The department covers research in wide areas of energy conversion,
electricity generation and energy utilization.
General keywords for activities of the department are applied thermodynamics;
cycles and technology for conversions between heat and work; heat transfer and
fluid flow in engineering applications; power plants (conventional as well as
nuclear); gas turbines; refrigeration and heat pump plants; indoor climate and
climatisation of buildings.
Environmental aspects of human and engineering activities in our field are also
important.