Zoran MARINŠEK
Zoran Marinšek is a researcher and manager. In the course of his career, he accumulated experience in several research fields and topics. During his post-graduate studies and the early part of his career at the Institute Jožef Stefan, he focused on the stochastic analysis of signals, which he applied in experimental studies of pressure phenomena in boiling; his work at Centre d’etude Nucleaires de Grenoble in the area of heat transfer and two-phase flow reinforced its nuclear engineering character which led to applied engineering work in safety analyses and PSAR of NPP Krško and safety instrumentation of NPP. Subsequently, he moved out of nuclear engineering to computer-controlled systems in industry and internal energy systems and finally to flexibility management in the energy trading processes in Smart Grids, where his current interests are focused. He combined his R&D work with management ranging from collaborative R&D&I projects (national and international, some in Framework Programmes and H2020) to a high-tech start-up, technology network, and competence center.
The GOFLEX system manages energy production and consumption at the local level, from the bottom up. Prosumers participate directly by offering their flexibility in energy consumption and/or production on the Flexibility market. In the case illustrated above, the buyer is Distribution System Operator (DSO) and it accesses this flexibility by placing a buy offer.
1945 Born in Pivka
1969 Degree in Thermodynamics and energy engineering, University of Ljubljana
1973 Master’s, thesis on Stochastic analysis of signals, University of Ljubljana
1973 Postgraduate research in heat transfer & two-phase flow, Centre d’Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble
1974 Project manager, Safety analyses and PSAR for NPP Krško
1987 PhD on pressure phenomena in boiling, University of Ljubljana
1987 Co-founder and CEO of INEA d.o.o.
1996Project manager PECS Plastic extruder control system
2016 Head CC ACT Competence centre for Advanced Control Technologies
2016 Scientific and Technical Manager, H2020 IA Project GOFLEX
Important Works
GOFLEX – Generalized Operational FLEXibility for Integrating Renewables in the Distribution Grid, pr. No: 731232, H2020-LCE-2016-SGS, https://goflex-project.eu.
S. Gerkšič, Z. Marinšek, et. al. (2006) Advanced control algorithms embedded in a programmable logic controller.
Control Eng. Pract. 14(8):935-948. N. G. Rasschin, Z. Marinšek, et al. (1977) Kritičeskie uslovija pri nestacionarnom istečenii dvuhfaznoj sredi pri obrive truboprovoda. Teplofiz. vys. temp. 15:589.
Selected Awards
Golden Plaque, Institute J. Stefan
2013 World Smart Grid forum 2013, Best poster award for a very significant contribution in the field of Smart grids: Efficiently managing more renewable energy using explicit demand and supply flexibilities, Doms A., Z.Marinšek, T.B. Pedersen, MIRABEL, FP7 project, co-funded under pr. no.248195