Current research projects

Image Refrigerants, lubricants and mixtures
Image Cryostats, Non-Metallic and Metallic
Image Industry 4.0 membrane heat and mass exchanger (i-MWÜ4.0)
Image Cryogenic liquid piston pumps for cold liquefied gases like LIN, LOX, LHe, LH2, LNG, LAr
Image Software for technical building equipment
Image Innovative cryogenic cooling system for the recondensation / liquefaction of technical gases up to 77 K
Image 3D - Air flow sensor
Image Panel with indirect evaporative cooling via membrane
Image Verification of storage suitability of cryo tubes
Image Measurements on ceiling mounted cooling systems
Image Testzentrum PLWP at ILK Dresden
Image State of system and failure analyses
Image Range of services laboratory analyses
Image In-Situ-Swelling Behaviour of Polymer Materials in Flammable Fluids
Image Innovative Manufacturing Technologies for Cryosorption Systems
Image Electrochemical decontamination of electrically conducting surfaces „EDeKo II“

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SEETHERMIE-Study now available for free:

How to heat environmentally friendly with mining lakes?

On behalf of the Metropolitan Region of Central Germany, the ILK Dresden was part of a consortium for the preparation of the study "SEETHERMIE - Innovative Heat Supply from Surface Mining Lakes". The study specifically dealt with the extraction of thermal energy from lake water using vacuum liquid ice technology for a future quarter at Lake Zwenkau. The result of the engineers and scientists shows that this new technology can be used both economically and in an environmentally friendly way.

Vacuum liquid ice technology is much more efficient than conventional heat pumps.

According to the study, the lakes of the Leipzig Neuseenland and other flooded opencast mines alone have the potential to provide about 4 gigawatts of thermal energy for local heating. Above all, however, this study is a concrete guide for municipalities and investors, because it confirms that the process can be approved in principle. It thus offers a direct value-added impetus on the subject of the heat transition - especially for the central German mining region, which is facing major challenges due to the lignite phase-out.

The technology developed by the ILK Dresden was awarded the eku - ZUKUNFTSPREIS by the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture.

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Further Projects - Research and Development

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Certifiable connection types in cryogenics

Detachable and permanent connections, adhesive bond / form closure / force closure

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Combined building and system simulation

Scientific analysis of thermodynamic processes in buildings and its systems

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Heat2Power

Refining of fuel cell waste heat

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Reducing the filling quantity

How much refrigerant must be filled?