The Press and Communication Office published a news article on the university’s home page about our participation in the project “RENBuild”, which started in January this year. Within the project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economy Affairs and Energy for a duration of four years, our group represents the Competence Center for Renewable Energy Technology, a central research institute at Paderborn University. Goal of the…

Since the beginning of April, Iman Hami Dindar joined the team of our chair as a research assistant. Iman graduated from University of Paderborn with a master thesis on "Modelling and simulation of the reactive absorption of CO2 with N-acetylglucosamine". In his research work, he will focus on amino sugars as solvents for CO2 capture and the modelling of reactive absorption processes. We wish him every success in this work!

The annual meeting of the ProcessNet groups Heat and Mass Transfer took place in Erfurt from 12 - 13 March. Besides Professor Kenig, the scientific assistants Andreas Schulz and Christian Wecker took part. They presented their current results from two completed DFG projects in the field of mass transfer on two posters.

The annual meeting of the ProcessNet groups Computational Fluid Dynamics and Gas Cleaning took place from March 10 - 11 in Bamberg. The chair was represented by Professor Kenig and René Bertling, who presented the current research work of our group on "CFD simulations of film and trickle flow on microstructured surfaces" by means of a poster. The shown results were achieved in a cooperation project with the company Sulzer Chemtech from…

The annual meeting of the ProcessNet group Energy Process Engineering took place from March 4th to 5th in Frankfurt am Main. Our research assistants Matti Grabo and Nils Mügge participated with own contributions. Matti Grabo showed results of the project MoLaWS during a presentation and Nils Mügge showed a poster with the current status of his research on innovative heat engines.

The joint annual meeting of the ProcessNet groups Fluid Separation, Adsorption and Extraction took place in Berchtesgaden from February 26 - 28. Besides Professor Kenig, the scientific assistants Nicole Lutters, René Bertling, Lukas Bolenz, Mike Bothe, Christian Wecker and Marc Wende as well as our former co-worker Alexander Salten took part. In a total of six talks they presented the current research work in the field of fluid process…

Our former colleague Sebastian Rieks received the prize for outstanding dissertations at the New Year's Reception of the University of Paderborn on January 19. The prize is awarded by the Presidential Board of the University and is endowed with 2,000 Euros. Sebastian worked at the Chair of Fluid Process Engineering between 2014 and 2017 and received his doctorate in 2018 on the topic "Modelling and numerical simulation of coupled transport…

On November 7th to 8th, Prof. Kenig and Venkatesh Inguva visited KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden to participate in the ENFLOW project kick-off meeting with industrial partners GasQual AB and Inoson GmbH. Discussions about designing an ultrasonic gas quality meter took place and Venkatesh Inguva presented the capabilities of computational fluid dynamics to help in solving the project tasks.

With deep sadness, we learned of the death of our colleague Franz Kapla. He passed away on November 6th, 2019, after a long and serious illness. Franz Kapla started working as a technician at Paderborn University in 1987, and over time, he became an expert in the field of Fluid Process Engineering. His activities ranged from supporting PhD students in the conception and design of experimental plants to the conducting of individual projects. He…

Prof. Kenig and Matti Grabo participated in the 22nd Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES'19) which took place from October 20 to 23 in Agios Nicolaos, Crete, Greece. Matti Grabo presented his results from the SoLife project in a presentation entitled "Numerical Investigation of the Temperature Distribution in PCM-integrated Solar Modules".

Last week, the chair visited the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. At the Departamento de Engenharia Química (Department of Chemical Engineering), we were welcomed by Prof. Maria Matilde Soares Duarte Marques, who presented the extensive research activities of the department. This was followed by two lectures held by Portuguese phd students and a tour through the laboratories and pilot plants of the department. After a joint lunch break,…

On 19 and 20 September 2019, the Chair of Fluid Process Engineering at the University of Paderborn and the Department of Technical Thermodynamics at the University of Kassel organized the workshop "Heat Transfer with Phase Change in Fluid Systems: An update". The topic is important from both an academic and an industrial point of view. Participants from all over Germany came to Paderborn to present and discuss their research topics. The…

Prof. Kenig and René Bertling visited Sulzer Chemtech AG in Winterthur, Switzerland to discuss the results of our ongoing cooperation. The subject of the common research is the investigation of fluid dynamics in structured packings. Prof. Kenig presented the chair and its research activities while René Bertling held a presentation titled "Investigation of multiphase flow on structured surfaces using CFD-methods". We are now looking forward to…

The Press and Communication Office at Paderborn University has published a communication about the internationality of the staff at the Chair of Fluid Process Engineering. We are pleased about the interest and would like to refer you to the article. Click here to read the article (available only in German)

Our Chair congratulates Anna Große Daldrup who successfully awarded her doctorate on August 29th, 2019. The title of her dissertation is “Modelling of fluid dynamics and seperation performance of viscous mixtures in packed columns based on tomographic investigation”. A presentation of her thesis took place in the presence of colleagues, friends and family. Afterwards she defended her thesis successfully in front of the scientific jury. From…