Professor Emeritus at EEH: HVL

1972	Diploma in Electrical Engineering, TU Vienna, Austria
1976	Ph.D. degree, Technical Sciences, TU Vienna Austria
1979-1990	Development of High Voltage Switchgear at BBC (now ABB) in Switzerland and USA, Head of the ABB High Voltage Laboratory, Zürich Oerlikon
1990-1997	Full Professor for Switching Devices and High Voltage Technology, TU–Vienna, Austria
1997-2010	Full Professor at ETH Zurich, Head of the High Voltage Laboratory
	Klaus Fröhlich is the president of the Technical Committee of the International Counsel for Large Electric Systems (CIGRE), IEEE Fellow, Board Member of Electrosuisse

Publications

Journal Papers

• T. Krause, G. Andersson, K. Fröhlich, A. Vaccaro, Multiple Energy Carriers: Modeling of Production, Delivery and Consumption, Proceedings of the IEEE, Issue 1, Volume 99, pp. 15-27, ISSN: 0018-9219 .
• A. Bitschi, K. Fröhlich, Thermoelektrische Systeme in der Stromerzeugung, Electrosuisse VSE, Bulletin 7/2010.
• K. Fröhlich, Cigré Technical Activities: Strategic Directions 2010-2010, ELECTRA, No 249, pp. 6-12.
• K. Froehlich, Das Energysystem der Zukunft, Forschungsnews, arsenal research, volume 4/2008.
• R. Brütsch, M. Tari, K. Fröhlich, T. Weiers, R. Vogelsang, Insulation Failure Mechanism of Power Generators, IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine July/August 2008 Volume 24, No 4.
• Martin Geidl, Gaudenz Koeppel, Patrick Favre-Perrod, Bernd Klöckl, Göran Andersson and Klaus Fröhlich, Energy Hubs for the Future, IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, Vol 5, No 1, 2007.
• Klaus Fröhlich, Study Committee A3 (High Voltage Equipment) - Current Activities and Prospects, ELECTRA N226, June 2006, pp. 4-11, 2006.
• Ruben Vogelsang, Tilman Weiers, Klaus Fröhlich and R. Brütsch, Electrical breakdown in high-voltage winding insulations of different manufacturing qualities, Electrical Insulation Magazine, IEEE, Volume 22, Issue 3, May-June 2006, pp. 5-12..
• Ruben Vogelsang, Thomas Farr and Klaus Fröhlich, The effect of barriers on electrical tree propagation in composite insulation materials, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol 13, No 1, February 2006..
• Ruben Vogelsang, B. Fruth, T. Farr and Klaus Fröhlich, Detection of electrical tree propagation by partial discharge measurements, European Transactions on Electrical Power, ETEP, 15:1-14, DOI:10.1002/etep.60, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005.

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Conference Papers

• R. Brütsch, K. Fröhlich, M. Tari, T. Weiers, R. Vogelsang, High Voltage Insulation Failure Mechanism, Presented/Proceedings of the ISEI 2008 in Vancouver, Canada, 8 - 11 June 2008.
• W. Hribernik, B. Kubicek, G. Pascoli, K. Fröhlich, Verification of a model-based diagnosis system for on-line detection of the moisture content of power transformer insulations using finite element calculations, Presented at the CMD 2008 in Beijing, VR China, 21 - 24 April 2008.
• R. Brutsch, M. Tari, Klaus Fröhlich, Tilman Weiers, Ruben Vogelsang, Power Generator Insulation Failure Mechanisms, CIGRE SC A1 & D1 Joint Colloqium, 24 October , 2007.
• Th. Smolka, Klaus Fröhlich, Bernd Klöckl, A. Schmettler, T. Hintzen, ECO-Efficiency Assesment of Dispersed Power Generation in Distribution Energy Networks, CIRED 19th Internat. Conference on Electricity Distribution, 21-24 May 2007, Vienna, Austria, 2007.
• Th. Smolka, K. Fröhlich, A. Klöckl, A.Schmettler, T. Hintzen, ECO-Efficiency Assesment of Dispersed Power Generation in Distribution Energy Networks, CIRED, 19th International Conference on Electricity Distribution, May 21 - 24th, Vienna, Austria, 2007.
• Wolfgang Hribernik, Klaus Fröhlich, Implementation of a model-based diagnosis system for power transformers, CIRED 19th Internat. Conference on Electricity Distribution, 21-25 May, Vienna, Austria, 2007.
• Tilman Weiers, Ruben Vogelsang, W. Caseri and Klaus Fröhlich, Electrical tree propagation along mica barriers in dependence on the resin components, IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP 2005), October 16-19, Nashville, TN, USA, 2005.
• Bernd Klöckl, Klaus Fröhlich and Kurt Kaltenegger, New energy technologies, new requirements on electricity and an unresolved transition problem towards sustainability: Is there need for basic academic research?, Cigré 5th Southern Africa Regional Conference “Meeting Today’s Challenges for Tomorrow’s Power Industry”, 24-28 October, Cape Town, South Africa, 2005.
• Stefan Neuhold, Evgeny Murtola, Klaus Fröhlich, M. Farshad, A. Stutz and P. Anliker, Hyperelastic High Voltage Composite Conductor, EUROMAT 2005, 5-8 September 2005, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Ruben Vogelsang, R. Brütsch and Klaus Fröhlich, The effect of overlappings in winding insulations on tree growth and breakdown time, Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP, Boulder, CO, USA, pp. 294 – 297, 2004.

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Further Publications

• K. Fröhlich, Welcome Speech at the Cigré Symposium in Bologna, Cigré Symposium in Bologna, Italy, 12-15 September 2011.
• K. Fröhlich, Elektrische Energieübertragung auf Hochspannungsebene, Eingeladener Vortrag/Invited Speech, AGORA-Tagung, Basel, Switzerland, 30 June 2011.
• K. Fröhlich, Forschung in der elektrischen Energietechnik an der ETH Zürich - eine gelungene Partnerschaft zwischen Universität und Industrie, Eingeladener Vortrag/Invited Speech: Mitgliederversammlung FKH, Zurich, Switzerland, 5 May 2010.
• Klaus Fröhlich, Nicht klecksen, sondern klotzen, Interview with Prof. Fröhlich in energyForum 2/08, p.11, 2008.
• Klaus Fröhlich, Key Note Speech for IEC-Cigré-UHV Symposium, IEC Cigré UHV Symposium, 25 July 2007, Beijing, China, 2007.
• Klaus Fröhlich, Overview-controlled Switching System, Mitsubishi Electric Journal, March 2007, Volume 117, 2007.
• Klaus Fröhlich, Forschen am Energienetz der Zukunft, Energia, Newsletter BfE, Ausgabe 2, April, 2006.
• Klaus Fröhlich, Brummende Leitungen, Naturkunde, Zeitschrift des energiedienst, Vol. 4, 2005, Germany, 2005.
• Klaus Fröhlich, ETH-Forschungsprojekt "Thermoelektrische Energieerzeugung", SEV Bulletin, Vol. 23, 2005, pp. 37, Switzerland, 2005.
• Klaus Fröhlich, Das Energie-Hub-System könnte eine Antwort für die Zukunft sein, HAUS TECH, Magazin für Energie und Gebäudetechnologie, Vol. 10, 2005, Germany, 2005.

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