Prof. Dr. Thomas Hocker

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hocker
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Research Group Multiphysics Modeling and Imaging
Technikumstrasse 71
8400 Winterthur
Personal profile
Position at the ZHAW
Senior Lecturer in Modelling and Simulation, , youtu.be/6Can7rLUBZc
www.zhaw.ch/icp
Educational background
Dipl. Ing. in Chemical Engineering TU-Berlin (Germany)
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA)
Projects
- Ceramic air heaters for extreme process temperatures / Team member / Project ongoing
- Enhanced blood flow and pressure measurements with PhysioCath-microcatheter for reliable diagnosis of 'Ischemia with Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery' (INOCA) / Project leader / Project ongoing
- FCHgo! / Team member / Project completed
- Versatile oxide fuel cell microstructures employing WGS active titanate anode current collectors compatible to ferritic stainless steel interconnects (VOLTA) / Project co-leader / Project completed
- Development of series-production readiness of new full ceramic high temperature heating elements for hot air generation / Project co-leader / Project completed
- Developement of new heating elements for hot air blowers / Project co-leader / Project completed
- NRP70 - CO2 Reduction & Reuse / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Relationships between 3D topology and reaction kinetics in mixed conducting electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells / Team member / Project completed
- Enhancing the Lifetime of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell stacks in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
Publications
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Marmet, Philip; Holzer, Lorenz; Hocker, Thomas; Boiger, Gernot K.; Bausinger, Holger; Mai, Andreas; Fingerle, Mathias; Reeb, Sarah; Michel, Dominik; Brader, Joseph M.,
2023.
Energy Advances.
2(7), pp. 980-1013.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3YA00132F
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Wick-Joliat, René; Mauchle, Stéphane; Kontic, Roman; Ehrat, Sandro; Hocker, Thomas; Penner, Dirk,
2021.
MoSi2/Al2O3/feldspar composites for injection‐molded ceramic heating elements.
Advanced Engineering Materials.
23(9), pp. 2100517.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202100517
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Marmet, Philip; Holzer, Lorenz; Grolig, Jan G.; Bausinger, Holger; Mai, Andreas; Brader, Joseph M.; Hocker, Thomas,
2021.
Modeling the impedance response and steady state behaviour of porous CGO-based MIEC anodes.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
23(40), pp. 23042-23074.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP01962G
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Meier, Christoph; Meier, Daniel; Vandercruysse, Felix; Hocker, Thomas,
2018.
The International Journal of Multiphysics.
12(4), pp. 393-411.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21152/1750-9548.12.4.393
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Pecho, Omar M.; Stenzel, Ole; Iwanschitz, Boris; Gasser, Philippe; Neumann, Matthias; Schmidt, Volker; Prestat, Michel; Hocker, Thomas; Flatt, Robert J.; Holzer, Lorenz,
2015.
Materials.
8(9), pp. 5554-5585.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8095265
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Linder, Markus; Hocker, Thomas; Meier, Christoph; Holzer, Lorenz; Friedrich, Andreas; Iwanschitz, Boris; Mai, Andreas; Schuler, Andreas J.,
2015.
Journal of Power Sources.
288, pp. 409-418.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.04.136
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Safa, Yasser; Hocker, Thomas,
2015.
A validated energy approach for the post-buckling design of micro-fabricated thin film devices.
Applied Mathematical Modelling.
39(2), pp. 483-499.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2014.05.038
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Pecho, Omar; Holzer, Lorenz; Yáng, Zhèn; Martynczuk, Julia; Hocker, Thomas; Flatt, Robert J.; Prestat, Michel,
2015.
Journal of Power Sources.
274, pp. 295-303.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.10.060
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Pecho, Omar M.; Mai, Andreas; Münch, Beat; Hocker, Thomas; Flatt, Robert J.; Holzer, Lorenz,
2015.
Materials.
8(10), pp. 7129-7144.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8105370
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Linder, Markus; Hocker, Thomas; Holzer, Lorenz; Pecho, Omar; Friedrich, Andreas; Morawietz, Thomas; Hiesgen, Renate; Kontic, Roman; Iwanschitz, Boris; Mai, Andreas; Schuler, Andreas,
2015.
Solid State Ionics.
283, pp. 38-51.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2015.11.003
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Safa, Yasser; Hocker, Thomas; Prestat, Michel; Evans, Anna,
2014.
Post-buckling design of thin-film electrolytes in micro-solid oxide fuel cells.
Journal of Power Sources.
250, pp. 332-342.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.10.125
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Gaiselmann, Gerd; Neumann, Matthias; Schmidt, Volker; Pecho, Omar; Hocker, Thomas; Holzer, Lorenz,
2014.
