Chemical & Process Engineering

Finished Projects

Finished Projects at the department since the year 2000

Multiphase processes

2001    Dispersion and phase separation in stirred liquid/liquid systems    Joachim Ritter
2006    Experimental investigation and numerical simulation of liquid-solid flow in jet loop apparatus    Patrick Mier
2006    Fluid dynamics in process engineering apparatus    Robert Angst
2007    Droplet size distributions in stirred liquid/liquid systems    Ansor Gäbler
2007    Mass transfer and fluid dynamics on moving single droplets under the influence of Marangoni convection Kai Schulze
2007    Superposition of unsteady mass transfer and chemical reaction on single droplets Alexander Pawelski
2009    Experimental and numerical analyses of blending performance with co-axial mixers Luciana Rudolph
2010    Targeted phosphorus precipitation from municipal digested sludge for reuse as magnesium ammonium phosphate (MAP) for fertilizers Daniel Stumpf
2010    Transient momentum and mass transfer at the single droplet considering Marangoni convection Mirco Wegener
2011    Experimental investigations on coalescence in double emulsions Friedemann Gaitzsch
2011    Droplet size distributions in stirred liquid/liquid systems Sebastian Maaß
2011    Investigation of film flow on a vertical wire Jochen Grünig
2012    Preparation, implementation and optimization of a reactor for very small sample volumes Stefan Horn
2012    Numerical simulation of fixed-bed reactors for the oxidative coupling of methane in the context of the Cluster of Excellence UniCat Thomas Eppinger.
2013    Modeling, simulation and control of droplet size distributions in stirred liquid/liquid systems Stephanie Nachtigall
2015    Theoretical and experimental investigation of transport and interfacial phenomena in micellar liquid/liquid systems, Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 63 Subproject A6 Niklas Paul
2015    Numerical simulation of fixed-bed reactors with complex reactions, in the framework of the Cluster of Excellence UniCat Gregor Wehinger.
2015    Droplet-droplet coalescence considering mass transfer Johannes Kamp
2016    Transport processes in highly surfactant-containing multiphase systems So-Jin Kim.
2018    Coalescence efficiency in binary systems Jörn Villwock
2019    Characterization and correlation of local particle size distributions in multiphase reactors Robert Panckow
2019    Energy and resource savings through innovative and CFD-based design of liquid/liquid gravity separators Evgenia Charlafti
2021    Mass transfer around gas bubbles in reacting liquids, Priority Programme SPP 1740 "Reactive bubbly flows"    David Merker
2021    CFD in multiphase systems with complex rheology    Frauke Enders
2022    Breakage phenomena in gas/liquid systems    Frederic Krakau
2022    Gas/Liquid Mass Transfer in Reactive Multiphase Systems, Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 63 Subproject A10    Marc Petzold
2022    Dispersion, coalescence und rheology in nano particle systems    Susanne Röhl

Biological processes

2003    Characterization of activated sludge in membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment    Sandra Rosenberger
2004    Membrane bioreactors for the production of valuable substances with fungi    Anja Drews
2008    Biological phosphorus elimination in membrane bioreactors    Ute Bracklow
2010    Targeted phosphorus precipitation from municipal digested sludge for reuse as magnesium ammonium phosphate (MAP) for fertilizers    Daniel Stumpf
2011    Microbial studies on the activated sludge from MBRs related to the biological activity of fungi in phosphorus and nitrogen elimination    Mohammed Awad
2011    Integrated enzymo-chemical oxidation of terminal olefins to long-chain primary alcohols in a two-step catalytic process (UniCat)    Subhamoy Bhattacharya
2014    Purification of an industrial wastewater from natural product extraction using an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR)    Christoph Brand.
2016    Process intensification of an enzymatic membrane reactor (EMR)    Azis Boing Sitanggang.
2016    Analysis and optimization of stirring technology or stirring conditions in biogas plants    Manuel Brehmer.
2018    Optimization of biogas production aiming to maximize energy production using anaerobic treatment of sugar beet    Matheus Pessoa.
2019    Use of domestic wastewater to supply water and nutrients to a bioreactor facade    Mathilde Foix-Cablé
2021    Life Integrated Process for Enzymatic Splitting of triglycerides (LIPES), EU research funding programme "BioBased Industries BBI/SIRA"    Sherly Rusli

Membrane processes

2003    Purification of iodine-containing rinse water from X-ray contrast medium production by nanofiltration    Anja Drews
2004    Influence of different process concepts on substrate degradation and nutrient utilization in membrane activated sludge plants for municipal wastewater treatment    Kirsten Kubin
2004    Extensive phosphorus and nitrogen removal in a membrane activated sludge plant with downstream denitrification stage    Christian Adam
2006    Extensive biological nutrients removal in membrane bioreactors : mechanisms, influences and optimisations    Martin Vocks
2008    A Study of Ozonation and Ultrasound for Excess Sludge Minimization and Nutrient Removal Enhancement in Membrane Bioreactors    Nugroho V. Kumoro
2008    Biological Phosphorus Elimination in Membrane Bioreactors    Ute Bracklow
2008    Characterization of fouling in membrane bioreactors - EU Project: MBR-TRAIN    Teresa de la Torre
2008    Investigations on the fouling behaviour of membrane bioreactors - EU Project: AMEDEUS    Vera Iversen
2009    Enhanced Nutrients Removal in Membrane Bioreactors (ENREM)    Johan Stüber
2009    Greywater treatment with a SM-SBR - EU Project: Zer0-M    René Scheumann
2011    Minimization of excess sludge production in membrane bioreactors - EU project REMOVALS    Jana Schaller
2012    Numerical simulation of separation processes on membranes    Helmut Prieske
2013    Fluid dynamics and mass transfer in a membrane bioreactor    Lamia Muhsen Al-Shamary
2013    Development of a screening system for biocatalysis    Evgenij Lyagin.
2013    Micellar Enhanced Ultrafiltration (MEUF) in integrated processes, Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 63 Project B2    Daniel Zedel
2014    Purification of an industrial wastewater from natural product extraction using an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR)    Christoph Brand
2014    Development of mixed-matrix membranes for gas separation    Verena Kramer
2015    Development of mixed-matrix membranes for gas separation    Deniz Hülagü
2016    Process intensification of an enzymatic membrane reactor (EMR)    Azis Boing Sitanggang

Renewable Energies

2017    Investigation, comparison and evaluation of different digestate treatment processes and market development for digestate products    Maximilian Fechter
2020    OptiFlex joint project: Optimization of the operation and design of biogas plants for demand-driven, flexible and efficient biogas production taking into account process stability as a post-EEG strategy; sub-project 4: Optimization of stirring process parameters    Markus Kolano
2022    Development of an economical ammonia stripping plant for fermentation residues in biogas plants for nutrient depletion and substrate flexibilisation    Maximilian Fechter