Olaf Adan

POSITION: PROFESSOR | (BIO)PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN POROUS MEDIA TNO UNIT: INDUSTRY (TECHNICAL SCIENCES) UNIVERSITY: TU EINDHOVEN (APPLIED PHYSICS)   TNO LOCATION: EINDHOVEN – HIGH TECH CAMPUS 25 EMAIL: OLAF.ADAN@TNO.NL TEL: +31651425805

RESEARCH AREA

My research focusses on understanding the physics of transport and phase changes in complex permeable media as to better engineer materials for a sustainable society, including ​materials for energy storage and ​technological porous materials​.

RECENT RESULTS

The supply of sustainable solar and wind energy is unreliable. Sometimes there is excess supply, and sometimes there is too little to meet demand – which is growing quickly. Storing energy  when there is more than enough supply is a solution, but until recently the technology to do so was very inefficient.  In the summer of 2019 we announced an innovative heat battery developed jointly by TNO and the TU/e. This heat battery is efficient, compact, loss-free, affordable, and widely applicable, and ready for the market.

https://www.tno.nl/en/tno-insights/articles/a-heat-battery-for-the-home-compact-stable-and-affordable/

https://www.tno.nl/en/focus-areas/industry/roadmaps/sustainable-chemical-industry/heat-battery-for-the-home/

PHD SUPERVISION

• Ruben Nicasy (NWO)
• Martina Laura Cotti (EU H2020)
• Michaela Eberbach (NWO)
• Rick Ruliaman (NWO)
• Natalia Mazur (NWO)
• Jelle Houben (Topsector TKI)
• Anja Herrmann (NWO)
• Leyla Sögütoglu (EU H2020)
• Philip Ruijten (NWO)
• Raheleh Pishkari (NWO)

TOP PUBLICATIONS

• Donkers, P. A. J., Sögütoglu, L. C., Huinink, H. P., Fischer, H. R. & Adan, O. C. G., “A review of salt hydrates for seasonal heat storage in domestic applications”, In: Applied Energy. 199, C, p. 45-68, 2017 https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/a-review-of-salt-hydrates-for-seasonal-heat-storage-in-domestic-a
• Sögütoglu, L., Steiger, M., Houben, J., Biemans, D., Fischer, H. R., Donkers, P., Huinink, H. & Adan, O. “Understanding the hydration process of salts: the impact of a nucleation barrier”, In: Crystal Growth and Design. 19, 4, p. 2279-2288 10, 2019 https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/understanding-the-hydration-process-of-salts-the-impact-of-a-nucl
• Sögütoglu, L. C., Donkers, P. A. J., Fischer, H. R., Huinink, H. P. & Adan, O. C. G., “In-depth investigation of thermochemical performance in a heat battery: Cyclic analysis of K2CO3, MgCl2 and Na2S”, In: Applied Energy. 215, p. 159-173 15, 2018 https://research.tue.nl/en/publications/in-depth-investigation-of-thermochemical-performance-in-a-heat-ba

LINKS

• TU Eindhoven personal page: https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/olaf-cg-adan
• Publications: https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/olaf-cg-adan/publications/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olafadan/