AIChE Journal.
60(6), pp. 1983-1999.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.14416
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Linder, Markus; Hocker, Thomas; Holzer, Lorenz; Friedrich, K. Andreas; Iwanschitz, Boris; Mai, Andreas; Schuler, J. Andreas,
2014.
Journal of Power Sources.
272, pp. 595-605.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.08.098
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Linder, Markus; Hocker, Thomas; Holzer, Lorenz; Friedrich, K. Andreas; Iwanschitz, Boris; Mai, Andreas; Schuler, J. Andreas,
2013.
Journal of Power Sources.
243, pp. 508-518.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.05.200
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Gaiselmann, Gerd; Neumann, Matthias; Holzer, Lorenz; Hocker, Thomas; Prestat, Michel René; Schmidt, Volker,
2013.
Computational Materials Science.
67, pp. 48-62.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.08.030
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Holzer, Lorenz; Iwanschitz, Boris; Hocker, Thomas; Keller, Lukas; Pecho, Omar; Sartoris, Guido; Gasser, Philippe; Muench, Beat,
2013.
Journal of Power Sources.
242, pp. 179-194.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.05.047
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Nakajo, Arata; Kuebler, Jakob; Faes, Antonin; Vogt, Ulrich F.; Schindler, Hans Jürgen; Chiang, Lieh-Kwang; Modena, Stefano; Van herle, Jan; Hocker, Thomas,
2012.
Ceramics International.
38(5), pp. 3907-3927.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.01.043
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Meier, Christoph; Hocker, Thomas; Bieberle-Hütter, Anja; Gauckler, Ludwig J.,
2012.
Analyzing a micro-solid oxide fuel cell system by global energy balances.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
37(13), pp. 10318-10327.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.04.009
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Evans, Anna; Prestat, Michel; Tölke, R.; Schlupp, M. V. F.; Gauckler, L. J.; Safa, Yasser; Hocker, Thomas; Courbat, J.; Briand, D.; de Rooij, N. F.; Courty, D.,
2012.
Fuel Cells.
12(4), pp. 614-623.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/fuce.201200028
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Holzer, Lorenz; Münch, Beat; Iwanschitz, Boris; Cantoni, Marco; Hocker, Thomas; Graule, Thomas,
2011.
Journal of Power Sources.
196(17), pp. 7076-7089.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.08.006
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Holzer, Lorenz; Iwanschitz, Boris; Hocker, Thomas; Münch, Beat; Prestat, Michel; Wiedenmann, Daniel; Vogt, Uli; Holtappels, Peter; Sfeir, Josef; Mai, Andreas; Graule, Thomas,
2011.
Journal of Power Sources.
196(3), pp. 1279-1294.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.08.017
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Kuebler, Jakob; Vogt, Uli F.; Haberstock, D.; Sfeir, J.; Mai, Andreas; Hocker, Thomas; Roos, Markus; Harnisch, Urs,
2010.
Simulation and validation of thermo-mechanical stresses in planar SOFCs.
Fuel Cells.
10(6), pp. 1066-1073.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/fuce.201000040
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Bieberle-Hütter, Anja; Beckel, Daniel; Infortuna, Anna; Muecke, Ulrich P.; Rupp, Jennifer L. M.; Gauckler, Ludwig J.; Rey-Mermet, Samuel; Muralt, Paul; Bieri, Nicole R.; Hotz, Nico; Stutz, Michael J.; Poulikakos, Dimos; Heeb, Peter; Müller, Patrik; Bernard, André; Gmür, Roman; Hocker, Thomas,
2008.
A micro-solid oxide fuel cell system as battery replacement.
Journal of Power Sources.
177(1), pp. 123-130.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.10.092
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Gmür, Roman; Goschnick, Joachim; Hocker, Thomas; Schwarzenbach, Hansueli; Sommer, Martin,
2007.
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical.
127(1), pp. 107-111.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2007.07.139
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Worlitschek, Jörg; Hocker, Thomas; Mazzotti, Marco,
2005.
Particle & Particle Systems Characterization.
22(2), pp. 81-98.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.200400872
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Roos, Markus; Batawi, Emad; Harnisch, Urs; Hocker, Thomas,
2003.
Efficient simulation of fuel cell stacks with the volume averaging method.
Journal of Power Sources.
118(1–2), pp. 86-95.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-7753(03)00066-1
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Hocker, Thomas; Rajendran, Arvind; Mazzotti, Marco,
2003.
Langmuir.
