Prof. Univ.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Ingwald Obernberger
Phone: +43 316 481300 12
Fax: +43 316 481300 4
Email: obernberger@bios-bioenergy.at
| 1962 | Born in Kirchdorf/Krems (A) |
| 1981 – 1991 | University study of Chemical Engineering at the Graz University of Technology (graduated with distinction) |
| 1994 | Ph.D. on “Secondary Raw Material Wood Ash - Sustainable Economy in Connection with Energy Production from Biomass” (graduated with distinction) |
| since 1994 | Research and lecturing activities in the field “Energetic Biomass Utilization” at the Institute for Process and Particle Engineering, Graz University of Technology |
| since 1995 | Managing director of the engineering company BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH, Graz (specialised in research, development, planning and optimisation of plants in the field of energy technology and bioenergy) |
| 1997 | Habilitation on “Utilisation of Solid Biomass in Combustion Plants under Special Consideration of Ash-Forming Species” |
| since 1997 | Venia for the subject “Energy and Environmental Technology” |
| 1995 – 1997 | Austrian representative in the International Energy Agency (IEA), Bioenergy Agreement, TASK XIII, “Integrated Bioenergy Systems” |
| since 1998 | Member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal Biomass and Bioenergy |
| 1998 - 2015 | Austrian representative in the International Energy Agency (IEA), Bioenergy Agreement, TASK 32 “Biomass Combustion and Co-Firing” |
| 2003 | Appointment as university professor for “Thermochemical Biomass Conversion” (part time) at the Technical University of Eindhoven (Netherlands) |
| 2003 | Initiator and founder of the Austrian Bioenergy Competence Centre Bioenergy 2020+ |
| 2015 | Chairman of the European Biomass Conference (EUBCE) in Vienna |
| 2022 | Award of the Linneborn Price in the context of the European Biomass Conference EUBCE 2022 for exceptional achievements in the field of bioenergy |
Working Areas
- Managing director of the engineering company BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH
- Teaching (several lectures) at the Graz University of Technology and partly at other universities
Publications
- More than 250 publications in international journals and conference proceedings
- More than 20 keynote lectures at international conferences
- 6 books
- More than 200 national and international scientific lectures
Research Activities
- Characterisation of the physical properties and the chemical composition of biomass fuels and ashes
- Characterisation of the combustion and release behaviour of biomass fuels
- Research on the behaviour of ash-forming elements in biomass combustion / gasification processes and their influencing parameters
- Aerosol formation and characterisation as well as possibilities of efficient aerosol precipitation in biomass combustion and gasification plants
- High-temperature thermodynamic equilibrium calculations for ash-forming elements and their compounds in biomass combustion and gasification plants
- Development of new biomass combustion, gasification and pyrolysis technologies
- Development of close-to-zero-emission biomass combustion technologies for different biomass fuels (key focus on dust and NOx)
- Development and demonstration of innovative small-scale biomass CHP technologies (ORC process, screw-type engine, fixed bed gasification, fuel cells)
- Development and optimization of process control systems for biomass combustion and CHP plants
- Mechanisms of deposit formation and corrosion in biomass combustion plants
- Simulations of chemically reacting flows for biomass combustion gasification as well as pyrolysis plants using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) under consideration of kinetic aspects
- Development of a new method for measuring particulate matter at temperatures up to 1,000 ° C (high temperature impactor)
- Technological and economic optimization of the design and control of decentralized networks of pipes supported by computer aided calculation and simulation programs