Center for Environmental Energy Engineering

 

Education

PhD ('81), MS ('77), BS ('75) - Physics
Munich Institute of Technology (Muenchen, Germany)

Research Interests

  • Advanced Energy Conversion Systems
  • Cooling, Heating and Power (CHP) Systems
  • Optimization of Thermal Systems
  • Vapor Compression Heat Pump and Refrigeration Cycles: Design, Testing and Simulation
  • Sorption Heat Pumps: Design, Testing and Simulation
  • Energy and Environment
  • Working Fluid Mixtures

Publications

  • Heat Conversion Systems, Georg Alefeld and Reinhard Radermacher (CRC Press, 1994)
  • Absorption Chillers and Heat Pumps, Keith E. Herold, Reinhard Radermacher and Sandy A. Klein (CRC Press, 1995)
  • Vapor Compression Systems with Refrigerant Mixtures, Reinhard Radermacher, Yunho Hwang, 2000
  • more than 100 articles and conference proceedings
  • 9 patents

Summary

Dr. Radermacher has almost 30 years of experience in research and development of energy conversion systems in general and CHP (Cooling Heating and Power) Systems and air-conditioning/heat pumping devices in particular. 

He is an internationally recognized expert in the use of working fluid mixtures. His research grew to range from environmentally safe refrigerants in residential air-conditioners and heat pumps to combined heating, cooling and power systems for buildings and campuses. His work has resulted in over one hundred fifty publications, as well as numerous invention records and nine patents, and he co-authored three books. 

Dr. Radermacher founded the Energy Laboratory in 1983 and is the director and co-founder of the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) at the University of Maryland. The Center is taking the lead in developing energy conversion systems that meet environmental and economic concerns 

Research is organized in consortia that are sponsored by industry, government and research institutions. A variety of short courses are offered for industry and research sponsors. CEEE has also introduced four new courses in the area of Energy and Environment and Integrated Cooling, Heating and Power Systems. 

His service includes international activities such as US representative of the International Energy Agency Annex 13, past vice president of Commission B1 and President of Commission B2 of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), as well as invited lecture tours to Europe, China, Japan, Korea, and South America. He also serves as the coordinator of the German Exchange Program for the University of Maryland College of Engineering. Nationally, he is an active member of the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He serves as the editor of the ASHRAE HVAC&R Research Journal starting in July 2002.

Contact Information
 

Mailing Address:   
Center for Environmental Energy Engineering
4164 Martin Hall
Mechanical Engineering Department   
University of Maryland   
College Park, MD 20742  
USA  

raderm@umd.edu
 

 Phone:   
(301) 405-5286 (direct)   
(301) 405-5439 (CEEE)  
 
Fax:   
(301) 405-2025 (CEEE)   
 
Center for Environmental Energy Engineering
University of Maryland
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College Park, MD 20742
(PH) 301-405-5439;  (FX) 301-405-2025;  ceee@eng.umd.edu  
Last updated August 10, 2003