Dr.-Ing. Mirko Bothien

Dr.-Ing. Mirko Bothien

ZHAW School of Engineering
IEFE Nachhaltige Energiewandlungstechnologien
Technikumstrasse 9
8400 Winterthur

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

Schwerpunktleitung Nachhaltige Energiewandlungstechnologien, Dozent

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Thermoakustik, Verbrennung, Analyse dynamischer Systeme, Dezentrale Energiesysteme, Gas Turbinen, Alternative Brennstoffe, Wasserstoff, Power-to-Gas-to-Power, Akustik, Komplexe Datenanalyse in Zeit- und Frequenzbereich, Windkraft, Wärmeübertragung, Thermodynamik

Lehrtätigkeit

Berufserfahrung

Schwerpunktleiter Nachhaltige Energiewandlungstechnologien
Institut für Energiesysteme und Fluid-Engineering, ZHAW
05 / 2023 - heute
Dozent, Leiter Forschungsgruppe Thermoakustik & Nachhaltige Verbrennung
Institut für Energiesysteme und Fluid-Engineering, ZHAW
08 / 2020 - heute
Associate Professor
Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU Trondheim
01 / 2021 - 12 / 2024
Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellow
Institute for Advanced Study, TU München
04 / 2018 - 06 / 2022
Member of Board
Norwegian CCS Research Centre
03 / 2017 - 07 / 2020
Verschiedene Leitungs- und Expertenfunktionen
Ansaldo Energia Switzerland & Alstom Power
02 / 2009 - 07 / 2020

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

Dr.-Ing. / Thermoakustik und Verbrennung
Institut für Strömungsmechanik und Akustik, TU Berlin
06 / 2005 - 12 / 2008
Dipl.-Ing. / Turbomaschinen und Strahlantriebe
RWTH Aachen
10 / 2001 - 05 / 2005

