@article{PfeiffelmannDiederichGueletal.2020, author = {Pfeiffelmann, Bj{\"o}rn and Diederich, Michael and G{\"u}l, Fethi and Benim, Ali Cemal and Heese, Markus and Hamberger, Andreas}, title = {Computational and Experimental Investigation of an Industrial Biomass Furnace}, series = {Chemical Engineering \& Technology}, volume = {43}, journal = {Chemical Engineering \& Technology}, number = {8}, publisher = {Wiley}, issn = {1521-4125}, doi = {10.1002/ceat.201900637}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27747}, pages = {1538 -- 1546}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @article{StrucksWatermannWeberetal.2021, author = {Strucks, Peter and Watermann, Clara and Weber, Konradin and Kaluza, Stefan}, title = {Systematic Investigations of Vibrational and Fluid-Mechanical Stability of Coated Monolithic Catalysts}, series = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, volume = {93}, journal = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, number = {5}, publisher = {Wiley}, issn = {1522-2640}, doi = {10.1002/cite.202000233}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-28930}, pages = {1 -- 6}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Heterogeneous catalysts usually consist of porous, inorganic materials. Especially in the mobile application, e.g., in exhaust gas catalysis as a part of the gas line of an engine, there are loads due to vibrations and high gas velocities. It can be assumed that physical stress will lead to a loss of the catalytically active coating. The present contribution describes experimental setups and methods for a systematic and reproducible investigation of the main influences to the mass loss due to vibrational and fluid-mechanical stress caused by particle-free gas flows.}, language = {en} } @article{BenimFrankAssmannetal.2019, author = {Benim, Ali Cemal and Frank, Thiemo and Assmann, Alexander and Lichtenberg, Artur and Akhyari, Payam}, title = {Computational investigation of hemodynamics in hardshell venous reservoirs: A comparative study}, series = {Artificial Organs}, volume = {44}, journal = {Artificial Organs}, number = {4}, publisher = {Wiley}, issn = {1525-1594}, doi = {10.1111/aor.13593}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-29070}, pages = {411 -- 418}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Extracorporeal circulation using heart-lung-machines is associated with a profound activation of corpuscular and plasmatic components of circulating blood, which can also lead to deleterious events such as systemic inflammatory response and hemolysis. Individual components used to install the extracorporeal circulation have an impact on the level of activation, most predominantly membrane oxygenators and hardshell venous reservoirs as used in extracorporeal systems. The blood flows in two different hardshell reservoirs are computationally investigated. A special emphasis is placed on the prediction of an onset of transition and turbulence generation. Reynolds-averaged numerical simulations (RANS) based on a transitional turbulence model, as well as large eddy simulations (LES) are applied to achieve an accurate prediction. In the LES analysis, the non-Newtonian behavior of the blood is considered via the Carreau model. Blood damage potential is quantified applying the Modified Index of Hemolysis (MIH) based on the predicted flow fields. The results indicate that the flows in both reservoirs remain predominantly laminar. For one of the reservoirs, considerable turbulence generation is observed near the exit site, caused by the specific design for the connection with the drainage tube. This difference causes the MIH of this reservoir to be nearly twice as large as compared to the alternative design. However, a substantial improvement of these performance criteria can be expected by a local geometry modification.}, language = {en} } @article{FallingKaluzaStrucks2021, author = {Falling, Luisa and Kaluza, Stefan and Strucks, Peter}, title = {A Short Review on Ni-Catalyzed Methanation of CO²: Reaction Mechanism, Catalyst Deactivation, Dynamic Operation}, series = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, volume = {93}, journal = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, publisher = {Wiley}, issn = {1522-2640}, doi = {10.1002/cite.202100049}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-32134}, pages = {1526 -- 1536}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Today, the use of renewable energies and recycling of climate-changing gases are increasingly important. In this context,coupling of methanation with small, decentralized CO2sources such as biogas plants provides one possibility. However,fluctuating availability of renewables for hydrogen production in combination with small storage volumes result in anenhanced demand for dynamic process operation. This leads to new research challenges with respect to the required cata-lysts and the overall process design. To draw reliable conclusions about the catalytic performance under dynamic processoperation, the mechanism of the methanation reaction as well as typical deactivation procedures of the catalyst appliedunder steady-state conditions have to be reviewed thoroughly.}, language = {en} } @article{FailingKaluzaStrucks2023, author = {Failing, Luisa and Kaluza, Stefan and Strucks, Peter}, title = {Catalytic CO2 methanation: Providing optimal test conditions for kinetic investigations}, series = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, volume = {95}, journal = {Chemie Ingenieur Technik}, number = {5}, publisher = {Wiley}, issn = {1522-2640}, doi = {10.1002/cite.202200201}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-40026}, pages = {749 -- 753}, year = {2023}, abstract = {In the context of using renewable energies and recycling climate-changing gases, methanation of CO2 provides one possibility. However, volatile availability of renewable energies for hydrogen production and fluctuating CO2streams from different sources lead to enhanced demand in investigating the influence of dynamic process operation on the catalyst performance, including detailed kinetic characterization. Reliable kinetic measurements require isothermal temperature control and absence of macrokinetic diffusion limitations. Both were investigated in this work while the determination of steady-state kinetic parameters is part of ongoing studies. Furthermore, a detailed analysis with respect to the long-term-stability of the nickel-based catalyst was performed}, language = {en} }