The Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen e.V. is a well-recognised German research institute with a reputation reaching far beyond its home region of North Rhine Westphalia. The GWI currently has 60 member companies, consisting of enterprises such as gas and energy companies, gas suppliers, manufacturers and trade associations. Well qualified and highly motivated employees, with the Institute’s powerful technology and excellent laboratory and infrastructure at their disposal, are on hand to address our customers diverse, challenging questions. The research and development work conducted at the GWI is concentrated into two departments. The first deals with appliance technology and fuel engineering, while the other focuses on industrial engineering and combustion technology. The accredited testing laboratory is one of the largest and most important in the gas industry in Germany and contact is maintained to large sections of the community of gas experts via the Academy.
What we do
The GWI activities are diverse and include almost all of the technologies with relevance to the gases found in the public gas supply, i.e. natural gas and gases from various other alternative sources. The research and development work conducted at the GWI is concentrated into two departments; the first deals with appliance technology and fuel engineering, while the other focuses on industrial engineering and combustion technology. The accredited testing laboratory is one of the largest and most important in the gas industry in Germany and contact is maintained to large sections of the community of gas experts via the Academy.
Our role in the ene.field project
GWI is participating in the data collection work package with the overall objective to manage the collection and aggregation of data developed by the trials, to perform intense technical analysis of the data both for the fuel cells and for the households, to test the fuel cells in the department’s laboratory and to forward aggregated data to other participants.
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Mr Frank Burmeister
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