Dipl.-Ing. Paris Chatzitakis

In this new role, I am heading a team of highly skilled and specialized energy experts, in the fields of: • Industrial-utilities accounting and billing • Utility-data harvesting, management and monitoring • Energy efficiency consulting and concept transformation, Be Energy Efficient initiative (BEE). https://www.freudenberg.com/responsibility-report-2022/sustainability

Project management in energy efficiency and CO2 emission reduction for industrial production and infrastructure. Among the tasks are also: • Consulting services regarding strategic energy policy and decisions • Concept development for energy supply, process cooling and heating, HVAC

R&D in the areas of heat and mass transfer, heat storage and CO2-sequastration • Acquisition of energy research projects. • Conceptual design of prototypes, demonstration units and test benches • Process modelling and simulation. • Thermodynamic lectures.

R&D in the areas of waste heat utilization, heat pumps and heat networks • Acquisition and management of energy research projects. • Conceptual design, design and construction of prototypes, test facilities and test benches. • Thermal process modeling and simulation. • Specification management, FMEA and risk analysis. • Lecturer for Bachelor & Master courses and thesis supervision.

Development of gas fired heat pumps (GHP). • Steady-state & dynamic process simulation. • Design, rating and optimization of heat and mass exchanging components. • Investigation, thermodynamic analysis and testing of novel working fluids. • Modeling of pure substance and solution physical properties. • Coordination of internal and external collaborations (Universities - Manufacturers).

Project: Combined cooling heating and power unit (CCHP) in a biogas producing sewage treatment plant using a micro gas turbine and an adsorption chiller. • Process simulation of the complete system. • Heat exchanger design.

• Spectrometric oil analysis program (SOAP) testing the health of aircraft engines. • Laboratory quality and safety control of fuels, lubricants and petrochemicals.

Energy Applications, Advanced Modeling Techniques, Sustainable Energy Systems & Energy Economy

Food Science & Biotechnology