Weiterbildung

Certificate of Advanced Studies Hochschuldidaktik
PH Zürich
01 / 2023

Netzwerk

Mitglied in Netzwerken

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1699-8931

Social Media

Medienpräsenz

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

Heinzmann, S. M., Leder, N. A., Gopalakrishnan, H. S., & Bothien, M. R. (2026). Thermoacoustic finite element method modeling of partly autoignition and propagation-stabilized flames. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1177/17568277261454109
Gopalakrishnan, H. S., Gatón-Pérez, P., Leder, N. A., Martínez-Ruiz, D., & Bothien, M. R. (2026). Analysis and comparison of the thermoacoustics of freely-propagating CH4 and H2 flames in narrow channels. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 42(106050). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2026.106050
Heinzmann, S. M., Leder, N. A., & Bothien, M. R. (2026). The effect of transversal velocity fluctuations on the thermoacoustic response of reheat flames. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1177/17568277261449893
Gopalakrishnan, H., Schioppa, A., Mouratian, V., Gruber, A., Gicquel, L., & Bothien, M. R. (2026). Laminar premixed hydrogen flame transfer functions : comparison between flow solvers and transport models. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1177/17568277261447901
Gopalakrishnan, H., & Bothien, M. (2026). Influence of thermo-diffusive effects and pressure on laminar premixed hydrogen flame transfer functions. Combustion and Flame, 289(115008). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2026.115008
Heinzmann, S., Gopalakrishnan, H., Wood, B., & Bothien, M. R. (2025). Linear stability analysis of transversal thermoacoustic modes in reheat combustors. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 147(12), 121019. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4069453
Proniewicz, M., Petela, K., Mounaïm-Rousselle, C., Bothien, M. R., Gruber, A., Fan, Y., Lee, M., & Szlęk, A. (2025). Preliminary comparison of ammonia- and natural gas-fueled micro-gas turbine systems in heat-driven CHP for a small residential community. Energies, 18(15), 4103. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18154103
Heinzmann, S. M., Gopalakrishnan, H. S., Gant, F., & Bothien, M. R. (2025). Development and validation of a framework to predict the linear stability of transverse thermoacoustic modes of a reheat combustor. Combustion and Flame, 275(114010). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2025.114010
Franke, F., Bothien, M., & Sattelmayer, T. (2025). Flame transfer function measurements of hydrogen-enriched reheat flames. Combustion and Flame, 273(113949). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113949
Klimanek, A., Adamczyk, W., Sładek, S., Fan, Y., Bothien, M. R., Gruber, A., & Szlęk, A. (2025). Prediction of ammonia ignition/quenching and emissions of NOx, NH3 and H2 in a non-premixed swirl combustor using the EDC model. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 65(105670). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2024.105670
Rodhiya, A., Gruber, A., Bothien, M. R., Chen, J. H., & Aditya, K. (2024). Spontaneous ignition and flame propagation in hydrogen/methane wrinkled laminar flames at reheat conditions : effect of pressure and hydrogen fraction. Combustion and Flame, 269(113695). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113695
Gopalakrishnan, H. S., Maddipati, R., Gruber, A., Bothien, M. R., & Aditya, K. (2024). A reactor-network framework to model performance and emissions of a longitudinally staged combustion system for carbon-free fuels. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 146(12), 121012. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066164
Æsøy, E., Indlekofer, T., Bothien, M., & Dawson, J. R. (2023). The effect of hydrogen on nonlinear flame saturation. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 145(11). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063316
John, T., Acharya, V., Bothien, M., & Lieuwen, T. (2023). Dynamics of coupled thermoacoustic modes : noise and frequency spacing effects. Combustion and Flame, 252(112738). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2023.112738
McClure, J., Bothien, M., & Sattelmayer, T. (2023). High-frequency mode shape dependent flame-acoustic interactions in reheat flames. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 145(1), 11014. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055531
McClure, J., Bothien, M., & Sattelmayer, T. (2022). Autoignition delay modulation by high-frequency thermoacoustic oscillations in reheat flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39(4), 4691–4700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2022.08.047
Gant, F., Ghirardo, G., Cuquel, A., & Bothien, M. (2022). Delay identification in thermoacoustics. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 144(2), 21005. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052060
Æsøy, E., Indlekofer, T., Gant, F., Cuquel, A., Bothien, M., & Dawson, J. (2022). The effect of hydrogen enrichment, flame-flame interaction, confinement, and asymmetry on the acoustic response of a model can combustor. Combustion and Flame, 242(112176). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112176
Gant, F., Cuquel, A., & Bothien, M. (2022). Autoignition flame transfer matrix : analytical model versus large eddy simulations. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, 14(1-2), 72–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/17568277221086261
Gant, F., Ghirardo, G., & Bothien, M. (2021). On the importance of time delay and noise in thermoacoustic modeling. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 501(116067). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2021.116067
Gruber, A., Bothien, M., Ciani, A., Aditya, K., Chen, J. H., & Williams, F. A. (2021). Direct Numerical Simulation of hydrogen combustion at auto-ignitive conditions : ignition, stability and turbulent reaction-front velocity. Combustion and Flame, 229(111385). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.02.031
Fournier, G. J. J., Meindl, M., Silva, C. F., Ghirardo, G., Bothien, M., & Polifke, W. (2021). Low-order modeling of can-annular combustors. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 143(12), 121004. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051954
Æsøy, E., Aguilar, J. G., Bothien, M., Worth, N. A., & Dawson, J. R. (2021). Acoustic-convective interference in transfer functions of methane/hydrogen and pure hydrogen flames. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 143(12), 121017. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051960
Ghirardo, G., Gant, F., Boudy, F., & Bothien, M. (2021). Protection and identification of thermoacoustic azimuthal modes. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 143(4), 41021. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049909
Gant, F., Gruber, A., & Bothien, M. (2020). Development and validation study of a 1D analytical model for the response of reheat flames to entropy waves. Combustion and Flame, 222, 305–316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.09.005

