The prize, which is awarded once a year by the ‘Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis Technische Thermodynmik’ (Scientific Working Group for Technical Thermodynamics), honours outstanding theses at universities in the field of technical thermodynamics. It was awarded at the annual Thermodynamics Colloquium in Stuttgart.

Zendel's master's thesis was written in the context of the EnEff:Wärme – MeFlexWärme project, which was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection from 2020–2023. The project develops and tests new concepts and methods for the three research areas of network transparency, flexibility control and mathematical optimisation, each in relation to heating networks.

Lauritz Zendel conducts research as a research associate at TTD in the field of Carnot batteries. These represent a possible form of storage with which electrical energy can be temporarily stored by converting it into thermal energy. In a Carnot battery, electricity is converted into heat during the charging process and stored in the heat storage tank. When discharging, the stored heat is converted back into electricity. The battery is named after Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, whose studies formed the basis of thermodynamics.

Thermodynamik-Kolloquium 2024

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