Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Olbricht

Academic Career:

Since October 2024Professor of Sustainable Thermal Energy Supply at Clausthal University of Technology
 2023–2024Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
2021–2023Process Engineer in the Carbon Management and Hydrogen Division,
Wintershall Dea AG, Kassel
Since April 2019Adjunct Lecturer for the course “Fundamentals of Refrigeration and Heat Pump Technology,”
Clausthal
University of Technology, Institute for Energy Process Engineering and Fuel Technology
2017–2021ARVOS – Schmidtsche Schack, Kassel Process Engineer in the R&D Division
2014–2017Research Assistant
, University of Kassel, Department of Technical Thermodynamics
2011–2013Research Assistant
, Technical University of Braunschweig,
Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering
2005–2011Studied Mechanical
Engineering at Leibniz University Hannover

 

Current Activities

  • Leading development and pilot projects on hydrogen production via methane pyrolysis (process design, reactor design, and gas treatment)
  • Technology transfer and scale-up from the laboratory scale to a pilot plant
  • Coordination of internal and external laboratory tests