19(4), pp. 1254-1267.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/la0266379
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Rajendran, Arvind; Hocker, Thomas; Di Giovanni, Orazio; Mazzotti, Marco,
2002.
Experimental observation of critical depletion : nitrous oxide adsorption on silica gel.
Langmuir.
18(25), pp. 9726-9734.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/la025696j
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Hocker, Thomas; Donohue, Marc D.,
2001.
A simple model for solute partitioning and adsorption.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
244(1), pp. 9-17.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcis.2001.7914
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Hocker, Thomas; Aranovich, Grigoriy L.; Donohue, Marc D.,
2001.
Adsorption-energy distribution of heterogeneous surfaces predicted by projections onto convex sets.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
238(1), pp. 167-176.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcis.2001.7496
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Hocker, Thomas; Aranovich, G. L.; Donohue, M. D.,
1999.
Monolayer adsorption for the subcritical lattice gas and partially miscible binary mixtures.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
211(1), pp. 61-80.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcis.1998.5971
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Hocker, Thomas; Aranovich, G. L.; Donohue, M. D.,
1999.
Monolayer adsorption of nonrandom mixtures.
The Journal of Chemical Physics.
111(3), pp. 1240-1254.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.479309
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Aranovich, G. L.; Hocker, Thomas; Wu, D. W.; Donohue, M. D.,
1997.
Nonrandom behavior in multicomponent lattice mixtures : effects of solute size and shape.
The Journal of Chemical Physics.
106(24), pp. 10282-10291.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.474065
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Marmet, Philip; Hocker, Thomas; Boiger, Gernot K.; Grolig, Jan G.; Bausinger, Holger; Mai, Andreas; Fingerle, Mathias; Reeb, Sarah; Brader, Joseph M.; Holzer, Lorenz,
2022.
Composite conductivity of MIEC-based SOFC anodes : implications for microstructure optimization [paper].
In:
15th European SOFC & SOE Forum 2022, Lucerne, Switzerland, 5-8 July 2022.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26055
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Marmet, Philip; Hocker, Thomas; Grolig, Jan G.; Bausinger, Holger; Mai, Andreas; Brader, Joseph M.; Holzer, Lorenz,
2020.
Towards model-based optimization of CGO/Ni anodes [paper].
In:
14th European SOFC & SOE Forum, Lucerne, Switzerland (online), 20-23 October 2020.
Zenodo.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4556898
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Knaack, Reto; Wickert, Jo; Volz, Dominik; Münchbach, Niklas; Eich, Walter; Hug, Peter; Hocker, Thomas,
2019.
Einsatz von "Virtual Reality" in der Ausbildung von Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieuren [paper].
In:
Meissner, Barbara; Walter, Claudia; Zinger, Benjamin; Haubner, Julia; Waldherr, Franz, eds.,
Tagungsband zum 4. Symposium zur Hochschullehre in den MINT-Fächern.
4. Symposium zur Hochschullehre in den MINT-Fächern, Nürnberg, 26.-27. September 2019.
Nürnberg:
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg.
pp. 176-183.
Available from: https://www.didaktikzentrum.de/images/cwattachments/491_f1d8d1209f6ebde9058713d97ebf9d29.pdf
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Evans, Anna; Prestat, Michel; Tölke, René; Gauckler, Ludwig J.; Hocker, Thomas; Safa, Yasser; Briand, Danick; Courbat, Jérôme; De Rooij, Nico,
2012.
In:
Mogensen, M. B.; Armstrong, T.; Gür, T. M.; Yokokawa, H.; Zhou, X.-D., eds.,
Ionic and mixed conducting ceramics.
221st ECS Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 6-10 May 2012.
Pennington:
The Electrochemical Society.
pp. 475-479.
ECS Transactions ; 45, 1.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3701338
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Linder, Markus; Hocker, Thomas; Denzler, Roland; Mai, Andreas; Iwanschitz, Boris,
2011.
Automated, model-based analysis of Uj-data for electrolyte-supported SOFC short-stacks [paper].
In:
7th Symposium on Fuel Cell Modeling and Experimental Validation, Morges, 23-24 March 2010.
Wiley.
pp. 573-580.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/fuce.201000132
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Safa, Yasser; Hocker, Thomas,
2009.
Numerical simulation of reactive transport phenomena in the hexis SOFC-system [paper].
In:
Singhal, S. C.; Yokokawa, H., eds.,
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 11 (SOFC-XI).
11th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XI), Vienna, Austria, 4-9 October 2009.
Pennington:
pp. 1221-1230.
ECS Transactions ; 25, 2.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3205651
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Hocker, Thomas; Heinzelmann, Elsbeth,
2004.
