CMP Centre for Mobile propulsion, RWTH Aachen

Project Description

The new competence centre for research and development in the area of engine technologies was built for the Institute for Combustion Engines at RWTH Aachen University: The Center for Mobile Propulsion (CMP). The CMP`s building complex comprises three buildings: a test-centre, an administrative tract and a plant building. The CMP opened in 2014.

Our Input

ZWP Ingenieur-AG was responsible for the planning, implementation and monitoring of the technical building services: sanitary systems, high pressure mist system in the test benches, heating systems, air conditioning, refrigeration, cooling ceilings, electrical engineering, communications engineering, information technology, materials handling, building management systems, measurement and control technology, building automation, external drainage, underground pipes, fire extinguishing systems, thermal simulation, flow simulation, laboratory equipment, fire protection.

Key Features

The heat produced by combustion engines running in the test centre and by the chillers for its cold water supply systems is recovered and fed into the complex’s static and dynamic heating circuits. The static heating surfaces and dynamic air heaters that are fed by the waste-heat recovery system are optimised for relatively low system temperatures. The complex is also equipped with underfloor heating systems, near-surface concrete-core activation, heating and cooling ceilings and ventilation systems that operate with relatively low supply-air temperatures. Offices, classrooms and laboratory areas are air-conditioned and force-ventilated. To minimize heating / cooling energy requirements, all major ventilation systems for process air and hygienically required air exchange are also equipped with highly efficient heat recovery systems.

Photo: © Jens Kirchener

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