Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Supancic

Phone: +43 316 481300 17

Fax: +43 316 481300 4

1974	Born in Graz (A)
1984 - 1992	Bundesrealgymnasium Weiz
1992 - 1999	University study of Industrial Environmental Protection, Disposal Techniques and Recycling - branch of study: process engineering and environmental protection at the University of Leoben; diploma thesis: " Characterisation and Improvement of the Gas and Liquid Flow in the Blast Furnace – Conception, Experiments and Industrial Practice"
2000 - 2001	Process engineer at Philips Components, Lebring, Austria
since 2001	Project engineer at BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH – Graz/Austria
2004 - 2005	Local project manager project Santa Fe
since 2006	Project manager at BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH

Working areas

Project management
National and international funding applications
Collaboration in national and international R&D projects
Heating plants and combined heat, power and chilling plants (CHPC plants)
District heating networks
Heat recovery units and flue gas condensation units
CFD modelling (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
Development and optimisation of furnaces, gasifiers, stoves, fireplace inserts and boilers for biomass and waste wood by CFD analysis

Key competences

Biomass ash processing and utilisation
Authorisation procedures including the preparation of permit applications
Management and implementation of R&D projects including the preparation of applications and project reports
Preliminary design, detailed design and preparing of requests for bids
Construction oversight, start-up and commissioning
Test run management (design, implementation, analysis and evaluation)
Expertises regarding the optimisation of plants including required measures for troubleshooting
Life-cycle analyses
Project manager in national projects in the working areas and research activities mentioned above
Modelling of pyrolysis, gasification and combustion reactions with solid biomass
About 20 presentations and papers at conferences and workshops (national and international)