Fields of research

The core research areas include the characterization and modelling of diffusion and adsorption processes in porous solids, the investigation and development of new storage media for thermal energy storage and the provision of thermophysical material data.

Characterization of porous solids

• Experimental investigation and modeling of diffusion and adsorption processes
• Investigation of catalytic properties
• Application of transient methods such as frequency response (FR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Thermal energy storage

• Development and investigation of new phase change materials (PCM) for latent heat and cold storage
• Characterization of working material pairs for thermochemical storage systems
• Experimental investigation of the dynamic behavior of latent storage systems

Material data modeling

• Description of pure substances and mixtures with equations of state (Helmholtz-Energy, Redlich-Kwong, Soave-Redlich-Kwong, ...)
• Development of predictive models for the description of mixtures
• Determination of parameters and state variables using molecular simulation
• Use of supercritical_CO2 in thermal energy technology. Cross-faculty cooperation in the suCOO-Lab

Computer-aided modeling and simulation

• Use in all the above-mentioned research areas
• Use of commercial software such as COMSOL Multiphysics, ANSYS, COSMO-RS and development of own methods