Projects and technology transfer
In addition to teaching and research, the chair of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Wuppertal is also involved in project work in areas of water engineering. This so-called technology transfer includes advisory activities on the wide-ranging knowledge spectrum of water management and hydraulic engineering. Some exemplary projects are listed below.
- Estimation of the hydraulic performance of road drains in case of slot bucket offset based on hydraulic model test
- Determination of the hydraulic performance of various road gully attachments 400x500
- Expert advice and support of a moderation procedure for the optimization of road drainage with focus on the performance of road drains in the urban area of Cologne from a hydraulic point of view
- Guide to heavy rain, property protection and structural precautions
- Assessment of the flow and the clarification effect of the Jacobsmühle overflow basin with the aid of 3D simulations
- Development of a new type of desk top "Meidrain2.0": Preliminary Investigations and Determination of the Hydraulic Performance of the New Road Drain Top 500x500
- Determination of the hydraulic performance of various road gully attachments 300x500
- Expert assessment of the road drainage system with focus on the performance of the road drains in the urban area of Cologne
- Expert monitoring in the context of planning the new ICT test facility
- Drainage of extreme precipitation events in urban areas: limiting the swallowing capacity of street inlets through relocation and pollution (funded by MKULNV)
- Investigation of the pollution load of road water during heavy rainfall
- Technical support for the creation of an information homepage for the citizens of the city of Solingen regarding the topic: flood protection.
- Roof drainage C&A Mönchengladbach 2-D hydraulic calculation of surcharge and runoff due to precipitation
- Analysis and evaluation of the performance and organization of the task of hydrometric monitoring network operation in Thuringia by the Thüringer Landgesellschaft mbH Erfurt
- HRB Mengede - Testing of load assumptions from waterlogging and flow
- Possibilities and limits for the recreational use of the Wupper riverbank in the urban area of Wuppertal - Hydrological concept study
- Drainage of extreme precipitation events in urban areas: Basic legal and economic analyses of wastewater drainage in urban streets (funded by MKULNV)
- Determination of the hydraulic performance of a road inlet attachment of the company Saint-Gobain PAM
- Determination of the hydraulic performance of the MEILINE road inlet attachment.
- Evaluation of the water quality and oxygen situation at full impoundment (HQ100) of the planned HRB Straßberg
- Advice on hazard prevention / flood protection of the city of Rees
- Conduct hydraulic flow tests to estimate erosion stability from a bonded overburden.
- Drainage of extreme precipitation events in urban areas: performance of street inlets (funded by MKULNV)
- Construction of a physical model to determine the swallowing capacity of road inlets at large road gradients.
- Three-dimensional hydrodynamic calculation of the combined sewer RM Bach in Essen / Simulation of the flow in the manholes 8,9 and 10
- Creation of an EXCEL calculation table for the determination of the throttle curve of different throttle structures
- Three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation of the outlet structure of the RRB Luisental at the Murbach river
- Carrying out discharge measurements at the Kessel gauging station
- Numerical 3D simulation to determine the loads of the rolling contactor Roßweg
- Technical support of the discharge measuring point Kessel an der Niers
- Flow velocity determination by means of wing measurements
- Feasibility study on the technical and economic framework conditions for the construction of a pumped storage power plant on the Ruhr River in Bochum Stiepel
- Verification of the influence of curbs in the numerical simulation of flash flood events, automated computational mesh generation, 2D simulation.
- 3D flow simulation of two large shaft structures
- Determination of the losses at baffle plates, physical model test
- Verification of the influence of the installation of artworks in a watercourse on the flooding situation, numerical models.
- Numerical and physical modeling of a bottom slope for the determination of cw-values of arranged disturbing stones
- Feasibility study on the construction of pumped storage power plants on waste rock piles in the Ruhr area
- Physical model test for the inlet chamber of the cooling water pumps in the Linden combined heat and power plant of Stadtwerke Hannover
- Verification of the discharge curve at the gauging station Hagen-Hohenlimburg (Lenne) by means of numerical, two-dimensional flow simulations
- Hydrological reports for the flood retention basins Hiddinghausen and Stephansbecke BHQ1 and BHQ2 according to DIN 19700
- Verification of the discharge curves at the gauges Hattingen and Wetter (Ruhr) by means of numerical, two-dimensional flow simulation
- Flow situation at the Völlinghausen gauge
- Water quality model lake Haus Aden
- Oxygen situation in the flood retention basin Straßberg
- Discharge curve at Neuhaus gauge
- Validation of a fish pass, numerical 3-D simulation
- Overcoming a 4.5 m head in a sewer, numerical 3-D simulation
- Bed slides/bed ramps, literature research and development of a database
- Hydrological expertise with NA modeling for a sedimentation basin
- Groundwater problems in the course of an excavation in an urban region, numerical flow simulation
- Hydrological expertise with NA modeling for a sedimentation basin
- Groundwater problems in the course of an excavation in an urban region, numerical flow simulation
- Water quality Lippe Lake
- Water quality Phoenix Lake
- Dam management model
- Redesign Emscher
- Feasibility study of a hydropower plant in the Fürwiggetal Dam
- Workshop on water management issues of a sustainable industrial development at the Yangtze River
- Hydraulic design of the capacity of a transfer tunnel between Neye and Bever dams, numerical simulation
