Research

The research activities of the department focus on the development of separation operations, processes for the production of platform chemicals and processes for the production and characterisation of carbon materials. However, these areas cannot be completely separated from each other, as separation processes are always involved in the development of manufacturing processes for platform chemicals, for example.

Carbonisation processes can convert a wide variety of biomasses into carbon materials. mehr

Biomass can be used to produce platform chemicals that serve as starting materials for plastics. mehr

A decentralised biorefinery requires separation operations that are economical on a small scale and do not use toxic chemicals. mehr


Once the system components for a process have been designed and manufactured, the process is set up as a pilot plant. mehr