Research topics
Contact: Dr.-Ing. Andreas Lindermeir
The Department of Chemical Energy Systems focuses on plant-oriented and experimentally oriented research and development activities in the following areas:
- Hydrogen and synthesis gas production,
- reformation e.g. of biogas
- Synthesis gas processing
- High temperature steam and co-electrolysis (SOEC)
- Synthesis of regenerative power, fuel and chemical feedstocks,
- Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
- Synthesis of basic chemicals, fuels (e.g. olefins, DME, LPG)
- Hydrotreatment of hydrocarbons
- High temperature electrolysers (SOEC) and fuel cells (SOFC)
- Component and system development
- Characterisation, long-term tests, accelerated ageing tests and operational optimisation
- Support and consulting for test bench design and construction
- Process design and reaction engineering
- Development, simulation and optimization of reactors and plants
- Test and evaluation of catalysts
- Economic feasibility studies, feasibility and potential studies
The department can draw on extensive expertise and excellent equipment with plants on a (semi-)technical scale and thus offers a good starting point for acquiring and implementing funding projects in a network of proven and new partners. Interdepartmental cooperation offers good opportunities to work on complex issues.