Prof. Dr. Birgit Scheppat
As a physicist, I have been working for more than 20 years on the generation and utilisation of renewable electricity for storage in batteries and in the form of chemical fuels (hydrogen). I am interested in the transition from the laboratory to practical applications. I am happy to help overcome technical or regulatory difficulties. Based on research questions, I try to formulate clear objectives that help to provide energy in the form of electricity, heat and, in particular, hydrogen in an efficient and resource-saving manner. In many years of working with industry, I have learnt to find solutions and to incorporate these into teaching or share them in the form of further training.
The main focus of my work is the design of fuel cell systems (CleanEngine project), the storage of hydrogen in pressurised (up to 700 bar) and solid-state storage systems (metal hydrides: Hynes Cube) and hydrogen sensors (HYLevel). Or the design and planning of systemic paths for the generation and utilisation of electricity from renewable energy, e.g. Energiepark Mainz: 6 MW power-to-gas plant and Clever Electric City: utilisation of 1 MWh battery storage in the local grid.
- Since 2002
Expert in EU framework programmes, national and other state programmes - Since 2000
Professor of Hydrogen Technology at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (HSRM), Rüsselsheim - 1997 – 2000
Development of new products in the technology sector, W. L. Gore and Associates, Putzbrunn - 1996 – 1997
Managing Director for Technical Development, MBB Senstec GmbH, Putzbrunn - 1995
Founding member of a start-up company in the field of traffic management systems MBB Senstec GmbH, Putzbrunn
Development of laser systems for automatic toll collection systems - 1989
Dissertation ‘Diamond-like carbon layers’, University of Kaiserslautern - 1987 – 1995
Project manager for photovoltaic projects and head of the quality and characterisation laboratory for thin-film photovoltaics, Phototronic Solartechnik (PST), Munich
Specialist area characterisation of thin-film solar cells
Project management for photovoltaic projects 1000 roofs (roof) programme: design, planning and installation of several different solar roofs for the first time in Germany and PV shading of industrial facades/public buildings
Project management for photovoltaics near Neuenburg vorm Wald - the first solar-hydrogen project - 1978 – 1983
Studied physics at the University of Kaiserslautern (Diploma)
- Board member of the German Physical Society
- Founding member and board member of the H2BZ Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Initiative Hessen e. V.
- Member of the Executive Committee of the German Hydrogen Association (DWV) e. V.
- Scientific promoter of the Automotive Cluster RheinMainNeckar
- Member of the Senate
- Working group for equal opportunities
- VDI member
- 2022 – 2024 Clean Engine
- 2018 – 2022 IMPACT RheinMain as part of the Innovative University programme, Federal Ministry of Education and Researchg
- 2018 – 2021 rHynmain – Development, testing and modelling of an optimal regional concept for the use of local hydrogen in public transport in the Rhine-Main region
- 2019 – 2023 CLEVER Electric City – Development of a low-energy charging infrastructure for the city of Rüsselsheim
- 2016 – 2019 Hylevel – Optical level sensor for solid-state hydrogen tanks
- 2013 – 2017 Energiepark Mainz – Scientific support for the world's largest power-to-gas plant (6 MW electrolysis) in cooperation with Stadtwerke Mainz, Linde and Siemens
- 2013 – 2015 Cold Filling – Development, construction and testing of an energy-efficient 70 MPa emergency refuelling system for cars and other mobile applications
- 2012 – 2014 Hydemon – Development of a hydrogen level sensor for metal hybrids (sodium alanate)
- 2011 – 2013 MUV – Development and construction of a fuel cell-powered multi-purpose vehicle
Impact of a large battery storage system on the power grid of a medium-sized city to support charging farms. Wilfried Attenberger, Birgit Scheppat, Journal of Power Sources (tbp)
Behaviour of peripheral components in a fuel cell system – influence of the relevant technical parameters – Project Clean Engine. Maximilian Kleber, Georg Derscheid, Birgit Scheppat. International Journal of Hydrogen (tbp)
Effects of surface morphology changes on FTIR-ATR spectroscopy with compacted Sodium ALANATE (NaAlH4) during cycling. Matthias Endersa, ChaoZhub, Maximilian Klebera, Georg Derscheida, Rüdiger Bergerb, Hans-Dieter Bauera, Birgit Scheppata. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 48, 5. Januar 2023, p. 709-722.
Development of Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles in Russelsheim: An Overview on Project CLEVER Electric City. Y. Keßler, P. Fakhrooeian, V. Pitz, B. Scheppat et al. 2021
Parlallel FTIR-ATR spectroscopy and gravimetry for the in situ hydrogen desorption measurement of NaAlH4 powder compacts. Matthias Enders, Maximilian Kleber, Georg Derscheid, Kathrin Hofmann, Hans-Dieter Bauer und Birgit Scheppat. Applied Optics, 2020 – opg.optica.org
The value chain of green hydrogen for fuel cell buses – A case study for the Rhine-Main area in Germany. D. Coleman, M. Kopp, T. Wagner, B. Scheppat – International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 45, Issue 8, 14 February 2020, Pages 5122-5133.
Energiepark Mainz: Technical and economic analysis of the worldwide largest Power-to-Gas plant with PEM electrolysis. M. Kopp, C. Stiller, K. Scheffer, J. Aichinger, B. Scheppat – International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Volume 42, Issue 19, 11 May 2017, Pages 13311-13320.
Campus Rüsselsheim, room A010
Am Brückweg 26, 65428 Rüsselsheim
Email: Birgit.Scheppat(a)hs-rm.de
Phone: +49 6142 898-4611
Mobile: +49 170 9905050