Hans-Jürgen Haubrich

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Hans-Jürgen Haubrich in September 2012

Hans-Jürgen Haubrich (born March 1, 1941 in Montabaur ; † July 15, 2019 in Aachen ) was a German electrical engineer and emeritus university professor at RWTH Aachen University . He was best known for his research work on the basic and expansion planning of electrical energy supply networks .

Life

After graduating from high school, Haubrich studied electrical engineering from 1960 onwards at the TU Darmstadt with a degree in engineering in 1965. From 1966 to 1973 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Electrical Power Supply there and received his doctorate in 1971 under Gerhard Hosemann on the subject of “Einpolige Short interruption in high voltage networks 500 kV - 1500 kV ”. From 1973 to 1989 he held various positions at the United Electricity Works Westphalia (VEW) in Dortmund , most recently as head of the main planning department. At the same time, he had been working as a lecturer for network planning and operation at the TU Dortmund and the Ruhr University Bochum , which appointed him honorary professor in 1985 . During this time, Haubrich published fundamental technical articles that are still of practical importance for the design and operation of high-voltage networks today.

In 1990, after several appointments from other universities, Haubrich followed a call from RWTH Aachen University, where he succeeded Kurt W. Edwin as head of the Institute for Electrical Systems and Energy Management. In addition to his regular teaching activities in the field of electrical energy technology, Haubrich made a name for himself as the initiator and coordinator of numerous new teaching activities. In 1998 he established the master's degree in Electrical Power Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, which was primarily aimed at highly qualified foreign students. The energy economist Haubrich also initiated technical / economic courses, so from 2003 the "Industrial Engineer for Electrical Energy Technology" as a diploma course. In 2007, together with Professor Ströbele from the University of Münster , he founded the part-time master's degree in “ Energy Management” at the Haus der Technik in Essen , which is particularly appealing with a joint certificate from both universities.

The focus of his scientific work at RWTH Aachen University was the development of mathematical calculation and simulation methods for power plants, networks and energy markets. The practical relevance of his research, which found expression in numerous studies and reports for commercial enterprises and official institutions, was characteristic of his work and stimulated by his many years of activity in the electricity industry. During his time at RWTH Aachen, Haubrich published approx. 350 scientific articles and supervised approx. 85 dissertations.

During his time at RWTH Aachen University, he built the Forschungsgesellschaft Energie eV (FGE) there as a managing board member on approx. 60 member companies and established the biennial RGE conferences “Market and Networks” as a permanent meeting point for science and business with over 400 participants. In 2003, Haubrich transferred the industry's own research association for electrical systems and electricity management (FGH) to an affiliated institute of RWTH Aachen University with headquarters in Mannheim and Aachen. From 2003 to 2009 he was chairman of the FGH.

Haubrich made use of a special regulation in North Rhine-Westphalia, which allowed him to extend his period of service at RWTH Aachen University until the end of his 68th year. He retired in 2009 and handed over the chair and institute to his former doctoral student and successor Albert Moser .

Memberships and honors

Haubrich was a long-time member of the Energietechnische Gesellschaft (ETG) in the VDE . This awarded him the ETG literature prize in 1974 for his specialist article on "the magnetic field in the vicinity of three-phase overhead lines". From 1996 to 2001, Haubrich was an elected member of the ETG board, which he has been chairman since 1999. In 2008, Haubrich received the VDE Ring of Honor as the highest award for research and development.

At the beginning of the expansion of regenerative power generation in Germany, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia set up a clearing center for the "integration of wind turbines into the grid", of which Haubrich was head from 1997 to 2003.

He was particularly interested in researching the effects of electromagnetic and magnetic low-frequency fields on humans. From 1988 to 2000 he was chairman of the Research Center for Electropathology eV in Freiburg (today in Munich), which is specifically dedicated to this issue.

In 1997 Haubrich was appointed a full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Science and the Arts . Since then he has belonged to the local engineering and economics class. Since 2002 he has also been a full member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).

Haubrich was a member of various scientific advisory boards, e. B. at the Federal Network Agency , and co-editor of various journals, z. B. the "European Transactions on Electrical Power Engineering". As an expert, he was frequently asked by the press on current topics in the energy industry. In several articles Die Welt referred to him as the “German Net Pope”.

Fonts (selection)

  • Single-pole short interruption in extra-high voltage networks 500 kV – 1500 kV. Dissertation. TU Darmstadt, 1971.
  • The magnetic field in the vicinity of three-phase overhead lines. In: Electricity Industry. Vol. 85, 1974, pp. 511-517.
  • Development of short-circuit currents in energy transmission and energy distribution networks. In: etz-a. Volume 97, 1976, pp. 286-292.
  • Criteria for choosing neutral point treatment in 110 kV networks. In: Electricity Industry. Vol. 92, 1983, pp. 823-828.
  • 110 kV networks with earth fault compensation. In: ETG technical report. 24, VDE-Verlag, 1988, pp. 143-157.
  • Electrical energy supply systems - technical and economic relationships. (= Aachen contributions to energy supply. Volume 13). 1994, ISBN 3-86073-204-8 .
  • with Yuri N. Rudenko (ed.): Reliability of electrical energy supply systems. (= Aachen contributions to energy supply. Volume 21). 1994, ISBN 3-86073-227-7 .
  • Requirements for the interaction between power plant and grid. In: Personal electrical needs. Energy technology in power plants and industry. VDE-Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-8007-1586-4 , pp. 49-69.
  • as publisher: Reliability calculation of distribution networks. (= Aachen contributions to energy supply. Volume 36). 1996, ISBN 3-86073-492-X .
  • as publisher: Safety in the electromagnetic environment. VDE-Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-8007-1700-X .

literature

  • J. Kreusel: On the work of Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jürgen Haubrich. In: Institute for Electrical Systems and Energy Economics (IAEW) 1990–2009. Self-published by IAEW, Aachen 2009, pp. 5–21.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary by RWTH Aachen University , in aachen-gedenken.de of July 27, 2019
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Haubrich - Scientific career. North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts, accessed on February 27, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Highest VDE award for Aachen scientists. (PDF; 39 kB) (No longer available online.) VDE press release, November 5, 2008, archived from the original on February 27, 2016 ; accessed on February 18, 2016 .
  4. ↑ AWK: class for engineering and economics. North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts, accessed on February 20, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Well-known scientists with a high reputation. (No longer available online.) German Academy of Science and Engineering, archived from the original on February 27, 2016 ; Retrieved February 20, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Expansion of wind power leads to bottlenecks in the power grid. In: The world. November 12, 2002, accessed February 27, 2016 .
  7. ↑ The "Lights off" action can paralyze the power grid. In: The world. December 6, 2007, accessed February 27, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Haubrich, Hans-Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German electrical engineer and emeritus university professor at RWTH Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Montabaur
DATE OF DEATH 15th July 2019
Place of death Aachen