FE-Modellierung von Brennstoffzellen.
Technische Rundschau.
2004(5), pp. 22.
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Hocker, Thomas; Sartoris, Guido; Ruhstaller, Beat; Haller, Thomas; Schwarzenbach, Hansueli,
2003.
Mikro- und Nanotechnologie am Center for Computational Physics.
ZHWInfo.
17.
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Di Giovanni, Orazio; Hocker, Thomas; Rajendran, Arvind; Dörfler, Werner; Mazzotti, Marco; Morbidelli, Massimo,
2002.
Measuring and describing adsorption under supercritical conditions [paper].
In:
Kaneko, Katsumi; Kanoh, Hirofumi; Hanzawa, Yohko; International Adsorption Society, eds.,
Fundamentals of Adsorption 7 : Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Fundamentals of Asorption, Nagasaki, 20–25 May, 2001.
7th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA7), Nagasaki, Japan, 20-25 May 2001.
Chiba:
IK International.
pp. 672-679.
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Hocker, Thomas; Aranovich, Gregory L.; Donohue, Marc D.,
1997.
Energy and entropy of mixing for a nonrandom mixture of monomers
.
In:
Stuchtrup, Henning, ed.,
Facetten der Thermodynamik : Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Professor Ingo Müller.
Berlin:
Technische Universität Berlin.
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Marmet, Philip; Holzer, Lorenz; Hocker, Thomas; Boiger, Gernot Kurt; Hilden, Janine; Reeb, Sarah; Fingerle, Mathias,
2021.
In:
GeoDict User Meeting 2021 Book of Abstracts.
10. GeoDict User Meeting, online, 4.-8. Oktober 2021.
Kaiserslautern:
Math2Market.
pp. 22.
Available from: https://youtu.be/AIROVKq5yoc
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Marmet, Philip; Holzer, Lorenz; Grolig, Jan G.; Mai, Andreas; Brader, Joseph M.; Hocker, Thomas,
2021.
Comprehensive model for CGO based anodes.
In:
17th Symposium on Modeling and Experimental Validation of Fuel Cells, Electrolysers and Batteries (ModVal), online, 20-22 April 2021.
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Safa, Yasser; Hocker, Thomas,
2016.
Developed numerical approach of the melt-crystals phase-changing kinetics in solidification process.
In:
11th International Conference of Multiphysics, Winterthur, 8-9 December 2016.
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Hocker, Thomas; Safa, Yasser; Meier, Daniel Christoph,
2016.
Kontrolliertes Kühlen von Kakaobutter und Modellierung der Kristallisation von Kakaobutter.
In:
Choco Tec 2016 - der Schokoladenkongress des Jahres, Köln, Deutschland, 6-8 December 2016.
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Safa, Yasser; Hocker, Thomas,
2012.
A validated model of membrane mechanics for micro SOFC.
In:
9th Symposium on Fuel Cell and Battery Modeling and Experimental Validation (ModVal 9), Sursee, 2.-4. April 2012.
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Prestat, Michel René; Evans, A.; Tölke, R.; Schlupp, M. V. F.; Scherrer, B.; Yáng, Z.; Martynczuk, J.; Pecho, Omar; Ma, H.; Laffranchini, S.; Bieberle-Hütter, A.; Gauckler, L. J.; Safa, Yasser; Hocker, Thomas; Muralt, P.; Yan, Y.; Courbat, J.; Briand, D.; de Rooij, N. F.,
2012.
Miniaturized free-standing SOFC membranes on silicon chips (A0704).
In:
10th European SOFC Forum 2012, Lucerne, Switzerland, 26–29 June 2012.
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Safa, Yasser; Hocker, Thomas,
2011.
In:
8th Symposium on Fuel Cell Modeling and Experimental Validation (ModVal8), Bonn, Germany, 8-9 March 2011.
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Hocker, Thomas; Niffenegger, M.; Safa, Yasser; Chahine, E.,
2011.
Buckling-driven crack growth in elastic plate devices.
In:
21. Symposium Simulationstechnik (ASIM 2011), Winterthur, Schweiz, 7.–9. September 2011.
Patents and patent applications
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Boiger, Gernot Kurt; Boldrini, Marlon; Gorbar, Michal; de Hazan, Yoram; Hocker, Thomas; Horat-Fässler, Pascal; Mauchle, Stéphane; Penner, Dirk; von Wyl, Bruno,
2019.
Keramischer Heizwiderstand, elektrisches Heizelement sowie Vorrichtung zur Erwärmung eines Fluides.
Patent number WO2019185291 A1
(2019-10-03)
.
Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DWO2019185291A1