Selected Completed Projects

BMBF Joint Project KIWaSuS, Work Package 3 AI-based Data Quality Management

The aim of this work package was to check precipitation and sewer network data for plausibility, assess their reliability, and, where possible, carry out necessary corrections in a transparent manner. Machine learning models were used to develop and optimize automatic detection of error patterns and anomalies, as well as to implement automatic correction methods for measured data.

REACT-EU Project Fish Behavior and Migration Model for Improved Management of Hydropower Plants

In this project, the University of Duisburg-Essen collaborated with local partners to refine, improve, and validate a management model for hydropower plants.
The model includes indicators of the probability of downstream-migrating fish and fish schools.

Emschergenossenschaft and Lippeverband The Emscher River near Dortmund-Deusen - Scientific Monitoring and Evaluation of the Development of an Ecological Improvement

In a project funded by the Emscher Genossenschaft /Lippeverband, the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management in close cooperation with the Department of Aquatic Ecology at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Prof. Dr. Daniel Hering) is investigating the different morphological alteration measures and their ecological effects in an approximately 2 km long section of the Emscher near Dortmund-Deusen.

Ministry for Innovation Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Future Water

Within the framework of the Progress College "Future Water", the contribution possibilities of population models for the expansion of water-compatible hydropower at remaining transverse structures in North Rhine-Westphalia are analyzed.

BMWi, MKULNV Feasibility of an Underground Pumped Storage

With the expiry of the coal industry in 2018, the mining industry leaves behind an extensive infrastructure. In a second phase of the project, the feasibility of an underground pumped storage at the Prosper-Haniel mine will be investigated.

Europäische Komission DESSIN

As part of the DESSIN project, the aim is to demonstrate the extent to which an assessment of ecosystem services can help promote and implement innovations in the water sector.

Mercator Research Center Ruhr Feasibility study for the development of a sensor for the morphological success control of watercourses

Feasibility study for the development of a sensor for morphological success monitoring of running waters

Land NRW, EU Underground pumped storage

With the expiry of the coal industry in 2018, the mining industry leaves an extensive infrastructure. Shaft depths of up to 1,200 meters, numerous extensions at depth and a large-scale drainage system may open up prospects for subsequent use as an underground pumped storage facility.

Assimilation of Remote Sensing Data into a Conceptual Rainfall-Runoff Model for Hydrological Forecasting Applications

Remote sensing information has extensively developed over the past few years and spatially distributed data for hydrological applications has now become available at high resolution.

Short-Term Reservoir Optimization by Stochastic Optimization for Mitigation Downstream Flood Risks

An important objective of the operation of multi-purpose reservoirs is the mitigation of flood risks in downstream river reaches.

Application of Chance Constrained Stochastic Optimization for Mitigating Downstream Flood Risks

Ensemble forecasting is a growing field in the operation of multi-purpose reservoirs and mitigation of flood risks in downstream river reaches.