Spille, C., Tholan, V.P., Straiton, B., Johannsen, M., Hoffmann, M., Marashdeh, Q., Schlüter, M. (2021), Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography (ECVT) for Characterization of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures (AMLS) in Gas-Liquid Systems, Fluids 6: 321. doi: 10.3390/fluids6090321

Wollak, B., Doronkin, D.E., Espinoza, D., Sheppard, T., Korup, O., Schmidt, M., Alizadefanaloo, S., Rosowski, F., Schroer, C., Grunwaldt, J.-D., Horn, R. (2021), Exploring Catalyst Dynamics in a Fixed Bed Reactor by Correlative Operando Spatially-Resolved Structure-Activity Profiling, Journal of Catalysis, in press. doi:10.1016/j.jcat.2021.08.029

Mr. Ian Clark presents the results of his master thesis about the "Experimental investigation of the influence of material and surface properties of additively manufactured lattice structures on gas-liquid dynamics and mass transfer performance". Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) and Xihua Hu (Institute of Thermal Separation Processes) are working closely with him as his supervisors.

Our researcher Maria Isabelle Maiwald (Institute of Laser and System Technologies) presents Research News from the I3 Lab "Smart Reactors" on TUHH Website.

Prof. Richard Bourne (University of Leeds, UK): "Self-Optimising Reactors for Rapid Development of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes"

Prof. Wolfgang Wiechert (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany): "Digital twins for bioprocesses: Only their mother can tell them apart?"

More information can be found here

Mrs. Kathrin Eckert presents the results of her master thesis about the "Thermodynamische Modellierung des Quellverhaltens von stimuli-responsiven Gelen in Mehrkomponentensystemen mit PC-SAFT". Xihua Hu (Institute of Thermal Separation Processes) is working closely with her as her supervisor.

Our researcher Andrés Eduardo Aquino (Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering) presents Research News from the I3 Lab "Smart Reactors" on TUHH Website.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hannsjörg Freund (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany): "Additive Manufacturing of Periodic Open Cellular Structures as Tailor-Made Catalyst Supports"

Dr. Kai Dadhe (Evonik Operations GmbH, Marl/Germany): "Industrial Challenges for Smart Reactors"

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Mr. Min Wook Kang presents the results of his project works about the "Kinetic investigation of lipase catalyzed transesterification in organic media". Daniela Eixenberger (Institute of Technical Biocatalysis) is working closely with him as his supervisor.

Our researcher Daniela Eixenberger (Institute of Technical Biocatalysis) presents Research News from the I3 Lab "Smart Reactors" on TUHH Website.

Mr. Vaishakh Tholan presents the results of his master thesis about the "Experimental Investigation of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures (AMLS) in Gas-Liquid Systems by means of Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography (ECVT)". Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) is working closely with him as his supervisor.

Dr.-Ing. Swantje Pietsch (Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology) presents Research News from the I3 Lab "Smart Reactors" on TUHH Website.

Mrs. Mona Omar presents the results of her project work about the "Geometrieoptimierung unter Nutzung numerischer Simulationen mittels Verwendung des ANSYS Adjoint Solvers". Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) is working closely with her as her supervisor.

Our colleague Andrés Aquino (Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering) presents a poster on "Liquid Phase Selective Oxidation of Propylene to Propylene Oxide on Titanium Silicalite Catalyst in a Compact Profile Reactor" at the online conference on March, 16-19.

Our researcher Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) presents Research News from the I3 Lab "Smart Reactors" on TUHH Website.

Our colleague Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) gives an oral presentation on "Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures in Gas-Liquid Systems" at the online meeting.

Our researcher Xihua Hu (Institute of Thermal Separation Processes) presents Research News from the I3 Lab "Smart Reactors" on TUHH Website.

Mrs. Dunia Baha presents the results of her master thesis about the "Comparative study of the chemical and optical methods for determining the specific mass transfer area within a flow channel packed with periodically open cell structures". Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) is working closely with her as her supervisor.

