Research

  • Engineering Design of Deep Sea Measurement and Testing Technology
  • Hydrodynamic Behavior of Crude Oil in Seawater under Artificial Deep-Sea Conditions


Projects

  • C-IMAGE I (Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems), 2012-2014
  • C-IMAGE II, 2015-2018

Teaching

Lectures

  • Basic Principles of Fluidics (German, until summer 2018)
  • Practical Course Engineering Design, Materials, Manufacturing (German, until summer 2017)

Student Projects and Theses

Committees & Boards

  • Member of the Academic Senate of TUHH (June 2016 - May 2018)
  • Deputy Member of TUHH's Budget and Planning Committee (since Dezember 2014)

Honours and Awards

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Scholar

James D. Watkins Award for Excellence in Research 2014 Best Poster Award Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystems Science Conference

ENmfk-Preis 2013 für den besten Beitrag beim 24. Symposium Design for X

Publications

  • Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: Oil Droplet Size Distributions in Deep-Sea Blowouts: Influence of Pressure and Dissolved Gases. Environmental Science & Technology 52 (11), pp. 6326–6333, 2018. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00587
  • Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: The Effect of Pressure and Dissolved Gas on Oil Droplet Sizes: An Experimental Study. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, 2018.
  • Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: Experimental Study of Oil Droplet Size Distribution of Deep-Sea Blowouts: Effects of Reservoir Pressure and Phase Changes. 6th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystems Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2018.
  • Pesch, S.; Jaeger, P.; Malone, K.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Experimental Investigation of the Rise Behavior of Gas-Saturated Crude-Oil Droplets under High Pressure. 6th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystems Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2018.
  • Pesch, S.; Jaeger, P.; Jaggi, A.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Oldenburg, T.; Schlüter, M.: Rise Velocity of Live-Oil Droplets in Deep-Sea Oil Spills, Environmental Engineering Science 35(4), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2017.0319
  • M. Schlüter, K. Malone, S. Pesch, D. Krause, C. B. Paris, Z. Aman, A. Jaggi, T. Oldenburg, P. Jäger: Implications of Pressure and Temperature Conditions on the Behavior of Deep Blowouts, AAAS Annual Meeting 2017, Boston, MA, 2017.
  • Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Oldenburg, T.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: Emulsification by Rapid Decompression – Influence of Dissolved Gases and Pressure Drop on Drop Size Distributions, 5th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2017.
  • Pesch, S.; Kenne, G.; Jäger, P.;Malone, K.; Oldenburg, T. Hoffmann, M; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M: Gas Saturation Effects on the Rise Behavior of Oil Droplets Under Deep-Sea Conditions, 5th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2017.
  • Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Influence of dissolved methane on oil droplet formation and rise velocity during a deep-sea blowout, 2nd Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills, Hamburg, 2016.
  • Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Oldenburg, T.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: Experimental determination of oil droplet size distribution in "live oil" under artificial deep sea conditions, 4th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Tampa, FL, 2016.
  • Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Particle size distributions in oil and gas jets under deep sea conditions, 4th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Tampa, FL, 2016.
  • Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Methane bubble rise velocities under deep-sea conditions - influence of initial shape deformation, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 505(2016), p. 106-117. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.01.041.
  • Malone, K.; Laqua, K.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: An integrated approach for the experimental investigation of hydrocarbon jet behavior under artificial deep-sea conditions, 3rd Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, 2015.
  • Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Experimental investigation of droplet and bubble size distribution in single and multiphase oil/gas jets under deep-sea conditions, 3rd Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, 2015.
  • Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Experimental investigation of methane bubble rise velocities  – The relevant influencing parameter under Deep-Sea and ambient conditions, 3rd Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, 2015.
  • Malone, K.; Laqua, K.; Schmidt, J.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.; Gust, G.:A new experimental module for the investigation of deep-sea oil spills under in-situ conditions, 2nd Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Mobile, Alabama, 2014.
    awarded the James D. Watkins Award for Excellence in Research 2014
  • Seemann, R.; Malone, K.; Laqua, K.; Schmidt, J.; Meyer, A.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M: A new high-pressure laboratory setup for the investigation of  deep-sea oil spill scenarios under in-situ conditions, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Singapore (2014), pp. 340-343
  • Malone, K., Krause, D.:Untersuchung von Mehrphasenströmungen unter künstlichen Tiefseebedingungen im Spezial-Drucklabor. Mitteilungen der WiGeP - Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Produktentwicklung, 2/2013, Stuttgart, 2013.
  • Malone, K.; Seemann, R.; Krause, D.: Realisierung komplexer Versuchsaufbauten in Hochdrucktestumgebungen, Design for X, Beiträge zum 24. DfX-Symposium, Hamburg (2013), pp. 187-196.
    awarded the ENmfk-Preis 2013
  • Malone, K.; Schmidt, J.; Krause, D.; Gust, G.: Experimental Investigation of Oil Spills - Past, Present & Future of TUHH High-Pressure Lab Technology, 1st Hamburg Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills, Hamburg (2013).
  • Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Seemann, R.; Meyer, A.; Jäger, P.; Krause, D.; Gust, G.; Schlüter, M.: Bubble and drop formation under deep-sea conditions. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, 2013.
  • Gebhardt, N.; Malone, K.; Krause, D.: Nutzung von "Merkmalen" und "Eigenschaften" zur Beschreibung und Analyse von Produktvarianz. Design for X, Beiträge zum 23. DfX-Symposium, Bamberg (2012).