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Staff of the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics
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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