Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte

Image Certifiable connection types in cryogenics
Image Air-water heat pumps
Image Certification of efficient air conditioning and ventilation systems through the new "indoor air quality seal" for non-residential buildings
Image Performance tests of refrigerant compressors
Image Computational fluid dynamics CFD
Image IN-SITU SWELLING BEHAVIOUR OF POLYMER MATERIALS IN FLAMMABLE FLUIDS
Image Test rigs for refrigeration and heat pump technology
Image Cryogenic liquid piston pumps for cold liquefied gases like LIN, LOX, LHe, LH2, LNG, LAr
Image Filter Tests
Image Hybrid- Fluid for CO2-Sublimation Cycle
Image Hydrogen and methane testing field at the ILK
Image Heat2Power
Image Reduction of primary noise sources of fans
Image Swirl-free on the move...
Image Micro heat exchangers in refrigeration
Image Innovative Parahydrogen Generator Based on Magnets

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Applied Materials Engineering

Priorities of Research & Development and Services

The ILK main department Applied Materials Engineering has expertise in the field of refrigerants and working fluids, their stability and compatibility with materials, in measurement and control technologies for complete plant systems, in leak search/tightness tests as well as in photovoltaic applications.

We offer our broad experiences and our experimental facillities for reasearch, development and services, measurements and testing in the following fields of technology and working areas.

Fields of technology

  • Working fluids and their calculation models
  • Tightness, permeation and sensor technology
  • Absorption and adsorption processes
  • Drying in cooling and air conditioning cycles
  • Water, materials, corrosion
  • Functional material systems
  • Mechanical material properties at low temperatures
  • Applied sensor-, measurement- and control technologies
  • Photo-voltaic systems for cooling and air conditioning
  • Heat and cold storages
  • Heat-pipe applications