Dr.-Ing. Mirko Bothien

Work at ZHAW

Position

Head of Research/Focus Area Renewable Energy, Senior Lecturer

Focus

Thermoacoustics, Combustion, Dynamic System Analysis, Distributed Energy Systems, Gas Turbines, Alternative Fuels, Hydrogen, Power-to-Gas-to-Power, Acoustics, Complex Data Analysis in the Time and Frequency Domain, Wind Power, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics

Teaching

• Thermodynamics
• Heat transfer
• Wind power and hydropower

Experience

• Head of Research/Focus Area, Renewable Energy
  Institute of Energy Systems and Fluid Engineering, ZHAW
  05 / 2023 - today
• Associate Professor
  Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU Trondheim
  01 / 2021 - today
• Senior Lecturer, Head of Research Group
  Institute of Energy Systems and Fluid Engineering, ZHAW
  08 / 2020 - today
• 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
• Various managerial and expert roles
  Ansaldo Energia Switzerland & Alstom Power
  02 / 2009 - 07 / 2020

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr.-Ing. / Thermoacoustics and Combustion
  Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics, TU Berlin
  06 / 2005 - 12 / 2008
• Dipl.-Ing. / Turbo-machinery and Jet Propulsion
  RWTH Aachen
  10 / 2001 - 05 / 2005

Continuing Education

Certificate of Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
PH Zürich
01 / 2023

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1699-8931

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Demonstrating a hydrogen-powered gas-turbine engine fuelled with up to 100% H2 / Project leader / laufend
• Flexibility for Hydrogen / Project leader / laufend
• AETHER - Advanced Development Strategy for Hydrogen Burners / Project leader / laufend
• Underground mission: Soilless crop cultivation / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Hydrogen In Distributed Energy Systems (HIDES) / Project leader / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Rodhiya, Akash; Gruber, Andrea; Bothien, Mirko R.; Chen, Jacqueline H.; Aditya, Konduri,

  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).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113695

• Gopalakrishnan, Harish S.; Maddipati, Raj; Gruber, Andrea; Bothien, Mirko R.; Aditya, Konduri,

  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), pp. 121012.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066164

• John, Tony; Acharya, Vishal; Bothien, Mirko; Lieuwen, Timothy,

  2023.

  Dynamics of coupled thermoacoustic modes : noise and frequency spacing effects.

  Combustion and Flame.

  252(112738).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2023.112738

• McClure, Jonathan; Bothien, Mirko; Sattelmayer, Thomas,

  2023.

  High-frequency mode shape dependent flame-acoustic interactions in reheat flames.

  Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.

  145(1), pp. 011014.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055531

• Æsøy, Eirik; Indlekofer, Thomas; Bothien, Mirko; Dawson, James R.,

  2023.

  The effect of hydrogen on nonlinear flame saturation.

  Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.

  145(11).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063316

• McClure, Jonathan; Bothien, Mirko; Sattelmayer, Thomas,

  2022.

  Autoignition delay modulation by high-frequency thermoacoustic oscillations in reheat flames.

  Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.

  39(4), pp. 4691-4700.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2022.08.047

• Gant, Francesco; Cuquel, Alexis; Bothien, Mirko,

  2022.

  Autoignition flame transfer matrix : analytical model versus large eddy simulations.

  International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics.

  14(1-2), pp. 72-81.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/17568277221086261

• Gant, Francesco; Ghirardo, Giulio; Cuquel, Alexis; Bothien, Mirko,

  2022.

  Delay identification in thermoacoustics.

  Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.

  144(2), pp. 021005.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052060

• Æsøy, Eirik; Indlekofer, Thomas; Gant, Francesco; Cuquel, Alexis; Bothien, Mirko; Dawson, James,

  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).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112176

• 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), pp. 041021.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049909

• Æsøy, Eirik; Aguilar, José G.; Bothien, Mirko; Worth, Nicholas A.; Dawson, James 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), pp. 121017.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051960

• Gruber, Andrea; Bothien, Mirko; Ciani, Andrea; Aditya, Konduri; Chen, Jacqueline H.; Williams, Forman A.,

  2021.

  Direct Numerical Simulation of hydrogen combustion at auto-ignitive conditions : ignition, stability and turbulent reaction-front velocity.

  Combustion and Flame.

  229(111385).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.02.031

• Fournier, Guillaume J. J.; Meindl, Max; Silva, Camilo F.; Ghirardo, Giulio; Bothien, Mirko; Polifke, Wolfgang,

  2021.

  Low-order modeling of can-annular combustors.

  Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.

  143(12), pp. 121004.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051954

• Gant, Francesco; Ghirardo, Giulio; Bothien, Mirko,

  2021.

  On the importance of time delay and noise in thermoacoustic modeling.

  Journal of Sound and Vibration.

