Prof. Giovanni De Carne was elected as Member at Large for the IEEE Power Electronics Society Administrative Committee (AdCom). The AdCom role is to strategically steer the IEEE Power Electronics Society, electing the president and vice-presidents, and interact with the society’s members.
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The KITTEN project combines Europe's largest research laboratory for renewable energy, the Energy Lab, with the Karlsruhe Research Accelerator (KARA) test facility for accelerator technologies.
The aim is to operate large-scale research facilities such as particle accelerators more efficiently and sustainably.
Visit the deue website to find out more.
The technical implementation of nuclear fusion is complex and key technological building blocks are still missing for the practical operation of future power plants. ITEP researchers are tackling this problem in the SyrVBreTT (Synergy Verbund Fuel Cycle and Tritium Technologies) project. Together with partners from industry, they are realizing the first integrated fuel cycle for stellarators.
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What role does standardization play in a hoped-for breakthrough in the field of high-temperature superconductors? And why does real fire not need stars? Dr. Klaus-Peter Weiss, Head of the Cryogenic Material Testing Laboratory - CryoMaK at the Institute of Technical Physics, and Dr. Minja Adamov from THEVA Dünnschichttechnik explain this and more.
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The world's first high-voltage superconductor went into operation in Munich in October 2024. The prototype carries 110,000 volts and was developed by grid operator SWM Infrastruktur together with research and industry partners. An important contribution also came from the ITEP: the model calculations and analyses.
A lot happened at the Institute of Technical Physics in 2023. Get an overview of the highlights or read the full report here.
Liquid hydrogen (LH₂) offers great potential for a sustainable and efficient hydrogen economy in Germany. However, the technology is still largely unknown. But what exactly is so interesting about this cryogenic liquid? We have summarized the most important facts for you.
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The 16th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity was held in Bologna, Italy from September 3-7, 2023. More info from the organizer can be found here.
Also this year, many ITEP staff members enriched the conference with their contributions.
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Superconductors at room temperature and atmospheric pressure could fundamentally change our modern world: low-cooling data centers, efficient power grids, advances in nuclear fusion.
What sounds like the fulfillment of a dream unfortunately has a few catches.
Giovanni De Carne leads the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Real-Time Systems Integration for Energy Technologies at the Institute of Technical Physics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) since 2020.
On 07 November 2022, Giovanni De Carne received a tenure-track W1 professorship.
We would like to congratulate him and wish him continued success.
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What?
At the KIT Open Day, the ITEP offered exciting insights behind the scenes of laboratories and research facilities, spectacular do-it-yourself experiments, and manifold presentations about the institute in 9 stations. Here you can find all posters as well as many impressions of the event.
When?
17.06.2023
10 am - 6 pm
Where?
KIT Campus North
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen