A big thank you to Stefan Pirker from Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Linz for visiting us this week!
As part of the CRC 1615 SMART Reactors - TUHH seminar series, Stefan gave an inspiring talk on real-time recurrence CFD (rCFD) simulations, digital twins, and the integration of simulation and process control, which sparked lively discussions across the CRC community.
The visit provided a great opportunity for scientific exchange on particle technology, multiphase flows, process imaging and modeling, and simulation. We enjoyed many inspiring discussions, gained valuable insights into each other's research activities, and explored exciting ideas for future collaborations.
Beyond science, we also had a fantastic time together during shared dinners and a boat tour through the Port of Hamburg, making the visit both scientifically and personally enriching.
We highly value our long-standing collaboration with Stefan and look forward to continuing this successful partnership in the future.
Thank you again for visiting us, dear Stefan - we hope to welcome you back to Hamburg soon!


After a very exciting and successful start in Beijing, the second part of the trip took Prof. Stefan Heinrich and the four SPE PhD students to the 14th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds (CFB 14) in Taiyuan, China.
The conference included a total of 200 contributions from 15 nations on a range of topics from dynamics, heat and mass transfer of gas-solid flow, modeling and simulation, combustion, pyrolysis and gasification to fine particle and nano-particle systems.
At this conference:
Many thanks to the organizers for hosting an unforgettable conference. We gained numerous new insights and had the opportunity to contribute exciting topics.
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