Institute of Product Development and Mechanical Engineering Design

• Engineering Design of Deep Sea Measurement and Testing Technology
• Hydrodynamic Behavior of Crude Oil in Seawater under Artificial Deep-Sea Conditions

Projects

• C-IMAGE I (Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems), 2012-2014
• C-IMAGE II, 2015-2018

Lectures

• Basic Principles of Fluidics (German, until summer 2018)
  
• Practical Course Engineering Design, Materials, Manufacturing (German, until summer 2017)

Student Projects and Theses

• current topics

• Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: Oil Droplet Size Distributions in Deep-Sea Blowouts: Influence of Pressure and Dissolved Gases. Environmental Science & Technology 52 (11), pp. 6326–6333, 2018. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00587
• Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: The Effect of Pressure and Dissolved Gas on Oil Droplet Sizes: An Experimental Study. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, 2018.
• Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: Experimental Study of Oil Droplet Size Distribution of Deep-Sea Blowouts: Effects of Reservoir Pressure and Phase Changes. 6th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystems Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2018.
• Pesch, S.; Jaeger, P.; Malone, K.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Experimental Investigation of the Rise Behavior of Gas-Saturated Crude-Oil Droplets under High Pressure. 6th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystems Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2018.
• Pesch, S.; Jaeger, P.; Jaggi, A.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Oldenburg, T.; Schlüter, M.: Rise Velocity of Live-Oil Droplets in Deep-Sea Oil Spills, Environmental Engineering Science 35(4), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2017.0319
• M. Schlüter, K. Malone, S. Pesch, D. Krause, C. B. Paris, Z. Aman, A. Jaggi, T. Oldenburg, P. Jäger: Implications of Pressure and Temperature Conditions on the Behavior of Deep Blowouts, AAAS Annual Meeting 2017, Boston, MA, 2017.
• Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Oldenburg, T.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: Emulsification by Rapid Decompression – Influence of Dissolved Gases and Pressure Drop on Drop Size Distributions, 5th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2017.
  
• Pesch, S.; Kenne, G.; Jäger, P.;Malone, K.; Oldenburg, T. Hoffmann, M; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M: Gas Saturation Effects on the Rise Behavior of Oil Droplets Under Deep-Sea Conditions, 5th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2017.
• Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Influence of dissolved methane on oil droplet formation and rise velocity during a deep-sea blowout, 2nd Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills, Hamburg, 2016.
• Malone, K.; Pesch, S.; Oldenburg, T.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: Experimental determination of oil droplet size distribution in "live oil" under artificial deep sea conditions, 4th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Tampa, FL, 2016.
• Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Particle size distributions in oil and gas jets under deep sea conditions, 4th Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Tampa, FL, 2016.
• Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Methane bubble rise velocities under deep-sea conditions - influence of initial shape deformation, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 505(2016), p. 106-117. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.01.041.
• Malone, K.; Laqua, K.; Schlüter, M.; Krause, D.: An integrated approach for the experimental investigation of hydrocarbon jet behavior under artificial deep-sea conditions, 3rd Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, 2015.
• Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Experimental investigation of droplet and bubble size distribution in single and multiphase oil/gas jets under deep-sea conditions, 3rd Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, 2015.
• Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Hoffmann, M.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.: Experimental investigation of methane bubble rise velocities  – The relevant influencing parameter under Deep-Sea and ambient conditions, 3rd Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, 2015.
• Malone, K.; Laqua, K.; Schmidt, J.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M.; Gust, G.:A new experimental module for the investigation of deep-sea oil spills under in-situ conditions, 2nd Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Mobile, Alabama, 2014.
  awarded the James D. Watkins Award for Excellence in Research 2014
• Seemann, R.; Malone, K.; Laqua, K.; Schmidt, J.; Meyer, A.; Krause, D.; Schlüter, M: A new high-pressure laboratory setup for the investigation of  deep-sea oil spill scenarios under in-situ conditions, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Singapore (2014), pp. 340-343
• Malone, K., Krause, D.:Untersuchung von Mehrphasenströmungen unter künstlichen Tiefseebedingungen im Spezial-Drucklabor. Mitteilungen der WiGeP - Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Produktentwicklung, 2/2013, Stuttgart, 2013.
• Malone, K.; Seemann, R.; Krause, D.: Realisierung komplexer Versuchsaufbauten in Hochdrucktestumgebungen, Design for X, Beiträge zum 24. DfX-Symposium, Hamburg (2013), pp. 187-196.
  awarded the ENmfk-Preis 2013
• Malone, K.; Schmidt, J.; Krause, D.; Gust, G.: Experimental Investigation of Oil Spills - Past, Present & Future of TUHH High-Pressure Lab Technology, 1st Hamburg Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills, Hamburg (2013).
• Laqua, K.; Malone, K.; Seemann, R.; Meyer, A.; Jäger, P.; Krause, D.; Gust, G.; Schlüter, M.: Bubble and drop formation under deep-sea conditions. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, 2013.
• Gebhardt, N.; Malone, K.; Krause, D.: Nutzung von "Merkmalen" und "Eigenschaften" zur Beschreibung und Analyse von Produktvarianz. Design for X, Beiträge zum 23. DfX-Symposium, Bamberg (2012).