The Combustion Technology group deals with both experimental analysis and theoretical description of topics in the field of high-temperature processes.

On the one hand, the group concentrates on practice-oriented projects, such as the development and research of burner systems for various applications (basic materials industry (glass, metal, ceramics), chemical industry and mobility). One focus of the group's expertise is the transfer of combustion technology principles to the investigation of combustion processes in industrial plants. Using state-of-the-art measurement techniques, the group works intensively on researching a wide range of combustion and heating processes.

Focus of our activities:

• Flame diagnostics (emissions, reaction zones, mixing fields, sound propagation, spectra)
• Determination of fundamental variables (burning velocities, extinction, ignition)
• Flow diagnostics (velocity, distribution, wall interaction)
• Combustion of CO₂-poor and CO₂-neutral fuels (gaseous, liquid, solid / e.g. biogas, hydrogen, ammonia)e.g. biogas, hydrogen, ammonia)
• Burner development up to small industrial scale
• Integration considerations and retrofitting in high-temperature systems
• Use of numerical simulations from 0D to 3D for reactive systems