Torsten Birth-Reichert

Torsten Birth-Reichert serves as Professor for Plant Engineering and Process Simulation in Energy Technology at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Production within the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg).

His research focuses on developing concepts for demand-oriented Power-to-X systems, system integration and infrastructure development, limit-oriented methods for efficiency assessment of processes and technologies, and resource efficiency and recovery concepts. His work bridges theoretical engineering principles with practical energy technology applications.

Birth-Reichert teaches Apparatus Engineering, Plant Engineering, Refrigeration Engineering, and Mathematics 1 at the Bachelor level, and Energy-efficient plant systems and hydrogen technology at the Master level.

He holds significant leadership positions as Deputy Head of CC4E at HAW and Group Leader ERS at Fraunhofer IFF. His active research portfolio includes major projects such as Plasma2X, Hymspiel, EnEff-H-Pump, ADM, and X-Energy (including subprojects), demonstrating his substantial contribution to energy technology research and development.