Curriculum Vitae

Studies of electrical engineering and information technology at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Bachelor’s thesis at the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ, 2012). Internship at the Inverter Control Department of Younicos AG (2015). Master’s thesis at IRS in the scope of the RegEnKibo research project on model predictive control of multi-carrier energy distribution grids with renewable energy generation (2015). Since March 2016, member of the scientific staff of IRS.

Research

Multi-Carrier Energy Management by Distributed Control Agents

In the course of the energy transition in Germany and other parts of the world, conventional power plants are replaced by Renewable Energy Generation (REG). Due to its volatility, new energy storage systems and innovative grid control techniques are required to ensure safe grid operation. By coupling different energy domains (e.g. power, gas and heat) additional synergy effects can be created through the optimization of power flows. For example renewable electric energy can be used to lift the temperature in district heating networks, in times of high REG, instead of curtailing the REG.

Research is aimed at achieving an optimal temporal and spatial coordination of producers, consumers, storage systems, and energy converters in coupled electric power and district heating networks. The complex task of multi-carrier market-based energy management is solved by a transactive control approach. Thereby, market and control mechanisms are designed in a concerted complementary form.

Teaching

Open Theses
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Current Theses
Title	Type	Person in Charge

Publications

2023

Toward transactive control of coupled electric power and district heating networks
Maurer, J.; Tschuch, N.; Krebs, S.; Bhattacharya, K.; Cañizares, C.; Hohmann, S.
2023. Applied Energy, 332, Art.-Nr.: 120460. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120460

2022

Transactive Control of Coupled Electric Power and District Heating Networks. PhD dissertation
Maurer, J.
2022, November 17. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000152807
Toward Transactive Control of Coupled Electric Power and District Heating Networks
Maurer, J.; Tschuch, N.; Krebs, S.; Bhattacharya, K.; Cañizares, C.; Hohmann, S.
2022. arxiv. doi:10.48550/ARXIV.2211.02357
Distributed Optimization of District Heating Networks Using Optimality Condition Decomposition
Maurer, J.; Illerhaus, J.; Soneira, P. J.; Hohmann, S.
2022. Energies, 15 (18), Art.Nr.: 6605. doi:10.3390/en15186605

2021

Hybrid pricing based operation of coupled electric power and district heating networks
Maurer, J.; Golla, A.; Richter, B.; Hohmann, S.; Weinhardt, C.
2021. Sustainable energy, grids and networks, 28, Art.-Nr.: 100532. doi:10.1016/j.segan.2021.100532
Comparison of discrete dynamic pipeline models for operational optimization of District Heating Networks
Maurer, J.; Ratzel, O. M.; Malan, A. J.; Hohmann, S.
2021. Energy reports, 7, 244–253. doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2021.08.150

2019

On Robustness Regarding Modeling Errors in Predictive Energy Management Systems for Multi-Carrier Energy Grids
Sauter, P. S.; Herkner, T.; Maurer, J.; Krebs, S.; Hohmann, S.
2019. International ETG-Congress 2019; ETG Symposium, Esslingen, Germany, 8-9 May 2019, 266–271, VDE Verlag

2018

Combined Optimization of District Heating and Electric Power Networks
Maurer, J.; Elsner, C.; Krebs, S.; Hohmann, S.
2018. Energy procedia, 149, 509–518. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2018.08.215

2016

Optimal energy management of low level multi-carrier distribution grids
Maurer, J.; Sauter, P. S.; Kluwe, M.; Hohmann, S.
2016. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON), Wollongong, Australia, 28 September–1 October 2016, 1–6, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/POWERCON.2016.7754071