Research and Development Services
The six research institutes of DVGW engage in scientific cooperation with universities, utilities, manufacturers and authorities. These institutes and associated laboratories develop solutions and concepts for all the technical challenges faced by the gas and water sectors.
The research work coordinated by DVGW includes both regional projects and pan-European cooperation arrangements. DVGW’s research work is the basis for the technological development in the gas and water industry. It fosters standardization and technical recommendations. In addition, R&D ensures the scientifical quality for official statements of DVGW. These activities bear witness to the benefits of the interdisciplinary competence network.
Gas
- Energy storage concepts / Power to gas
- Biogas / gas quality
- Convergence of power and gas grids
- Gas in the energy system and energy efficiency
- Gas appliance innovations and combined heat and power
Water
- Risk-based approaches for drinking water ressources
- Water quality in distribution and domestic installation systems
- Innovative technologies for water treatment
- Smart, multifunctional infrastructure systems
- Emerging pollutants
The DVGW research effort is organized as a network including not only the DVGW Water Technology Centre and the two DVGW research institutes at the University of Karlsruhe (Engler-Bunte Institute) and the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg but also the other institutions with which DVGW cooperates for specific projects. Projects are increasingly organized as a joint effort allowing each of the institutes involved to make the most effective contribution possible. This network approach has also been adopted at the European level.
Gas Research Institutes- DVGW Research Centre at Engler-Bunte-Institute (EBI) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with its focusses on gas technology and testing laboratory gas
- DBI GUT GmbH (i.e. DBI Gas and Environmental Technology), Freiberg: gas applications, gas production and gas chemistry
- DBI-GTI gGmbH (i.e. DBI Gas Technology Institute), Leipzig: gas technology and test laboratory energy
- GWI e.V. (i.e. Gas and Heat Institute), Essen: gas technology, heat technology
- DVGW Water Technology Center (TZW), Karlsruhe, with focus on all themes relating to water
- DVGW Water Technology Center (TZW), branche office Dresden: drinking water distribution systems
- DVGW Research Centre for Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Karlsruhe, at Engler-Bunte-Institute (EBI): water chemistry, water technology
- DVGW Research Centre at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg: water collection, water treatment and distribution
- IWW Water Centre, Mülheim an der Ruhr: for drinking water, bathing water, process water, industrial water and waste water: Technology, hydro-geology, analytics, science and consulting in water catchment, treatment and distribution, hygiene, water economics and management