The network
With about 500 companies and more than 50,000 jobs in the energy sector, the Nuremberg Energy Region occupies a leading position in Europe. Competencies in the region are unique in the following sectors: • energy technology • power electronics • automation • energy and buildings. These four areas of specialisation lead to the inclusion of further competencies in the network. Founded in March 2001, the Nuremberg Energy Region has since functioned as a nucleus of crystallisation in these networking activities.
Main activities
The competencies of the Nuremberg Energy Region network extend across the whole value added chain in various business segments.
Technology-oriented segments:
• automation
• power electronics
• building and energy
• energy technology
These segments are accompanied by the following broader fields:
• research and development
• professional training
Key issues in the activities of the network are:
• initiation and coordination of projects
• support of international cooperation
• identification of R&D and qualification demands and derivation of recommended specific strategies
• advancement of the network's political influence
• active use of the network's virtual platform
The emergence of synergies is promoted by:
• cooperation platforms for research and development projects
• joint support measures in professional training
• intensification of the dialogue between business, universities, and politics
Highlights
Five windows for viewing columns of fire
One of the
world's most modern test facilities for fuel injection systems was recently
installed at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The newly established
Nuremberg LTT Test Center of the Chair of Technical Thermodynamics of Professor
A. Leipertz and Professor M. Wensing is investigating active combustion
sequences with the goal of increasing the efficiency of modern combustion
engines and reducing pollutant emission to a minimum.
The new test rig makes
it possible to simulate the conditions at the moment of injection in a modern
diesel engine. A feature of particular note is the flowthrough mode of the new
installation, which enables a fuel injection to take place every second.
Porous burner technology
A novel combustion technology
has been developed by the Institute of Fluid Mechanics under the direction of
Professor A. Delgado at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The porous burner
technology makes burners with wide and infinitely variable power modulation,
compact design, and low emission rates possible. It can be used in all
situations in which burners with these properties are required, such as building
services, automotive engineering, fuel cell technology, etc.
