AG Turbo has been the German platform for innovative turbomachinery research for over 35 years. In it, partners from industry, universities and research institutes jointly conduct pre-competitive, application-orientated joint research into turbomachinery. In addition to turbomachinery that converts energy in steam, gas and combined-cycle power plants, this also includes turbomachinery that enables the transport of gases in gas distribution networks or from conversion processes.
AG Turbo Collaborative research is unique in Europe and is recognised worldwide. It has made a continuous and decisive contribution to achieving the goals set with regard to efficiency, resource conservation and climate protection in power plant processes and has thus also significantly supported the national and international economic strength of the German turbomachinery industry. By promoting young scientists in the various fields of engineering, AG Turbo also helps to ensure that Germany continues to occupy a leading position in international competition in the field of turbomachinery.
The AG Turbo joint projects are funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK). Environmental protection and, in particular, climate protection are central goals of our society that have become significantly more important in recent years.
Turbomachines are key components for a reliable energy supply
In the field of energy conversion, it is obvious that climate compatibility can be achieved by increasing the proportion of useful energy generated from renewable sources, particularly electricity and heat, in addition to increasing efficiency. At the same time, a reliable energy supply is essential for an industrialised nation like Germany, both in the industrial and, of course, the private sector.
The volatile generation of useful energy from renewable sources must therefore be supplemented by a reliable supply of useful energy based on fossil fuels that is available at all times. As key components of thermal power plants, turbomachinery plays a decisive role here, as it is able to provide useful energy in the form of electricity and heat quickly and reliably. By fuelling them with renewable fuels, such as electrolytically produced hydrogen, gas turbines even have the potential to provide climate-neutral useful energy.
The aim of the Turbo working group is therefore to further develop turbomachinery technology as a mainstay of the energy supply in such a way that this task can be solved in the most environmentally and climate-friendly way possible. To this end, turbomachinery must be developed to be as robust as possible so that it can supplement renewable energies with load flexibility and at the same time be fuel-flexible in order to enable CO2-free operation in the future.
AG Turbo Collaborative research is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) and is part of the "Flexible Energy Conversion" research network.
