Research focus of the professorship for Modeling of Thermochemical Conversion Processes
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Modelling, development and optimization of high-temperature processes
- Integration of electricity from renewable energies in high-temperature processes, e.g. via plasma technologies
- Hydrogen and ammonia integration in high-temperature processes
- entrained-flow, fluidized-bed and fixed-bed processes for the conversion of biomass, residual materials and conventional carbon carriers
- Converters and furnaces for the recycling of non-ferrous metals (submerged lance processes, melting furnaces, casting processes)
- Blast furnaces and glass melting processes
High-pressure partial oxidation of gaseous and liquid feedstocks
- Catalytic and non-catalytic reforming
- Biogas, bio-oil, lean gases, process gases, natural gas, refinery residues
- Process development and optimization
- Burner development
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Accelerated process optimization
- Development of reduced models for accelerated process modeling
- Automated process optimization
- Multi-criteria, multi-parameter optimization
Model-based laboratory
- Model-based design and development of new test benches and optical measuring systems
- Model-based test design and evaluation
Modeling and analysis of material conversion processes on the microscale
- Mass and heat transfer at gas-solid and gas-liquid interfaces
- High-resolution calculations of reacting particles including pore development and shape change
- Drying, pyrolysis, heterogeneous reactions