Viktor Wesselak

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Viktor Wesselak (2013)

Viktor Wesselak (born March 11, 1965 in Erlangen ) is a German engineering scientist and professor at the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences .

academic career

Wesselak studied electrical engineering from 1984 to 1990 at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He then worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Automatic Control until 1998 . In 1999 he received his doctorate with a thesis on regulatory technical contributions to the power-optimal operation of solar systems for Dr.-Ing. He then worked as a development engineer at Siemens from 1999 to 2003 , focusing primarily on control methods for drive technology.

In 2003 he was appointed professor for regenerative energy systems at the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences, where he set up the first nationwide undergraduate course on renewable energies. Until 2005 he was also the Dean of Studies . Since 2005 he has been Vice Rector or Vice President for Research and University Development at the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences. In 2009 the Institute for Regenerative Energy Technology (in.RET) was founded as an in-institute of the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences, of which he is the institute spokesman.

Positions

Viktor Wesselak is of the opinion that a sustainable energy supply in Germany based on renewable energies is possible. The heating sector and a link between the electricity and mobility sectors play a key role in this. Due to the associated thermodynamic devaluation of energy, Wesselak is skeptical of the direct use of electrical energy for heat supply ( power-to-heat ) and large-scale storage using methanation ( power-to-gas ).

Works

Books

  • Viktor Wesselak, Thomas Schabbach , Thomas Link, Joachim Fischer: Handbuch Regenerative Energietechnik . 3rd updated and expanded edition. Berlin / Heidelberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-662-53072-6 .
  • Viktor Wesselak, Sebastian Voswinckel: Photovoltaics. How the sun becomes electricity . 2nd Edition. Berlin / Heidelberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-662-48905-5 .
  • Thomas Schabbach, Viktor Wesselak: Energy. The future will be renewable . Berlin / Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-24346-2 .
  • Viktor Wesselak: Control technology contributions to the optimal performance of solar systems . Dissertation. Erlangen 1999.

Scientific articles (selection)

  • Sebastian Voswinckel, Birgit Lustermann, Viktor Wesselak: Behavior of amorphous silicon solar modules: A parameter study . In: Solar Energy , 92, 2013, pp. 206-213, doi: 10.1016 / j.solener.2013.03.006 .
  • Johannes Haller, Sebastian Voswinckel, Viktor Wesselak: The effect of quantum efficiencies on the optimum orientation of photovoltaic modules - A comparison between crystalline and thin film modules . In: Solar Energy , 88, 2013, pp. 97-103, doi: 10.1016 / j.solener.2012.11.014 .

Other articles (selection)

Other activities

In 2008 and again in 2011 Wesselak was appointed to the “Advisory Board for Sustainable Development in Thuringia”. He is the spokesman for this body.

Web links

Commons : Viktor Wesselak  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Energy storage - you dream of the mega battery . In: Die Zeit , No. 35/2010
  2. ↑ 5 theses for a sustainable energy supply . ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on September 16, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fh-nordhausen.de
personal data
SURNAME Wesselak, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineering scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH gain