Process Dynamics and Operations

Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Repke

Contact & Consulting hours

Office KWT 9
Building KWT-N
Room KWT-N 111

Scientific career

1986–1989Vocational training as machine and plant fitter with high school diploma
1989–1990Military service
1991–1996Studies in Energy and Process Engineering, Technical University of Berlin
1997–2001Doctoral student and research assistant at the TU Berlin
2002Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.), TU Berlin
2002–2010Research associate with permanent duties, TU Berlin
2004Research stay at the UCL, London, UK
2007Visiting Professor at INP, ENSIACET, Toulouse
2008Post-doctoral lecturing qualification (Habilitation) at the TU Berlin in the field of "Fluid Process Engineering".
2009Private lecturer at the TU Berlin
2010–2016W3 Professor, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Chair of "Thermal Process Engineering", Director of the Institute for "Thermal Process Engineering, Environmental and Natural Materials Process Engineering
2011–2014Dean of Process Engineering, Postgraduate Program in Environmental Process Engineering
03/2016W3 Professor, TU Berlin, Head of the Department "Dynamics and Operation of Technical Systems
2020Rejection of call as W3 Professor "Intensified Fluid Separations", TU Dortmund

Research

  • Mass transfer and fluid dynamics of homogeneous and heterogeneous film flows
  • Phase separation at near or supercritical conditions
  • Modeling, simulation and experimental analysis of reactive and hybrid separation processes
  • Process development, e.g. CO2 separation processes
  • Membrane processes (VP, PV, NF, FO)

Scholarships & Awards

1997-1999Doctoral fellowship, NaFöG
1991-2001Max Buchner Research Fellowship
2003-2005Funded by the Chemical Industry Fund (FCI)
2006Honorary Senior Lecturer, University College London
2007University Lecturer Award of DECHEMA e.V.
2008Arnold-Eucken Prize of the GVC, VDI
2010Guest Professor Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
2010Research Award of the Faculty of Process Sciences of the TU Berlin
2016-2018Honorary Professor for Thermal Process Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Other activities

Since 2010Subject Editor at Chemical Engineering Research and Design
Since 2010Reviewer at DAAD, DFG, AvH and others
2011 - 2019Invited guest member at EFCE Working Party on Fluid Separation
Since 2019Official delegate/appointed member at EFCE Working Party on Fluid Separation
Since 2013Appointed member of the Advisory Board of the ProcessNet Technical Group Fluid Process Engineering
Since 2014Appointed member of the Advisory Board of the ProcessNet Membrane Technology Group
Since 2015Appointed member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Promotion of Cokemaking in Technology and Science
Since 04/17Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Process Sciences at the TU Berlin
Since 2017Member of the Steering Committee of the "Berlin International Graduate School in Model and Simulation based Research (BIMoS)".
Since 2018Appointed member of the advisory board of the ProcessNet expert group Process, Apparatus and Plant Engineering
09/2018Vice-Chair EFCE Working Party on Fluid Separations.
Since 2018Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), since 2022 Speaker

Member of: VDI, DECHEMA

Reviewer for, among others, the following journals: Industrielle und technische Chemieforschung; Computer und Chemieingenieurwesen; Chemische Ingenieurwissenschaft; Chemische Technik und Verarbeitung; Chemische Technik und Technologie; Chemische Technik und Kommunikation

 

Publications

  • over 350 conference papers
  • over 250 articles in professional journals
  • 5 book contributions
  • 3 monographs

2024

Gerke, Sören J.; Brösigke, Georg; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Planar light induced fluorescence quenching oxygen diffusivity measurement near the gas–liquid interface in aqueous glycerol and aqueous propylene glycol
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 153 :111131
2024
ISSN: 08941777
Spoor, Erik; Rädle, Matthias; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Raman spectroscopy of glass beads in ammonium nitrate solution and compensation of signal losses
Sensors, 24 (2) :314
2024