  501(116067).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2021.116067

• Gant, Francesco; Gruber, Andrea; Bothien, Mirko,

  2020.

  Development and validation study of a 1D analytical model for the response of reheat flames to entropy waves.

  Combustion and Flame.

  222, pp. 305-316.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6565504

• Gopalakrishnan, Harish; Maddipati, Raj; Gruber, Andrea; Bothien, Mirko; Aditya, Konduri,

  2024.

  A reactor-network framework to model performance and emissions of a longitudinally-staged combustion system for carbon-free fuels [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition: Volume 3B: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions.

  ASME Turbo Expo 2024, London, United Kingdom, 24-28 June 2024.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2024-129095

• Gopalakrishnan, Harish S.; Heggset, Tarjei; Gruber, Andrea; Bothien, Mirko R.; Moeck, Jonas,

  2023.

  Prediction of autoignition-stabilized flame dynamics in a backward-facing step reheat combustor configuration [paper].

  In:

  Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion: Industry meets Academia (SoTiC), Zurich, Switzerland, 11-14 September 2023.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29566

• Æsøy, Eirik; Indlekofer, Thomas; Bothien, Mirko; Dawson, James R.,

  2023.

  The effect of hydrogen on non-linear flame saturation [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2023 : Volume 3B: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions.

  ASME Turbo Expo 2023 : Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 26–30 June 2023.

  The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2023-103741

• McClure, Jonathan; Bothien, Mirko; Sattelmayer, Thomas,

  2022.

  High-frequency mode shape dependent flame-acoustic interactions in reheat flames [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2022.

  ASME Turbo Expo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 13-17 June 2022.

  The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2022-81127

• Æsøy, Eirik; Aguilar, José G.; Bothien, Mirko; Worth, Nicholas A.; Dawson, James R.,

  2021.

  Acoustic-convective interference in transfer functions of methane/hydrogen and pure hydrogen flames [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the ASME 2021 Turbo Expo.

  ASME 2021 Turbo Expo (Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition), Online, 7-11 June 2021.

  ASME.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-60058

• Gant, Francesco; Ghirardo, Giulio; Cuquel, Alexis; Bothien, Mirko,

  2021.

  Delay identification in thermoacoustics [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the ASME 2021 Turbo Expo.

  ASME 2021 Turbo Expo (Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition), Online, 7-11 June 2021.

  ASME.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58903

• Fournier, Guillaume Jean Jacques; Meindl, Max; Silva, Camilo F.; Ghirardo, Giulio; Bothien, Mirko; Polifke, Wolfgang,

  2021.

  Low-order modeling of can-annular combustors [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the ASME 2021 Turbo Expo.

  ASME 2021 Turbo Expo (Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition), Online, 7-11 June 2021.

  ASME.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2021-58947

• Gant, Francesco; Cuquel, Alexis; Bothien, Mirko,

  2021.

  Autoignition flame transfer matrix : analytical model versus large eddy simulations [paper].

  In:

  Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion: Industry meets Academia (SoTiC 2021), 6-10 September 2021.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23280

• Bothien, Mirko,

  2024.

  Wasserstoff: Schlüsselelement der Energiewende.

  In:

  11. Energiekongress, St. Gallen, Schweiz, 7. Juni 2024.

• Bothien, Mirko,

  2023.

  Das künftige Energiesystem und die Rolle von Wasserstoff.

  In:

  Keynote-Vortrag zur 22. Fachtagung Energie-Agentur der Wirtschaft (EnAW), Bern, Schweiz, 7. November 2023.

• Bothien, Mirko,

  2023.

  Wasserstoff – Baustein im künftigen Energiesystem.

  In:

  Unternehmerapéro der Gemeinde Eschen-Nendeln, Fürstentum Liechtenstein, 10. Mai 2023.

• Bothien, Mirko,

  2021.

  Flame transfer matrices and network modeling.

  In:

