Technology-Oriented Processes
Dr.-Ing. Udo Armbruster
Research focus
- Alternative fuels and energy sources
- CO2 as raw material (methanol and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, dry reforming)
- Ammonia synthesis
- Refinement of biomass-based platform chemicals
- Depolymerization, deoxygenation, hydrogenation
- Glycerol downstream chemistry (acrolein, oligomers, hydrogenolysis, esters)
- High pressure reaction technology, also in supercritical fluids
Equipment
- Continuous flow test units for ambient and high pressure also for testing industrial catalysts (up to 5×5 mm) in automated continuous operation
- Autoclaves up to 5 liters
- Routine analysis online with GC and IR sensors to follow the reaction progress, additionally GC/MS and TOC/IC
- Preparation and evaluation of shaped catalysts (tablets, granules)
- Catalyst characterization with N2-physisorption, ultrasonic particle measurement techniques and temperature-programmed methods (TPR, TPD, TPO)
Projects (Status 2022)
- 4 bilateral industrial projects
- 4 publicly funded projects (BMBF, BMDK, WGL)
- 2 PhD theses
Automated test plant for evaluation of industrial catalysts up to 300 °C, 100 bar (CSTR, 750 ml volume)