Complex flow phenomena are investigated here under realistic conditions to enable energy efficient material flows in process engineering and the chemical industry as well as the safe operation of nuclear power plants.

Through the development, construction, and operation of this test facility, componen­ts will be tested, and generic experiments will be conducted to obtain data for the modeling and simulation of flows and heat transport in sCO₂.

In the TERESA experimental facility, fluid dynamic aspects of thermal se­paration columns for critical material systems are reproduced. Featuring a refrigerant cycle process with 3M™Novec™649, flash evaporation and vapor-liquid phase interaction can be studied in se­paration-effective internals at low surface tensions and viscosities and variable vapor-liquid density differences.