  Flame Transfer Functions: theory, analysis and application, Workshop at ANNULiGhT Network Training Event, online, 14-18 June 2021.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Below list only shows Journal publications. A complete overview of all publications can be found here: www.researchgate.net/profile/Mirko-Bothien, scholar.google.de/citations or www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri . An overview of my patents can be found here: worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search
• Gant, F., Bunkute, B., Bothien, M. R., Reheat flames response to entropy waves, Proc. of the Combustion Institute, 38(4):6271-6278, 2021.
• Æsøy, E., Aguilar, J. G., Wiseman, S., Bothien, M. R., Worth, N. A., Dawson, J. R., Scaling and Prediction of Transfer Functions in Lean Premixed H2/CH4-Flames, Combustion and Flame, 215:269-282, 2020.
• Bothien, M. R., Ciani, A., Wood, J. P., Fruechtel, G., Toward Decarbonized Power Generation With Gas Turbines by Using Sequential Combustion for Burning Hydrogen, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 141(12):121013-1-10, 2019.
• Ghirardo, G., Moeck, J. P., Bothien, M. R., Effect of Noise and Nonlinearities on Thermoacoustics of Can-Annular Combustors, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 142(4): 041005-1-10, 2019.
• Jiang, Y., del Alamo, G., Gruber, A. Bothien, M. R., Seshadria, K. Williams, F. A., A skeletal mechanism for prediction of ignition delay times and laminar premixed flame velocities of hydrogen-methane mixtures under gas turbine conditions, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(33):18573-18585, 2019.
• Gant, F., Scarpato, A., Bothien, M. R., Occurrence of multiple flame fronts in reheat combustors, Combustion and Flame, 205:220-230, 2019.
• Ciani, A., Bothien, M. R., Bunkute, B., Wood, J. P., Fruechtel, G., Superior fuel and operational flexibility of sequential combustion in Ansaldo Energia gas turbines, Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society, 3:630–638, 2019.
• Ghirardo, G. and Bothien, M. R., Quaternion structure of azimuthal instabilities. Physical Review Fluids, 3(11):113202, 2019.
• Konduri, A., Gruber, A., Xu, C., Lu, T., Krisman, A., Bothien, M. R., Chen, J. H., Direct numerical simulation of flame stabilization assisted by autoignition in a reheat gas turbine combustor. Proc. of the Combustion Institute, 37(2):2635-2642, 2019.
• Bothien, M. R., Lauper, D., Yang, Y., Scarpato, A., Reconstruction and Analysis of the Acoustic Transfer Matrix of a Reheat Flame from Large-Eddy Simulations. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 141(2):021018-021018-9, 2019.
• Ghirardo, G., Di Giovine, C., Moeck, J. P., Bothien, M. R., Thermoacoustics of Can-Annular Combustors. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 141(1):011007-011007-10, 2018.
• Weilenmann, M., Xiong, Y., Bothien, M. R., Noiray, N., Background Oriented Schlieren of fuel jet flapping under thermoacoustic oscillations in a sequential combustor. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 141(1):011030-011030-8, 2018.
• Acharya, V., Bothien, M. R., Lieuwen, T., Non-linear Dynamics of Thermoacoustic Eigen-mode Interactions. Combustion and Flame, 194:309-321, 2018.
• Ghirardo, G. Boudy, F., Bothien, M. R., Amplitude Statistics Prediction in Thermoacoustics. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 844:216-246, 2018.
• Ghirardo, G., Juniper, M., Bothien, M. R., The Effect of the Flame Phase on Thermoacoustic Instabilities. Combustion and Flame, 187:165-184, 2017.
• Bothien, M. R., Noiray, N., Schuermans, B., Analysis of Azimuthal Thermoacoustic Modes in Annular Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 137(6):061505-061505-8, 2015.
• Bothien, M. R. and Wassmer, D., Impact of Density Discontinuities on the Resonance Frequency of Helmholtz Resonators. AIAA Journal, 53(4):877-887, 2015.
• Bothien, M. R., Noiray, N., Schuermans, B., A Novel Damping Device for Broadband Attenuation of Low-Frequency Combustion Pulsations in Gas Turbines. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 136(4):041504-041504-9, 2013.
• Noiray, N., Bothien, M. R., Schuermans, B., Investigation of Azimuthal Staging Concepts in Annular Gas Turbines. Combustion Theory and Modelling, 15(5):585-606, 2011.
• Lacarelle, A., Luchtenburg, D. M., Bothien, M. R., Noack, B. R., Paschereit, C. O., Combination of Image Postprocessing Tools to Identify Coherent Structures of Premixed Flames. AIAA Journal, 48(8):1708-1720, 2010.
• Bothien, M. R., Moeck, J. P., Paschereit, C. O., Comparison of Linear Stability Analysis with Experiments by Actively Tuning the Acoustic Boundary Conditions of a Premixed Combustor. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 132(12):121502-121502-10, 2010.
• Bothien, M. R. and Paschereit, C. O., Tuning of the Acoustic Boundary Conditions of Combustion Test Rigs With Active Control: Extension to Actuators With Nonlinear Response. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 132(9):091503-091503-10, 2010.
• Bothien, M. R., Moeck, J. P., Paschereit, C. O., Assessment of Different Actuator Concepts for Acoustic Boundary Control of a Premixed Combustor., Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 131(2):021502-021502-10, 2009.
• Bothien, M. R., Moeck, J. P., Paschereit, C. O., Active Control of the Acoustic Boundary Conditions of Combustion Test Rigs., Journal of Sound and Vibration, 318(4-5):678-701, 2008.
• Bothien, M. R., Moeck, J. P., Lacarelle, A., Paschereit, C. O., Time Domain Modelling and Stability Analysis of Complex Thermoacoustic Systems. Proc. of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 221(5):657-668, 2007.

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