2023

Javed, Mudassar; Brösigke, Georg; Schomäcker, Reinhard; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Influence of the Distance between two Catalysts for CO 2 to Dimethyl Ether Tandem Reaction
Chemical Engineering & Technology, 46 (6) :1163–1169
2023
ISSN: 0930-7516
Rahmat, Yoga; Maier, Simon; Moser, Francisco; Raab, Moritz; Hoffmann, Christian; Repke, Jens-Uwe; Dietrich, Ralph-Uwe
Techno-economic and exergy analysis of e-methanol production under fixed operating conditions in Germany
Applied Energy, 351 :121738
2023
ISSN: 0306-2619
Brandner, Dean; Talis, Torben; Esche, Erik; Repke, Jens-Uwe; Lucia, Sergio
Reinforcement learning combined with model predictive control to optimally operate a flash separation unit
In Kokossis, Antonios C. and Georgiadis, Michael C. and Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N., Editor, 33th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering from Computer-aided chemical engineering
Page 595–600
Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Cambridge, MA
2023
595–600
ISBN
9780443152757
Bogatykh, Innokentij; Illner, Markus; Nagler, Franz-Josef; Stein, Hendrik; Osterland, Thomas; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Low-interference real-time at-line spectroscopic composition analysis for chemical plants
Measurement Science and Technology, 34 (5) :055902
2023
ISSN: 0957-0233
Fabris, Fabrizio; Illner, Markus; Repke, Jens-Uwe; Scarso, Alessandro; Schwarze, Michael
Is Micellar Catalysis Green Chemistry?
Molecules, 28 (12) :4809
2023
Pöschmann, René; Paschold, Jürgen; Mueller, Steffen; Harding, Laura-Selin; Lachmann, Nico; Hiller, Christoph; Ausner, Ilja; Gäbler, Ansor; Illner, Markus; Brösigke, Georg; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Will laboratory and pilot plant columns soon become superfluous? – A concept for the determination of structured packing characteristics in a measuring cell under distillation conditions
Separation and Purification Technology, 325 :124617
2023
ISSN: 1383-5866
Raddant, Hannes; Brösigke, Georg; Hoffmann, Christian; Illner, Markus; Repke, Jens-Uwe
How do the fluid dynamics change for gravity-destabilized film flow on structured surfaces? An experimental investigation using light-induced fluorescence
Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 196 :390–403
2023
ISSN: 0263-8762
Klaucke, Franziska; Müller, Robert; Hofmann, Mathias; Weigert, Joris; Fischer, Peter; Vomberg, Sebastian; Tsatsaronis, George; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Chlor-alkali Process with Subsequent Polyvinyl Chloride Production─Cost Analysis and Economic Evaluation of Demand Response
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62 (19) :7336–7351
2023
ISSN: 0888-5885
Munoz Gil, Hernan Dario; Hoffmann, Christian; Illner, Markus; Orjuela, Álvaro; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Auto-extractive reactive distillation for the production of fatty esters
In Kokossis, Antonios C. and Georgiadis, Michael C. and Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N., Editor, 33th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering Volume 52 from Computer-aided chemical engineering
Page 393–398
Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Cambridge, MA
2023
393–398
ISBN
9780443152757
Rihm, Gerardo Brand; Schueler, Merlin; Nentwich, Corina; Esche, Erik; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Adaptation of Dynamic Data–Driven Models for Real–Time Applications: From Simulated to Real Batch Distillation Trajectories by Transfer Learning
Chemie Ingenieur Technik, 95 (7) :1125–1133
2023
ISSN: 0009-286X
Ressemann, Alexander; Illner, Markus; Repke, Jens-Uwe
A methodology for the analysis of distillation processes within rotating packed beds based on local temperature measurements
Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 193 :198–206
2023
ISSN: 0263-8762
Bublitz, Saskia; Esche, Erik; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Enhanced automatic initialization method for solving large nonlinear algebraic systems
In Kokossis, Antonios C. and Georgiadis, Michael C. and Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N., Editor, 33th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering Volume 52 from Computer-aided chemical engineering
Page 119–125
Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Cambridge, MA
2023
119–125
ISBN
9780443152757

