Laboratory of Photochemical Reaction Engineering
Research Focus and Overview
The research group "Photochemical Reaction Engineering" was established in April 2018 as a part of the Institute of Chemical Engineering and works on fundamental investigations, optimization and design of photoreactors as well as photochemical processes. Optimization and design is based on fundamental knowledge of the photon fluxes in the reactors. For this, micro- and millistructured reactors, online-analytical methods, additive manufacturing and numerical simulations are applied as tools. Another topical focus lies on the application of light as tool for investigations in terms of reaction engineering.
Head of Laboratory: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dirk Ziegenbalg
Group Members
Scientific Lead
- Prof. Dr. Dirk Ziegenbalg
Scientific Co-Workers (PhD Students)
- M.Sc. Florian Gaulhofer
- M.Sc. Fabian Guba
- M.Sc. Daniel Kowalczyk
- M.Sc. Christian Köcheler
- M.Sc. Pengcheng Li
- M.Sc. Benjamin Wriedt
Focus and Methods
Main Topics
- Design, characterization and intensivation of photoreactors
- New methods for characterizing photoreactors
- Unsteady operation of photoreactions
- Modelling and simulation of photoreactors
- Reaction control
- Light as tool
- Multiphase reactions
Methods
- Actinometry
- Radiometry
- Chemical Synthesis
- Additive manufacturing
- Modelling and simulation
News
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Publons
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ResearchGate
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6104-4953
We are always looking for motivated student assistants. If you are interessted in contributing to our research, do not hesitate to contact Prof. Ziegenbalg.
Theses
We work on various interesting topics that can also be investigated within research internships and Bachelor's or Master's theses. To take a look on our currently open topics, click here.