Research
The Tranport in Porous Media (TPM) research group at the Chair of Thermal Process Engineering is focused on heat and mass transfer problems occuring in porous and granular systems.
The main goal of our research is to gain intrinsic understanding of pore-level processes, i.e. in range of nano- or micrometers, that affect the macroscopic performance of a process. The interaction between heat transfer, mass transfer, phase transitions, (bio-)chemical reactions, and morphological parameters of a porous medium are analyzed in experiments, but for even deeper understanding of fundamental correlations, advanced deterministic simulations using various methodological approaches such as Pore Network Models (PNM), Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM), or Finite Element Method (FEM) are applied to the problems.
Our work generally aims for intensification and defossilation of industrial processes, which are the most significant and challenging tasks to reach a fully climate neutral industry in near future. Therefore, we are currently working on energy intensive and mostly fossile-driven processes, e.g. drying or pyrolysis of biomass, but also on green technologies like water electrolyzers, and biofilms.
