Danov
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering
Main working fields:
Design of thermal systems for industrial and commercial applications.
System modelling and simulation
Energy efficiency in thermal systems
stoyan.danov@energyxperts.net
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He has experience as a project engineer of industrial heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems (from 1993 to 1998) and has been dedicated to research activities in the field of thermal engineering at the Polytechnical University of Catalonia (UPC, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain) from 1998 to 2007.
Within his research activities have been the development of various experimental facilities; refrigeration systems modelling and simulation; numerical simulation of heat exchangers; uncertainty analysis and data processing. He collaborated in several national and international research projects (FATHERP, COMHEX, EFROST) on thermal and fluid-dynamic optimisation of heat exchangers, efficient cold food storage, and industrial process cooling optimisation based on numerical simulations. He collaborated also teaching in master and postgraduate courses on experimental measuring techniques.
In the engineering field he has experience in concept, design and execution of medium and large scale thermo-energetical systems.
Collaboration with other Companies and Institutes
energyXperts furthermore maintains a straight collaboration and can offer services with the support of the specific know-how of the following companies and research institutes:
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AEE INTEC, Gleisdorf (Graz), Austria
The AEE Institute for Sustainable Technologies (AEE INTEC) is located in Gleisdorf and is active in the development of scientific and technical basics for solar thermal applications, with the development of efficient energy supply systems for buildings as well as the development of sustainable technologies for water supply and sewage disposal. The pillars of these topics are the work on prototype development and the implementation of pilot projects. The institute provides beyond this their know-how and carries out planning and consultation.
www.aee.at
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CIMNE - BEE-Group, Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain
The BEE-Group (Building, Energy and Environment Group. www.cimne.com/beegroup ) is an autonomous research group belonging to CIMNE (International Center for Numerical Methods: www.cimne.com ).
The fields of expertise that endorse CIMNE are the following:
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Development of numerical methodologies and software for the analysis of the energy performance of PV/T systems and PV ventilated façades.
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Development of decision support tools in the field of local energy management (at the moment 22 Spanish municipalities are using CIMNE's energy management web platform)
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Development of web computing services addressed to architects and engineers to allow easy access to sophisticated building thermal and solar energy simulation tools
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Technical post graduate courses in solar thermal hot water systems and solar cooling installations
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Development and management of energy models and computer methods for the penetration of RES in the building sector
www.cimne.com/beegroup
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POLITECNICO DI MILANO – Energetics Department, Milano, Italy
The Politecnico di Milano is the largest technical university in Italy and the leading Italian organization on energy systems research. At the Energy studies department (Dip. Energetica), more than fifty researchers work on various energy related matters: |
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Advanced solar driven desiccant and evaporative cooling systems
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Solar assisted air-conditioning and refrigeration systems
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Air-conditioning and refrigeration systems
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Heat driven cooling processes
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Energy systems simulations
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Renewable energy systems in building
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Tri-generation systems
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Energy efficiency in buildings
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New market models for solar thermal technologies
www.energ.polimi.it
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JOANNEUM RESEARCH - Institute of Sustainable Techniques and Systems, Graz (Austria)
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Industrial sector:
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Potential and feasibility studies for energy efficiency measures
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Heat integration by heat recovery
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Use of renewable energy in production processes (e.g. solar process heat)
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Use of renewable resources for innovative energy supply
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Selecting the most feasible solution for energy efficient production
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Water supply:
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Potential studies for water system closure in production
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Developing concepts for water system closure and minimising freshwater consumption
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Selecting the technically and economically optimal technologies for process water and waste water treatment
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Economic analysis:
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Analysing saving potentials by combining cost flows with material and energy flows
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Identifying emission relevant costs and allocating them to the corresponding process
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Presenting the costs identified in a schematic diagram clearly showing improvement potentials
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Biomass & biofuels:
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