Simon Markthaler
Simon Markthaler, M. Sc.
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Lehrstuhl für Energieverfahrenstechnik
Fürther Str. 244 f
90429 Nürnberg
- Phone number: 09115302-99113
- Fax number: 09115302-99030
- Email: simon.markthaler@fau.de
- Website: https://www.evt.tf.fau.de/
Research assistant
Professional career:
- 2012 – 2016: studies in Energy and Environmental Engineering (B.Sc.) at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
- 2016 – 2019: studies in Energy Technology (M.Sc.) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- since 06/2019: research assistant at EVT
Research focus:
- AI/ML, Deep Reinforcement Learning and CFD simulation
- Autonomous control and optimization of chemical plant operation
- Catalytic and biological methanation
- Project Power-to-Biogas
Publications:
- Böhm, L.; Kolb, S.; Plankenbühler, T.; Miederer, J.; Markthaler, S.; Karl, J. Short-Term Natural Gas and Carbon Price Forecasting Using Artificial Neural Networks. Energies, 2023, 16, 6643. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en16186643
- Markthaler, S.; Plankenbühler, T.; Weidlich, T.; Neubert, M.; Karl, J.: Numerical simulation of trickle bed reactors for biological methanation. In: Chemical Engineering Science, Vol, 226, 23.11.2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2020.115847
- Markthaler, S.; Plankenbühler, T.; Miederer, J.; Kolb, S.; Herkendell, K.; Karl, J.: Combined Two-Model CFD Simulation of Trickle Bed Reactors with Head-Sump Extension: Case Study on Hydrodynamics and Biological Methanation. In: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 61, Issue 11, 4134–4152, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04262