2022

Hoffmann, Christian; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Pressure-driven, dynamic modeling of distillation columns using smooth reformulations to describe startup, shutdown, and flexible operation
In Kooijman, Harry and Meyer, Michel and Repke, Jens-Uwe, Editor, 12th International Conference on Distillation & Absorption, Page 1109
In Kooijman, Harry and Meyer, Michel and Repke, Jens-Uwe, Editor
2022
Wurm, Julian; Pöschmann, René; Thielert, Holger; Morstein, Olaf; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Kinetics of Ammonium Thiosulfate Wet Air Oxidation under High–Temperature Conditions
Chemical Engineering & Technology, 45 (9) :1588–1597
2022
ISSN: 0930-7516
Ressemann, Alexander; Illner, Markus; Repke, Jens-Uwe
New temperature measurement methodology for a comprehensive understanding of rotating packed beds in distillation processes
In Kooijman, Harry and Meyer, Michel and Repke, Jens-Uwe, Editor, 12th International Conference on Distillation & Absorption, Page 1178
In Kooijman, Harry and Meyer, Michel and Repke, Jens-Uwe, Editor
2022
Hoffmann, Christian; Weigert, Joris; Brand Rihm, Gerardo; Esche, Erik; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Optimal aeration of wastewater treatment plants based on recurrent neural networks and real plant data
In Montastruc, Ludovic and Negny, Stephane, Editor, 32th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering Volume 51 from Computer-aided chemical engineering
Page 1489–1494
Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Cambridge, MA
2022
1489–1494
ISBN
978-0-323-95879-0
Olujić, vZarko; Sacher, Johannes; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Predicting pressure drop of advanced wire gauze corrugated sheet structured packings for deep vacuum applications
In Kooijman, Harry and Meyer, Michel and Repke, Jens-Uwe, Editor, 12th International Conference on Distillation & Absorption, Page 1145
In Kooijman, Harry and Meyer, Michel and Repke, Jens-Uwe, Editor
2022
Esche, Erik; Talis, Torben; Weigert, Joris; Brand Rihm, Gerardo; You, Byungjun; Hoffmann, Christian; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Semi-supervised Learning for Data-driven Soft-sensing of Biological and Chemical Processes
Chemical Engineering Science, 251 :117459
2022
ISSN: 0009-2509
Esche, Erik; Weigert, Joris; Hoffmann, Christian; Repke, Jens-Uwe
Real-time optimal operation of a chlor-alkali electrolysis process under demand response
In Yamashita, Yoshiyuki and Kano, Manabu, Editor, 14th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE 2021+) Volume 49 from Computer-aided chemical engineering
Page 397–402
Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Cambridge, MA
2022
397–402
ISBN
978-0-323-85159-6
Kim, Mijin; Repke, Jens-Uwe; Schomäcker, Reinhard; Khodadadi, Abbas Ali; Wozny, Günter; Görke, Oliver; Godini, Hamid Reza
Recognition of Oxidative Coupling of Methane Reactor Performance Patterns
Chemical Engineering & Technology, 45 (4) :694–708
2022
ISSN: 0930-7516
Börner, Jana H.; Herdegen, Volker; Repke, Jens-Uwe; Spitzer, Klaus
Retrieving electrical and structural carbonate formation properties from measurements on crushed rock using a multidata inversion approach
Geophysical Journal International, 230 (2) :849–869
2022
ISSN: 0956-540X
Brösigke, Georg; Repke, Jens-Uwe; Schomäcker, Reinhard; Matera, Sebastian
The closer the better? Theoretical assessment of the impact of catalytic site separation for bifunctional core–shell catalyst particles
Chemical Engineering Journal, 446 :136891
2022
ISSN: 1385-8947
Wurm, Julian; Repke, Jens-Uwe; Morstein, Olaf; Thielert, Holger
Wet-oxidative gas desulfurization under avoidance of solid sulfur precipitation
In Kooijman, Harry and Meyer, Michel and Repke, Jens-Uwe, Editor, 12th International Conference on Distillation & Absorption, Page 1194
In Kooijman, Harry and Meyer, Michel and Repke, Jens-Uwe, Editor
2022