Beaufait Robert HSLU T&A

Robert Beaufait Robert Beaufait

Research Associate

Beaufait Robert HSLU T&A

Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture

Room E310a
Technikumstrasse 21
6048 Horw


Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Technology IME

CC Thermal Energy Systems and Process Engineering

Research Associate

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Biography

Professional activities:

  • Research Associate, Hochschule Luzern - Technik & Architektur (2023-present)
  • Research Assistant, Hochschule Luzern - Technik & Architektur (2019-2023)
  • Aquatic Facility Mechanical Operator -  YMCA of Greater Seattle (2008-2015)

 

Education:

  • MSc FHZ in Engineering - Energy & Environment, Hochschule Luzern - Technik & Architektur (2019-2023)
    • Masters Thesis: Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of Molten Salt Fusion Reactor Blanket Cooling
  • BSc FHZ in Energy Systems Engineering, Hochschule Luzern - Technik & Architektur (2015-2019)
    • Bachelors Thesis: Determining Soil Thermal Conductivity
  • BSc Atmospheric Science, University of Washington - Seattle, WA USA (1997-2003)
    • Synoptic Atmospheric Motion and Forecasting
Professional competencies
  • Applied FEM for Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Technical Sorption Processes
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Thermodynamics/Renewable Energies

Projects

Research projects

  • SWEET PATHFNDR
  • ITC Hochleistung-Wärmedämmung für STES
  • Saisonaler 3D Erdwärmespeicher mittels Horizontal Directed Drilling

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Beaufait, Robert & Fischer, Ludger Josef (2023). Blanket Cooling of a Fusion Reactor. Energies, 16(4)(1890), 1-16. doi: 10.3390/en16041890
  • Beaufait, Robert; Villasmil, Willy; Ammann, Sebastian & Fischer, Ludger Josef (2022). Techno-Economic Analysis of a Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System with 3-Dimensional Horizontally Directed Boreholes. Thermo, 2022, 2(4), 453.
  • Beaufait, Robert; Ammann, Sebastian & Fischer, Ludger Josef (2021). The Elephant Problem—Determining Bulk Thermal Diffusivity. Energies, 14(21), 1-10. doi: 10.3390/en14217444

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Beaufait, Robert; Ammann, Sebastian & Fischer, Ludger Josef (19.07.2022). The Elefant problem Determining Bulk Thermal Diffusivity. Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering and ProcessNet Subject Division Heat and Mass Transfer 2022, Würzburg, Germany.