Technical challenges and visions for future mobility - programme
Winter semester 2024/25 programme
Dear all interested in electromobility and related areas,
this year in the winter semester, we will focus on electromobility from the perspective of agriculture and transport, but also recent developments in the field of storage.
Below you will find the already promised lectures with the start of the series on October 8, 2024. We are still negotiating with other speakers that we would possibly add later.
■Upcoming lectures
| 19.11.2024 | Topic: Lithium-ion batteries: technology development and applications Jakub Reiter, InoBat |
■5th meeting: 19th November 2024
Lithium-ion batteries: technology development and applications
RNDr. Jakub Reiter, Ph.D.
InoBat
Lecture outline
Li-ion battery technology is based on the research and discoveries of the 1970s and 1980s. That is, they are principles and materials that scientists in basic research (with no specific goals for their use on today's scale) explored 40-50 years ago. The breakthroughs were the results of the following professors. Goodenough (physicist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, his ideas were successfully commercialised by Sony), Michel Armand and Bruno Scrosati (chemists, first described the "rocking-chair battery"), Stanley Whittingham (materials scientist, discovered new materials for secondary batteries).
It was the successful transfer of R&D results into practice, the successful development of battery technology and production that enabled the worldwide expansion of Li-ion batteries and later helped to realise the idea of electric vehicles and e-mobility in general.
This lecture will focus on how the Li-ion battery works, what are its properties and limits, and how these batteries are produced and used.
Date: 19.11.2024, 17:00, classroom SF 1.141, Technická 12, 616 00 Brno
has been involved in electrochemistry and materials chemistry for Li-ion batteries since 1997. In the early years he focused on polymers and ionic liquids for safer electrolytes, later he worked on the Lithium-Oxygen (Li-O2) battery project and moved into industry, where he developed and is developing batteries for the automotive industry and for electric passenger aircraft.
Jakub Reiter is a chemist, he graduated from the Faculty of Science at Charles University in Prague in 1997-2006, then worked at the CAS and the University of Münster, Germany (2011-2012), BMW (2012-2020) and since 2020 at Inobat, where he now leads the R&D team and develops the chemistry of new Li-ion batteries. He is also co-author of approx. 40 scientific publications and several patents.
■4th meeting: 12th November 2024
The road from passenger to freight electromobility
Ing. Jakub Kott
E.ON, Mobility Services
Lecture outline
Although personal electro-mobility still has many shortcomings in the eyes of the public, the overall ecosystem is now complete and functional. But truck charging is a completely different discipline and presents new challenges. In this talk, we will look at the differences between car and truck charging and present solutions that cover this segment.
Date: 12.11.2024, 17:00, classroom SF 1.141, Technická 12, 616 00 Brno
Jakub Kott
works as Head of Mobility Services at E.ON Energie, a.s., which supplies electromobility solutions from households to bus depots.
■3rd meeting: 29th October 2024
Agrovoltaics: Part of modern agriculture and energy
Ing. Jiří Bím
CTU/Solar Association/Zenergo energy
Lecture outline
Climate change and the transformation of the energy sector have led to increased interest in the concept of agrovoltaics, i.e. the dual use of land. Agrovoltaics, as the concept is now officially called in Czech legislation, brings benefits to the crops grown, creates areas for electricity production and at the same time increases the efficiency of the area. This concept was first described in 1972 by the German professor Goetzberger, however, we are now in the period of development of primarily pilot projects, with large real projects to be built in the coming years. There are many types of agrovoltaic systems, as well as many different business cases, between the farmer and the energy company, in any case there should always be synergy. The lecture will describe agrovoltaics from a technical and agricultural point of view and will also look at the legislative anchoring in EU countries, with emphasis on the final form of the Czech legislation, which is in many ways unique and progressive.
Date: 29.10.2024, 17:00, classroom SF 1.141, Technická 12, 616 00 Brno
Jiří Bím
has been working on the topic of agrovoltaics for more than 3 years. He is studying a PhD program at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, where he also defended his engineering degree in 2020 with a thesis dealing with agrovoltaics. Therefore, he is further interested in the possibilities of development of agrovoltaics in Europe and especially in the Czech Republic. Since 2022, he has been leading the agrovoltaics section of the Solar Association, which is the largest industry association in the field of solar energy in the Czech Republic. He has supplemented his knowledge in the field of agrovoltaics by e.g. many foreign excursions (France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Austria), internships at TU Wien or participation in many European conferences focusing on agrovoltaics. He also presented the Czech story on the development of legislation for agrovoltaics and its interdisciplinary benefits at the NextGen Solar professional conference in San Francisco, USA in 2023. He is trying to kick-start a change in the energy sector towards renewable and sustainable sources, but always with an economic perspective.
■2nd meeting: 15th October 2024
Fine dust from traffic or what you catch when driving in a car
Assoc. prof. Jan Fišer, Ph.D.
Dept. of Thermodynamics and Environmental Engineering, FME, BUT
Lecture outline
Results of fine particle measurements around cars as they move in normal urban traffic and in surrounding areas. Examples of measurements come from Brno and its surroundings, but also from Central Bohemia. What do internal combustion engines in poor technical condition emit? What are other local sources of pollution? What is the situation at specific locations such as tunnels, road constructions, etc.? Do battery drives bring any improvements? How do seasons, weather and measurement methods affect the results? What technology do we need to be able to get at least a basic overview of fine particle concentrations around the vehicle? Were our assumptions about the different locations and sources of pollution correct, or did we encounter unexpected results?
Date: 15.10.2024, 17:00, classroom SF 1.141, Technická 12, 616 00 Brno
Jan Fišer
works at the Dept. of Thermodynamics and Environmental Engineering, FME, Brno University of Technology, where he focuses on research and development in the field of human thermal comfort and technologies for control and management of indoor environments. He specializes in systems for heating, ventilation and air conditioning of vehicle cabins and overall thermal and energy management of electrically powered vehicles. He and his colleague Dr. J. Hejcik have introduced and taught the course Thermal Management of Vehicles at FME since 2016. He is a fan of EV drives, photovoltaics and a daily user of them.
■1st meeting: 8th October 2024
Deployment of battery units on Czech railways
Ing. Radek Šindel
Siemens Mobility
Lecture outline
The electrification rate in the Czech Republic is only around 35% and many lines are not economical to fully electrify, even for these lines it is necessary to look for suitable vehicles, either battery or hydrogen powered. However, the addition of an energy storage to the electric traction unit also means an increase in vehicle weight and price. It must therefore be approached sensitively so that the disadvantages do not overshadow the benefits. The lecture will focus on current trends in rail vehicles, which vehicles are suitable for the given types of lines and how to proceed when selecting vehicles. It will also focus on vehicle ranges, charging options and economic comparison of different types of vehicles.
Date: 8.10.2024, 17:00, classroom SF 1.141, Technická 12, 616 00 Brno
Radek Šindel
graduate in vehicle design at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University, technical project manager in the field of regional train development at Siemens Mobility, enthusiast of new technologies in the field of energy and mobility as a way to a more sustainable future.
