Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Pitz
I was appointed to the professorship of "Electrical Power Engineering" at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in 2016. My focus in research and teaching lies in the description and modeling of the steady-state and transient behavior of electrical supply grids with the goal of quantifying causal relationships and enabling the most precise possible statements to be made about the operational variables that occur under defined circumstances for specific grid configurations. Many years of practical experience in electrical systems engineering and grid planning are of benefit here.
My current research activities include investigating the influences of the increased feed-in of electrical power from renewable sources as well as increasing grid loads in electrical distribution grids, in particular through the charging of battery electric vehicles and the operation of electric heat pumps.
- Since 2016
Professorship "Electrical Power Engineering" at the Department of Engineering at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences - 2015 to 2016
Professorship "Electrical Machines and Systems" at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Gießen - 2006 to 2015
Management Assistant / Team Leader Planning Electricity Grids at e-netz Südhessen GmbH & Co KG, Darmstadt - 1997 to 2006
Head of Performance Test Field / Supply Quality and Technical Safety at FGH Forschungsgemeinschaft für Elektrische Anlagen und Stromwirtschaft e.V., Mannheim - 1992 to 1996
Research assistant and doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the Institute for Electrical Power Supply at Darmstadt Technical University - 1991
Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver - 1985 to 1991
Studies of Electrical Power Engineering at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering at TH Darmstadt
- Since 2007 Technical expert for electricity in Technical Safety Management (TSM) for the VDE Testing and Certification Institute, Offenbach
- 1997 to 2015 Research assistant and head of DKE standardization committees in the field of high-voltage switchgear technology
- 2004 to 2006 Participation in the development and management of a certification body for the power plant characteristics of decentralized generation units at FGH
- 2000 to 2006 DAkkS technical assessor for the examination of the electrical properties of wind turbines
- CLEVER! ElectricCity Rüsselsheim (2018 to 2023)
Fakhrooeian, P.; Pitz, V.; Scheppat, B.: Systematic Evaluation of Possible Maximum Loads Caused by Electric Vehicle Charging and Heat Pumps and Their Effects on Common Structures of German Low-Voltage Grids. World Electric Vehicle Journal, 15(2), 49 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj15020049.
Fakhrooeian, P.; Hentrich, R.; Pitz, V.: Maximum Tolerated Number of Simultaneous BEV Charging Events in a Typical Low-Voltage Grid for Urban Residential Area. World Electric Vehicle Journal, 14(7), 165 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj14070165.
Fakhrooeian, P; Pitz, V.: A New Control Strategy for Energy Management of Bidirectional Chargers for Electric Vehicles to Minimize Peak Load in Low-Voltage Grids with PV Generation. World Electric Vehicle Journal, 13(11) (2022), 218. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj13110218.
Fakhrooeian, P.; Pitz, V.: Scheduling the Charging and Discharging Events of Electric Vehicles for Quasi Dynamic Load Flow Calculations of a Low-Voltage Distribution Grid with Regard to Stochastic Behavior and Grid Requirements. Electric Power Systems Research, 216, 109021 (2022). doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2022.109021.
Rüsselsheim Campus, Building A1, Room A107
Am Brückweg 26, 65428 Rüsselsheim
Email: volker.pitz(at)hs-rm.de
Phone: +49 6142 898-4207