Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Division Engineering of Adaptive Systems
Testlab Energy Systems
The test lab for efficient control of energy systems
Fraunhofer IIS’s testing laboratory in Dresden allows for extensive testing and analysis of various components of building energy system technology under realistic conditions. With a powerful climatic chamber and a “hardware-in-the-loop” (HIL) test bench, researchers can simulate specific climatic and building conditions and test wide-ranging heat generation systems. Among other things, this allows them to analyze air source heat pumps, gas hybrid heat pumps, and fuel cell CHP plants under real conditions. It is also possible to investigate feed-in scenarios for photovoltaic installations as well as grid-supporting properties and system stability in order to understand and optimize the behavior of such systems under changing grid requirements and in the event of variable feed-in.
Thematic focus of the energy management lab
Energy-efficient control and optimization: Development of solutions for energy-efficient control of heat supply systems.
Error diagnosis and condition monitoring: Analysis of systems for error detection, error diagnosis, and predictive maintenance.
Data analysis for monitoring and AI-based applications: Acquisition and analysis of system data for AI-assisted energy management systems.
Who can use the facilities?
Manufacturers: Testing and optimization of building energy systems and components.
Building owners and operators: Operational simulation and analysis of system efficiency using portable measurement technology.
What can be done in the lab?
- Development of solutions for energy-efficient control of heating systems in buildings
- Analysis of heating components in operation
- Error diagnosis and error pattern recognition
Key areas of application for the Testlab Energy Systems (HIL)
- Equipment testing and thermal processes: analysis of heating and cooling components
- Demonstrator for AI-based energy management systems
- Error analysis and description, testing and analysis of heat generation systems
- Data acquisition and analysis of heating/cooling systems for monitoring purposes (condition monitoring and predictive maintenance)
- Testing/evaluation of industrial and building energy technology
- Testing of alternative combustible gases and natural gas substitution: simulation and analysis of variable gas qualities and innovative combustion processes
- Testing of components, devices, apparatus, and packaging in wide-ranging climatic profiles using a climatic chamber as a test environment