Thermal Process Engineering
acting head Prof. Dr.-Ing. Antje Spieß
Goal of our research is the development of engineering models that can be safely applied in the practical life of engineers in industry and which allow the reliable design of thermal unit operations with minimal effort. We are convinced that the development of such models that represent a significant step forward as compared to currently available models is only possible based on a quantitative understanding of the interplay of phenomena on different size scales. The size scales we are investigating in our group thus reach from the molecular level to technical equipment. more
Our focus on research:
 | Model-based experimental analysis |
 | Extraction |
 | Dispersions and interfaces |
 | Molecular Thermodynamics and Simulation |
 | Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass (TMFB) |
 | Ethics for Energy Technologies (HumTec-EET) |
Our current projects:
Model-based experimental analysis
- Design of extractors for phytoextraction more
- Purification of ionic liquids for the TMFB process by extraction more
- Design of extractors for phytoextraction more
- Development of a method to quantify coalescence in extraction columns more
- Development of a technology platform for the conversion of affordable and accessible raw materials into functional monomers, with the focus on new biotechnological pathways more
- CarboxyFun - Development of a biotechnological process for the production of functionalized carboxylic acids more
- Extraction in high-viscosity systems more
- Science-to-Business Eco2 - Resource efficiency by using CO2 as raw material and renewable hydrogen production more
- Simulation of Fluid Dynamics and Residence Time in Extraction Columns with Rotating Internals with the ReDrop-Algorithm more
- Drop-behaviour based description of separation of liquid-liquid systems with settlers under the influence of solids and high viscosity more
- Investigation of the effect of crud on the separation behaviour of organic-aqueous systems more
Molecular Thermodynamics and Simulation
- Taking the three-dimensional molecular structure into account for modelling Gibbs free energy more
- Molecular simulation of separation processes: Validation with experiments. more
- Prediction of thermophysical properties bio-based pure substances more
Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass (TMFB)
- Purification of ionic liquids for the TMFB process by extraction more
- Extraction in high-viscosity systems more
- Drop-behaviour based description of separation of liquid-liquid systems with settlers under the influence of solids and high viscosity more
- Prediction of thermophysical properties bio-based pure substances more