Mr. Mathis Kirstein presents the results of his master thesis about the "Einfluss der Zulufttemperatur auf die Morphologie der Beschichtung bei der Wirbelschichtsprühgranulation". Dr.-Ing. Swantje Pietsch (Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology) is working closely with him as his supervisor.

Mrs. Inma Mundokil Nishth Kumar presents the results of her master thesis about the "Investigation of different polymers for the fabrication of iron oxide - polymer composites using sprouted bed process". Sophia Rothberg (Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology) is working closely with her as her supervisor.

Mr. Anastasios Lyberis presents the results of his master thesis dealing with the "Influence of periodic open-cell structures (POCS) on the local phase and bubble size distribution in multiphase reactors". Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) is working closely with him as his supervisor.

Congratulations to Niclas Büscher from the Institute of Technical Biocatalysis on passing the defense of his doctoral thesis with the title "Additiv gefertigte Strukturen als Enzymträger und Strömungsführer für Biokatalysen im Strömungsrohr".

Hu, X,. Spille, C., Schlüter, M., Smirnova I. (2020), Smart Structures – Additive Manufacturing of Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels for Adaptive Packings, Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research 59 (43), 19458–19464. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03137

Three posters on the topic of smart reactors are presented by the TUHH at the online conference on September, 21-24. Prof. Michael Schlüter (Institute of Multiphase Flow) and Prof. Irina Smirnova (Institute of Thermal Separation Processes) give an insight into smart reactors for process engineering. Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) shows latest collaborative research results on "Intelligent additive-made structured internals for the optimization of gas-liquid reactions" and Daniela Eixenberger (Institute of Technical Biocatalysis) presents a poster on "Surface enhancement for enzyme immobilization on additively manufactured packings".

Dr. Senada Schaack (Evonik): "Additive Manufacturing of chemical reactor and devices"

Prof. Irina Smirnova (TU Hamburg) and Prof. Gerrit Luinstra (Uni Hamburg): "Smart reactors – Combining stimuli-responsive hydrogels and 3D printing"

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Dr. Stephan Freyer (BASF): "Pathways, Processes, Products: From microtiter plate to full scale"

Prof. Michael Schlüter (TU Hamburg) and Prof. Andreas Liese (TU Hamburg): "Intelligent structures and surfaces for improved gas-liquid mass transfer and conversion in SMART Reactors"

More information can be found here

Spille, C., Lyberis, A., Maiwald, M.I., Herzog, D., Hoffmann, M., Emmelmann, C., Schlüter, M. (2020), SMART-Reactors: Tailoring Gas Holdup Distribution by Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures, Chemical Engineering & Technology 43 (10), 2053-2061. doi: 10.1002/ceat.202000211

Mr. Jarik Koenig presents the results of his bachelor thesis about the "Characterization of the influence of additive manufactured structures on the phase distribution of a gas-liquid flow using electrical capacitive volume tomography". Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) is working closely with him as his supervisor.

Mr. Ian Clark presents the results of his project work about the "3D production and usage of responsive hydrogel POCS and their effects on fluid flow through a column". Claas Spille (Institute of Multiphase Flow) and Xihua Hu (Institute of Thermal Separation Processes) are working closely with him as his supervisors.

Büscher, N., Spille, C., Kracht, J., Sayogo, G., Dawood, A., Maiwald, M., Herzog, D., Schlüter, M., Liese, A. (2020), Counter-Currently Operated Reactive Extractor with Additively Manufactured Enzyme Carrier Structure, ChemRxiv Preprint. doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv.12152679.v1

Llamas, C.G., Spille, C., Kastens, S., Paz, D.G., Schlüter, M. and von Kameke, A. (2020), Potential of Lagrangian Analysis Methods in the Study of Chemical Reactors, Chemie Ingenieur Technik 92, 540-553. doi: 10.1002/cite.201900147

Our colleague Xihua Hu (Institute of Thermal Separation Processes) shows latest collaborative research results on "Smart Structures: Additive Manufacturing of Smart Materials for Adaptive Packings" at the meeting in Berchtesgaden.