Schriftliche Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Gopalakrishnan, H. S., Gruber, A., & Bothien, M. R. (2025). Dynamics of premixed hydrogen flames forced by harmonic velocity oscillations : scaling and prediction of transfer functions. National Aerospace Propulsion Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 20-22 January 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32147
Heinzmann, S. M., Gopalakrishnan, H. S., & Bothien, M. R. (2025, September 16). Novel framework to predict the linear stability of transverse thermoacoustic modes in reheat combustors. 32. Deutscher Flammentag, Paderborn, Deutschland, 15.-17. September 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35935
Gopalakrishnan, H. S., Schioppa, A., Mouratian, V., Gruber, A., Gicquel, L., & Bothien, M. R. (2025, September 11). Laminar premixed flame transfer functions of carbon-free fuels : comparison between flow solvers and transport models. Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion (SoTiC), Trondheim, Norway, 8-11 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34501
Gopalakrishnan, H. S., Gruber, A., Moeck, J. P., & Bothien, M. R. (2025, September 11). Laminar premixed flame transfer functions of carbon-free fuels : computations and transfer function scaling. Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion (SoTiC), Trondheim, Norway, 8-11 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34502
Heinzmann, S. M., Leder, N., & Bothien, M. R. (2025, September 9). The effect of transversal velocity fluctuations on the thermoacoustic response of reheat flames. Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion: Industry Meets Academia (SoTiC), Trondheim, Norway, 8-11 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34242
Heinzmann, S. M., Leder, N. A., Gopalakrishnan, H. S., & Bothien, M. R. (2025, September 8). Thermoacoustic FEM modeling of partly autoignition and propagation-stabilized flames. Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion: Industry Meets Academia (SoTiC), Trondheim, Norway, 8-11 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34241
Heinzmann, S., Gopalakrishnan, H., Wood, B., & Bothien, M. R. (2025). Linear stability analysis of transversal thermoacoustic modes in reheat combustors [Conference paper]. V03AT04A051. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2025-152879
Gopalakrishnan, H., Maddipati, R., Gruber, A., Bothien, M., & Aditya, K. (2024). A reactor-network framework to model performance and emissions of a longitudinally-staged combustion system for carbon-free fuels [Conference paper]. Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 3B: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions, GT2024-129095(V03BT04A064). https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2024-129095
Æsøy, E., Indlekofer, T., Bothien, M., & Dawson, J. R. (2023). The effect of hydrogen on non-linear flame saturation. Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2023 : Volume 3B: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2023-103741
Gopalakrishnan, H. S., Heggset, T., Gruber, A., Bothien, M. R., & Moeck, J. (2023, September). Prediction of autoignition-stabilized flame dynamics in a backward-facing step reheat combustor configuration. Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion: Industry Meets Academia (SoTiC), Zurich, Switzerland, 11-14 September 2023. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29566
McClure, J., Bothien, M., & Sattelmayer, T. (2022). High-frequency mode shape dependent flame-acoustic interactions in reheat flames [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2022, 3A. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2022-81127
Gant, F., Cuquel, A., & Bothien, M. (2021, September). Autoignition flame transfer matrix : analytical model versus large eddy simulations. Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion: Industry Meets Academia (SoTiC 2021), 6-10 September 2021. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23280
Fournier, G. J. J., Meindl, M., Silva, C. F., Ghirardo, G., Bothien, M., & Polifke, W. (2021, September 16). Low-order modeling of can-annular combustors. Proceedings of the ASME 2021 Turbo Expo. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58947
Æsøy, E., Aguilar, J. G., Bothien, M., Worth, N. A., & Dawson, J. R. (2021, September 16). Acoustic-convective interference in transfer functions of methane/hydrogen and pure hydrogen flames. Proceedings of the ASME 2021 Turbo Expo. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-60058
Gant, F., Ghirardo, G., Cuquel, A., & Bothien, M. (2021, September 16). Delay identification in thermoacoustics. Proceedings of the ASME 2021 Turbo Expo. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58903

Weitere Publikationen

Martin, R., Pandey, K., Noiray, N., & Bothien, M. (2026). Aeroacoustic stability analysis of slow-sound pipe tone whistles [Conference paper]. In E. Altinsoy (Ed.), Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2026 (pp. 879–882). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik (DEGA). https://doi.org/10.71568/daga2026.034

Mündliche Konferenzbeiträge und Abstracts

Gopalakrishnan, H., Schioppa, A., Mouratian, V., Gruber, A., Gicquel, L., & Bothien, M. (2025, October 14). Laminar premixed flame transfer functions of carbon-free fuels : comparison between flow solvers and transport models. 20th International Conference on Numerical Combustion (ICNC), Rome, Italy, 14-17 October 2025.
Bothien, M. (2025, August 26). Hydrogen in gas turbines : enabler for the future energy system. International Summer University Renewable Energy and Sustainability, Falera, Switzerland, 24 August - 5 September 2025.
Bothien, M. (2024, June 7). Wasserstoff: Schlüsselelement der Energiewende. 11. Energiekongress, St. Gallen, Schweiz, 7. Juni 2024.
Bothien, M. (2023, November 7). Das künftige Energiesystem und die Rolle von Wasserstoff. Keynote-Vortrag zur 22. Fachtagung Energie-Agentur der Wirtschaft (EnAW), Bern, Schweiz, 7. November 2023.
Bothien, M. (2023, May 10). Wasserstoff – Baustein im künftigen Energiesystem. Unternehmerapéro der Gemeinde Eschen-Nendeln, Fürstentum Liechtenstein, 10. Mai 2023.
Bothien, M. (2021, June). Flame transfer matrices and network modeling. Flame Transfer Functions: Theory, Analysis and Application, Workshop at ANNULiGhT Network Training Event, Online, 14-18 June 2021.

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