Environmental and Process Engineering

Ceramic membranes

• Porous carriers in tube and disc geometry
• Membranes from macroporous to nanoporous 
• Dense, conductive and mixed conductive membranes 

Porous and cellular ceramics

• Grain ceramics and extrudates with narrow pore size distributions
• Open-cell foam ceramics with high pore volumes > 90%

Adsorbents and storage materials 

• Layered and framework silicates based on natural raw materials
• Synthesis of zeolites and mixed oxides

Catalysts converters and catalyst carriers

• Catalyst development, production, screening and characterisation
• In the form of extruded honeycombs, foam ceramics, membranes, bulk materials

Electrodes

• Testing of electrode materials
• Development of functional coatings for corrosion protection

Membrane process engineering and particle filtration

• Membrane and filter testing
• Development and prototyping of systems
• Process design and piloting

Process technology for biogenic substrates

• Process development and design for biomass treatment
• Processes for the production of solid, liquid and gaseous energy sources

Chemical process engineering

• Modeling, validation and optimization of mass transport and reaction
• Development  and optimization of catalytic processes and membrane processes
• Integrated technology development for the use of domestic carbon sources
• Automation of process engineering systems

Electrochemical process engineering

• Process development for pollutant separation and resource recovery
• Development and production of specific electrolysis cells and test equipment
• Construction and operation of test plants up to technical pilot scale

• Preparation of life cycle assessments in accordance with DIN EN ISO 14040 for processes, systems and products
• GHG balancing and cost calculations for sub-processes or complete product systems
• Balance sheet preparation for recycling processes
• Accompanying life cycle assessment of R&D projects and optimization tasks for processes and systems (material and energy flows, cost analysis)
• Application examples: Material recycling in ceramic production, raw material recovery from sewage sludge, production of natural fiber-based materials, process chains for biogas production and fermentation residue treatment

• (Mobile) test benches for membranes, filters, adsorbents and catalysts for wastewater treatment/water treatment and exhaust gas aftertreatment/gas treatment
• ATEX-compliant membrane systems for solvent filtration and vapor permeation
• Modular test field for the development of industrial water treatment processes
• Mobile test stand for exposure tests and electrochemical in-situ investigations in deep geothermal energy
• Radionuclide laboratory
• Reactor test benches for membrane reactor tests and PtX processes
• Laboratory, technical center and pilot plants for pyrolysis and gasification
• Test rigs for biomass treatment, fermentation, digestate treatment and biogas upgrading
• Test stands for vertical farming as well as nutrient availability and toxicology of fertilizers and substrates
• Pyrolysis test platform