ENERGY Alliance - Research Topics

Research Topic 1 -  System Analyses

• Work Package 1.1 - Analysis of multiphase processes and selection of concepts and technologies
• Work Package 1.2 - Heat management and process simulation in the nitrobenzene hydrogenation
• Work package 1.3 - Identification of energy saving and sustainability potentials

Research Topic 2 - Chemical Reactions and Device Technologies

• Work package 2.1 - Development and Characterization of cellular metallic structures for tailored chemical reactors
• Work package 2.2 - Ceramic functional structures for tailored chemical reactors
• Work package 2.3 - Investigation and characterization of catalysts for the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline
• Work package 2.4 - Process and micro-structured reactors for hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline
• Work package 2.5 - Studies on the reaction of isobutane to TBHP

Research Topic 3 - Multiphase Flow and Mass Transfer

• Work package 3.1 - Hydrodynamic characterization of structured apparatuses
• Work package 3.2 - Scale-up of phase dispersion for structured multiphase reactors
• Work package 3.3 - Experimental studies on mass transfer and local flow parameters in monoliths, foam structures and structure elements

Research Topic 4 - Modeling and Simulation

• Work package 4.1 - Model-based reactor design on the basis of optimal reaction control
• Work package 4.2 - Scale-resolving simulation of reactive two-phase flows in monolith and solid foam reactors
• Work package 4.3 - Euler-Euler based simulation of two-phase flows in porous media and of bubbly flows
• Work package 4.4 - Compartment modeling for new catalyst structures and scale-up methods

Research Topic 5 - Measuring Techniques

• Work package 5.1 - Gas-fraction and temperature measurements in chemical reactors
• Work package 5.2 - Locally resolved in-situ measurement of concentrations for isobutane oxidation using laser Raman spectroscopy
• Work package 5.3 - X-ray tomography imaging
• Work package 5.4 - Spatially resolving measurement of flow fields in monolith and foam structures