Robin Mutschler is group leader for Macro Energy Systems (MES) at the Laboratory of Urban Energy Systems (UESL) at Empa.
His research interests include
- Energy system modelling and optimization
- System integration of renewable energy converters such as shallow geothermal energy (UTES), solar PV and wind turbines to energy systems
- System integration of the carbon cycle to the energy system. Including CCUS processes.
- Investigation of the impacts of self-sufficiency on an energy system
- Characterization and implementation of seasonal storage to energy systems
- Development and validation of Platform-Based Desing (PBD) methods applied to energy system
His current project involvement is
- Consortium leader and work package leader in the ERA-NET project "Geothermal-based Optimized Energy Systems": GOES which involves seven international partners. Focus on the integration of different scales (from the underground to city scale) of the energy system via the platform based desing approach
- Work package leader in the SWEET reFuel.ch project. Investigating the optimal integration of CCUS processes to the Swiss energy system with a particular focus on sustainable fuels and platform chemicals.
- Project manager of the Net Zero Rheintal project initiated and led by the Amt für Natur und Umwelt Graubünden. Building of an optimized energy system of the Rhine valley with a focus on the heat and carbon flow integration of industry
He has received his PhD in chemical engineering from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). His research topic included the investigation of thermo-catalytic CO2 hydrogenation to synthic methane and other fuels.
He received his bachelor and master degree from ETH Zurich in mechanical energineering, focusing on energy material, systems and CCS. He conducted his master's thesis at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) investigating hydrogen storage material.
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