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TUMCREATE Phase I — The Centre for Electromobility in Tropical Megacities

TUMCREATE Phase I – Title Image
Period:
April 2011 – March 2016
My role:
Principal Investigator, Department Head
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Description

I joined TUMCREATE in January 2013, almost two years into the programme.
In the first five-year programme at TUMCREATE which spanned topics from “the molecule to the megacity”, my group first worked on charging strategies for electric vehicles considering battery ageing. The battery ageing model was based on in-house experiments with battery cells.
We managed to get a Singapore taxi operator on board whom we provided with a recommendations for a charging infrastructure and charging strategies for a fully electric taxi fleet.
We also looked into Singapore's energy demand – particularly of buildings – and analysed the contribution of buildings to the urban heat island effect.
Moreover, I initiated research on the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) power system and renewable potentials in the region. Today, almost ten years on, “regional power grids” are considered one of the four switches proposed by the Energy Market Authority for Singapore's future energy supply.
At the end of the programme, we started working on distribution grids and load flexibility. This would play a bigger role in TUMCREATE Phase II.

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Publications from this project

P. Boehme et al., P. Boehme, M. Berger and T. Massier, Sustainable Cities and Society, Elsevier, Dec 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.05.006.
J. Stich and T. Massier, J. Stich and T. Massier, Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), IEEE, Nov 2015, DOI: 10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380956.
D. F. Recalde Melo et al., D. F. Recalde Melo, S. Hanif, T. Massier and H. B. Gooi, Proceedings of the 2015 50th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), IEEE, Sep 2015, DOI: 10.1109/UPEC.2015.7339840.
S. Hanif et al., S. Hanif, D. F. Recalde Melo, M. Maasoumy, T. Massier, T. Hamacher and T. Reindl, Proceedings of the 2015 50th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), IEEE, Sep 2015, DOI: 10.1109/UPEC.2015.7339769.
J. Stich et al., J. Stich, S. Hanif, T. Massier, T. Hamacher and T. Reindl, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEE 2014), JGSEE, Nov 2014, DOI: 10.14455/JGSEE.res.2014.46.
A. E. Trippe et al., A. E. Trippe, R. Arunachala, T. Massier, A. Jossen and T. Hamacher, Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe, IEEE, Oct 2014, DOI: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2014.7028735.
D. F. Recalde Melo et al., D. F. Recalde Melo, H. B. Gooi and T. Massier, Proceedings of the 2014 49th International Universities' Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), IEEE, Sep 2014, DOI: 10.1109/UPEC.2014.6934737.
J. Stich et al., J. Stich, M. Mannhart, T. Zipperle, T. Massier, M. Huber and T. Hamacher, Proceedings of the 33rd International Energy Workshop, NDRC-ERI, Jun 2014, DOI: 10.14459/2014md1233948.
B. Reuter et al., B. Reuter, K. Schönsteiner, M. Wagner, D. Gleyzes, T. Massier et al., International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy, ETP, Apr 2014, DOI: 10.12720/sgce.3.2.127-134.
A. E. Trippe et al., A. E. Trippe, T. Massier and T. Hamacher, Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE EnergyTech, IEEE, May 2013, DOI: 10.1109/EnergyTech.2013.6645338.