Conception
Conception of the Chair for Energy Process Engineering at the Institute of Power Engineering
The Chair of Energy Process Engineering (EVT) is particularly committed to the processes of energy technology and process engineering in relation to mechanical engineering, chemistry, environmental technology and the basic materials industry. The focus is on processes and plants associated with energy conversion and the refinement and recovery of materials. The objectives include reducing the use of primary energy, minimising emissions, closing material cycles and rationalising the use of energy.
There are currently about 30 employees in three research groups:
| Research Group | Head of the research group |
| Fuel technology and characterization | Dr.-Ing. Simon Unz |
| Gas purification | Dr. rer. nat. Neeraja Sinha Gudipati |
| High-temperature process engineering | Dr.-Ing. Daniel Berhardt |
Our employees work in research and development projects on the topics of efficient energy conversion and energy utilisation, including energy storage, the processing and recovery of biogenic raw and natural materials, fuel characterisation, corrosion reduction, especially in steam generators, pollutant reduction through primary measures and secondary measures in pyrolysis, gasification and combustion processes, and much more.
As part of the research and development projects, the courses in the foundation degree programme are dedicated to thermodynamics/heat and mass transfer and in the advanced degree programme in particular to combustion and power plant technology, thermal process engineering and resource conservation.
Laboratory units, pilot and laboratory plants are available for the various research projects. In addition to the experimental investigations, mathematical modelling of drying, pyrolysis, gasification and combustion processes in various apparatuses, of mass and heat transfer processes and gas purification systems is carried out.
Through close cooperation with plant engineering companies and operators, results from research are constantly being put into practice. Examples include investigations into the flexibilisation of power plants, online balancing and heat flow measurement at biomass cogeneration plants and waste incineration plants.
Furthermore, our department organizes the “Kraftwerkstechnisches Kolloquium", a conference on power plant technology.