MSc-thesis projects PPRE 2013/15

1st name Surname Origin Title of project Institution Liliana Aleman Mexico Inspection plan based on cost-minimization for offshore wind turbine Vattenfall Europe Windkraft GmbH, foundations. Case study: DanTysk George Aluru Kenya An Analysis of Key Environmental and Social Risks in the Development Lahmeyer International, Bad Vibel of Concentrated Solar Power Projects Snekalatha A. Krishnaraju India Validation of Solar Radiation and Photovoltaic models of the power Hochschule , Institute of Energy and Drive Technology factory simulation tool for electrical grids Francisco Astudillo Ecuador Assessment of engineering wake models and its impact in the GE Windenergy, Salzbergen predicted energy yield of wind farms Paulo Ayala Chile Business Model of Solar Modules Connected On Grid According the EcoPAR, Chile New Chilean Law 20.571 (Net Billing) Juan Germán Becerra Nieto Colombia Characterization of Silicides Produced by Laser Irradiation for the Fraunhofer Inst. F. Solarenergie (ISE), Freiburg Production of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Marco Briceño Ecuador Characterization of the output of a mechanical treatment plant for Universität Innsbruck, Arbeitsbereich Umwelttechnik, residual waste used as co-substrate in a waste water treatment plant Innsbruck / Austria

Nayab Bushra Pakistan DESIGN OF A THERMOACOUSTIC BREADBOARDING STATION (TABS) Active Space Technologies GmbH,

Olga Rocío Herrera Honduras Analysis of the impact of atmospheric stability on wake meandering Forwind Institute / University of Rodríguez Md.Rabiul Islam Bangladesh Variability Analysis of Roof-Top PV on Distribution Grid of Large Cities Overspeed GmbH, Oldenburg in Australia Paul Lawson USA LiDAR in Complex Terrain: A Study of Nacelle Mounted Lidar DNV - Garrad Hassan, Oldenburg Orlando Lucero Garcia Mexico Contribution of the Mexican Energy Reform to Renewable Energies SOWITEC group, Sonnenbühl Mauricio Rojas Kerstin Lukrafka Modelling residential energy demand and simulation of potential Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), paths for Megacities Case Study Greater Mexico City Department für Systemanalyse und Technikbewertung, Szenariengruppe, Imane Meznoudi Morocco Use of Available SCADA to Develop Generator Bearing Temperature German Wind Energy Inst. (DEWI), Oldenburg Houari Monitoring Methods Mahdi Mohammad Afghanistan Potential of the implementation of a Biomeiler at Oldenburg University of Oldenburg Ali University Bezawit Negash Ethiopia Market Study for Pico PV and Solar Home Systems in Southern GIZ ECO in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia Abdel Rahman Rabee Egypt n/a Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Stuttgart

Md. Mahfuzur Rahman Bangladesh End of Life Analyses of Battery Storage Technologies: Analyzing the Next Energy Institute, Oldenburg implications of recycling on key environmental indicators Bagus Fajar Ramadhani Indonesia Development of test framework for evaluation USB charging ports of Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg pico PV systems and solar home systems John Jairo Ramírez Colombia MERRA-based study of the wind/solar resources and their University of Oldenburg Cervera complementarity to the hydro resource for power generation in Colombia Jorge Velásquez Colombia Testing and Comparing Different Coupling Techniques Between OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology, Energy Hardware and Information Systems, Oldenburg Software Tools for Smart Grid Simulation Karun Yarlagadda India Impact of renewable energy on the National Welfare Index (NWI) of University of Oldenburg Germany

MSC-thesis projects EUREC 2013/14

1st name Surname Origin Title of project Institution GOURAB BANERJEE India Investigation of trends and challenges for earth fault protection in Fraunhofer Research Institute, IWES, compensated grids Salim Bouziri Algeria Plus Energy Building Investigation in a Dense Urban Environment: ISAAC - the Department of Environment constructions and BIPV System Monitoring and Simulations design, Switzerland Daniel CARREÑO Spain Optimize the preventive maintenance of the K08 Gamma Nordex Wind Energy GmbH, Hamburg WTG Zeyad Mansour Egypt Analysis, evaluation and conception of cloud camera systems for short TSK Flagsol Engineering GMBH, Köln term forecasting for the integration in CSP power plants

Rafael Arturo Martínez Mexio Development of a risk matrix to mitigate operational and safety risk Nordex Wind Energy GmbH, Hamburg Sánchez events in wind farms Prabhakaran Nagaraj India Mini Grid Tool for Rural Electrification in Kenya Strathmore University, Kenya Brigette Palleske Candada Turbulence Intensity - Evaluation and validation of different flow GE-Wind, Hamburg models Mariela Tapia Ecuador Evaluation of Performance Models against actual Performance of Grid Lahmeyer Int., Bad Vibel Connected PV Systems Franciana Togny Brazil Analysis of the Properties of laser radiation on the quality of local Fraunhofer Research Institute, ISE, Freiburg contacts Vinaykumar Vernekar India Grid codes variance and implementation strategy for country specific Nordex Wind Energy GmbH, requirements