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Institute of Combustion and Power Plant Technology (IFK)

IFK deals with combustion and gasification of solid fuels, technologies for centralized and decentralized energy conversion, immission control and pollutant dispersion, simulation of electrical power grids and the dynamic behavior of power plants.

Until further notice, our lectures are held exclusively online.
Please also visit the Corona page of the University of Stuttgart regularly.

Access to the institute building is currently not possible. If you need to visit the institute in an urgent matter, please call us in advance (685-67799 or 685-63751).

Students who would like to attend a seminar lecture can find out about participation possibilities on the seminar lecture page.

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Mission of IFK

In research and education, the Institute of Combustion and Power Plant Technology (IFK) deals with Thermal Power Plant Technology and with Power Plant and Power Grid Systems.

The main working areas are:

IFK’s teaching activities address students of various engineering study courses:

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Institute

More than 70 colleagues are doing research in the fields of Thermal Power Plant Technology and …

Research

For research, several experimental test rigs at different scales, ranging from laboratory scale to …

Teaching

BSc and MSc courses offered by the Institute of Combustion and Power Plant Technology

Contact

This image shows Günter Scheffknecht
Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn.

Günter Scheffknecht

Dean of the Faculty and Director of the Institute
Professor of Thermal Power Plant Technology

This image shows Uwe Schnell
Apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing.

Uwe Schnell

Head of Department Combustion and Steam Boiler Simulation (FDS)
Vice Director

 

For more information, please contact the heads of the departments

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