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Staff of the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Gentner
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Gentner
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Gentner
Team Leader Fundamentals of Electrochemical Systems

German Aerospace Center
Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics
Energy System Integration
Hein-Saß-Weg 22
21129 Hamburg

Phone:+49 711 6862-374
Mail:Christoph Gentner
Internet:https://www.dlr.de/tt/esi

Education

  • Diploma in Marine Engineering in Flensburg
  • Master of Science Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at TUHH Hamburg 
  • Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) in mechanical engineering on energy system integration of fuel cells and batteries in marine systems

 

Professional activities and working fields

  • Ship mechanic training on large container ships, two-stroke diesel engine operations, marine and nautical engineering, watchkeeping
  • Scientific associate at TUHH with research stay at University Aalborg Energy Department (DK); experimental work on methanol reformation for high-temperature PEM including testrig build, gas chromatography and system simulation methods
  • Project Engineer at DLR- Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at the Department Energy Systems Integration in Hamburg
  • Group leader “Fundamentals of Electrochemical Systems” of the department Energy Systems Integration
    • Coordination of Fuel Cell Laboratory work on operational strategies for aircraft PEM fuel cell systems and powertrains:
      • Cold storage and freeze start procedures
      • Performance increase
      • Systems Engineering for fuel cell powertrains in UAV, UAM, CS23, CS25 applications
      • Demonstrator build-up
      • Fuel cell operations under critical environmental conditions, thermal management issues and dynamic behaviour
      • Data driven state of health monitoring for PEM fuel cell stacks
    • Coordination of in-house software development
      • Tools for design, sizing and optimal parameter prediction of aircraft fuel cell systems and thermal system aircraft interaction
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